Let's be honest, people do not need a how to book... that's what pornography does. It's looking at pictures not reading detailed information on how to do these things.
My opinion of this is not shared by my friend or the comments others have made. I am not disgusted by Oprah or what she presents on her show. I commend her for taking such an intense and somewhat disgusting topic and bringing it to light. People are aware of the predators lurking on the internet but I really feel they don't really get what they are capable of doing. In her own mind I feel that Oprah thinks it is her job to bring these things to light. Kudos to her because let's be honest, no one else appears to be willing to do it to the degree she does.
We have become in some way accustomed to censorship and that people get outraged when the news shows a dead person who may happen to have wet blood on them or they are not completely covered up... why is there outrage in this but not outrage when it comes to child abuse, domestic violence, etc??? Why is this okay? C'mon. There should be more outrage about the acts of violence and disgust that are happening in the world than towards the people who are bringing it to light.
I work in an industry where I am confronted by violence, abuse, incest on a daily basis. It's disgusting but someone has to do it and someone has to be the voice of those who do not have one. Oprah is the voice of those people who are victims. She is also making a lot of predators angry for making 'normal' people aware of how to do these things. They don't want others knowing... just their 'crowd'.
Kudos to Oprah and the other nameless people who want to make this world better by bringing the harder things to light. Think about how little you would know about these topics if Oprah wasn't bringing them to light. Personally, I like watching those shows because I am more educated about the topic and I can better prepare my children. I cannot let my children live in a bubble and not know what is happening. Things happen that we have no control over (outside AND inside the confines of a family).
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Alisha, I'm not against bringing these things to light, I just didn't think the manor in which she went about it was proper. I think that there is so much that can be done to educate people about these issues besides reading a how to book that the predators wrote themselves for other would-be predators. By all means talk about it, get angry, force parents to be more involved in their childrens lives (know their friends, know where they are etc), but I just think any method of educating that gives step by step instructions might go a bit far. When 9/11 happened and we saw shows that illustrated how to make bombs, and how to hide them - it's too much. If someone really wants to do these types of things they will find out, I just don't think it needs to be from Oprah (or any news show for that matter). Part of the reason for my thoughts on the show was because it was such a sensitive matter. Any time serious crime is portrayed I always twinge, but when you're being shown a blurred out (for the tv viewers only) image of a 9 month old who is being violated (but having it described to you) that is a little harder to take. So while yes kudos to Oprah for discussing the growing severity of this problem, I felt some of her choices were in bad taste.
And I meant manner, not manor. I hate typos!! :o)
I think people DO need to be more educated on this topic. Too many people are sheltered I think. That makes for a lot of ignorant people for sure. So yeah, Kudos!
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