One Little Speckled Blog: No More ER

Thursday, February 21, 2008

No More ER

I hesitate putting time into this, but I am so distraught about the last episode Jon and I watched. He can download them onto his laptop so we can catch up. I wish we hadn't. I couldn't sleep last night. I've followed the characters for a few years now and have decided that enough is enough. The medical jargen is fun, but we been hooked on the drama. NO MORE! They aren't afraid to take on controversial issues, in fact, I think they try to. It's not entertaining for me to watch a man cry over the loss of his male partner, or a young women chose an abortion, and the last straw for me is the main female character commiting adultry. I am sick of the world pushing evil into the media and making it look normal and okay. Sadly, I think it is normal for most of the world. Call me a prude, but if I can turn off the television and live in my naive world were I don't see the world crumbling around me into sin - so be it! I am all about being educated on what kind of issues my kids are going to be faced with, but this is not how I choose to do it. If any of you have comments or suggestions on how you would or do this I am all ears.

9 comments:

Tiffany Cramer said...: I agree with you. There is a great website called kids-in-mind.com that we love. You can check out movies there before you watch them to make sure there are no surprises. And there really isn't any surprises...they give it all to you. We've found that we can trust it.; February 21, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Lees Everything Homemade said...: It's pretty sneaky stuff and it's amazing how silently those issues creep into something we find entertaining. And the entertainment aspect never seems to outway the feeling we get when we're done watching.

FYI - I recently dropped a drama that I have been into. Richard watched it with me one night and I only then noticed that every single woman, but one, was scantily clad with bosoms spilling out and skirts so high they should be seen in a Victoria's Secret magazine. Their version of "dressed" looked like lingerie. From that night on, I haven't even had the desire to watch it.; February 21, 2008 at 12:02 PM
DeAnna said...: It is impossible to stay naive, why help it along. We don't have t.v. and I miss it, but then I hear about all the trash and am grateful.; February 21, 2008 at 12:59 PM
mae said...: Funny that you decided to stop watching ER. We did the same thing after watching the most recent episode a few weeks ago. We just looked at each other and said, "I think we're done with ER!"; February 21, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Nikki said...: Hey I am with you 100%. I was a faithful ER fan, but about a year ago they started turning south, and this year they drove me out. I've switched to other shows now, and only watch ER reruns of the first good seasons on TNT! :) If you go on NBC's ER page, there are a lot of complaints about the last episode. Sad they had to turn a good show into trash. My guess is this will be ER's last year anyway...13 years is a long time!; February 21, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Amen sister!! I thought about stopping after the one red hed doctor came out and then had a baby with the firefighter chic. Then they had all their politcal views on Africa and it was just not entertaining any more. No wonder people are so confused on so many issues. The media feeds non-suspecting people garbage, and many fall prey to it's evil lies and enticings. The one hard thing is that media is SO wonderful in other aspects that it is hard not to run into the grayer areas.; February 22, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Tink said...: It's amazing how much more sensitive I've become. I don't think it's because I'm a prude. I think it's because I'm no longer as nieve as I once was. It's not just drama on tv it's, unfortunatly, real life for many people.

Gone are the days when I can spontaneously rent a movie. I agree with Tiffany, movies should be "checked out" before they are checked out.; February 23, 2008 at 4:15 PM
Loraine said...: I remember a quote from a show (Butterfies are Free) I watched once. The mother said, "Sure it's part of life -- so is diahrea -- but I wouldn't call it entertainment!"
So, if TV entertainment gets too "loose" - - let it go. Most of it is these days.; February 23, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Tanya Leigh said...: Thanks for sharing this! I have recently lost interest in lots of shows & movies that flaunt trash like it's 'just what everyone does'. I can't even like a movie if it's "just one part". It really ruins the whole thing.

It's not naive; it's HEALTHY!
Love the Diarrhea quote!!; February 25, 2008 at 12:40 AM