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Solutions
suggested for video issue
7-20-01
Dear
Editor:
Let
me start by saying I was born and raised in Lincoln. I have not
lived there for over 25 years but do keep up with what is going
on. I am interested in the debate going on over the placement of
questionable viewing choices in the local video store.
Although
there are "more important" issues to worry about, I am
sure the readers can identify with the fact that the most
important subject to parents is the obligation they have to their
children to keep them out of harm's way.
The
videos being discussed are certainly not appropriately displayed
if they are not behind a full door. Preferably with a lock on it.
Removing them completely would be comparable to a good
old-fashioned book-burning gathering.
I
personally do not engage in this type of viewing, but I can
understand and appreciate the right a person has to do so if they
so choose. No one can dictate in this country what a person reads
or views as of yet that I know of.
I
do rent and buy movies for home viewing and have noticed that all
stores that handle X-XXX- rated movies have them in a separate
room behind a full door with a lock or padlock. The customer
wanting these movies must ask for the key or the clerk to unlock
the door for them to enter. The door automatically locks when
closed and can be opened from the inside for them to leave the
room. Some even have the entrance door to this room blocked by a
partition or wall so even with the door opening there is no chance
anyone can see in the room. Just as Playboy, Hustler, and the like
must be kept behind the counter here so as to deter underage
browsers from flipping through the pages, so should this type of
entertainment be kept in a safer, more discrete location.
Has
anyone approached the owner of this video store with a suggestion
for a solution that would make everyone happy?
Sincerely,
Teri
Dickerson Ford
Support
for video removal or relocation
7-14-01
To
the editor:
As
a concerned citizen for the declining values of this society, I
must support Mr. Bova’s stance on the removal or relocation of
pornographic materials from the view of the general public.
On
a recent trip with my children to Family Video, I saw my
10-year-old son walk shockingly out of the room with the high
swinging doors. I asked David why he had gone back into this room
filled with porn material. David replied, "Mom, I didn't know
what it was until I got in there." I asked him if he came
right out. He answered, "I tried, but I couldn't stop
looking. Do people REALLY watch that stuff?"
I
attempted to explain to my curious pre-adolescent WHY some people
make the choices they do, and that pornography is not an
appropriate choice for children or adults.
His
response was ironic. "But Mom, it said for MATURE
audiences." I told David that pornography had nothing to do
with maturity, but that a mature decision was to choose NOT to
look at such trash.
I
know this is a mighty battle that mature parents must fight, but
it grows increasingly difficult to teach our children respect for
self and others, as well as respectable choices concerning
sexuality. Since this societal reversal of right and wrong, moral
persons have been depicted as the bad guys, and the morally inept
are the "givers of freedom."
Well,
in our home, my husband and I will continue to offer our children
freedom within the limits of appropriate boundaries. It is our
designated responsibility as parents to model and teach our
children to grow to be ethical, responsible adults. If this means
that we no longer patronize the local video stores, so be it.
This
request can easily be addressed by the city council without
stepping on the precious rights of the people. Simply move the
porn to an inaccessible area to children. That is not the top
shelf (but thank you, Movie Gallery, for giving my children
something to "look up to"), nor is it behind swinging
doors that are not monitored. Perhaps a method of checking in and
out of such rooms is necessary, in order to prohibit children from
stumbling upon this area.
Mr.
Bova does represent a large majority of this county, and I request
that this point of view be heard and addressed appropriately.
Howard
and Patricia Rankin\
Response
to request for video removal
7-12-01
To
the editor:
I
am writing in response to Mr. Bova’s request to the city council
regarding the removal of what he deems explicit material in video
stores.
I
have seen these videos he objects to on the video store shelves,
and I must admit that I have seen worse scenes on our public
streets.
While
I personally do not rent these types of videos, I understand that
some adults do. I also feel that is their right under the
constitution to do so, as it is a form of expression.
Removing
these videos would be a violation of free speech and freedom of
expression.
While
I appreciate seeing a concerned citizen address the council, I
feel there are much more important issues our city government
needs to address at this time.
Jason
Harlow
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