Nice sight.

I have two children. One is 11 and the other is 17. The oldest will become an Eagle Scout next month. The younger one worships the older one and will probably follow in his brother's foot steps.

They both watch "Jack Ass" regularly (along with yours truly).

To date, neither of them has attempted a criminal act.

The media is not corrupting our youth. Parental indifference is.

Ya know? The three stooges were poking each other's eyes out before you or I were even born.

The fact is.... *People were not looking for an excuse to neglect raising their children back then* They watched TV together.

If I am mis-reading you, I will apologize, but it really sounds like you are trying to tell me how to raise my kids here.

I would take offence at the MPAA being anything other than voluntary (Even if I wasn't in the movie biz). I take even more offence at people who stick their noses into my family's TV room.

How many Eagle candidates do you got?

Russ

I am not trying to tell anybody how to raise their children. Only the parents of the children themselves can do that. What I am concerned about here is that too many parents shirk their responsibilities when it comes to raising their children. You are very fortunate that you have children as you described. My respect goes to you for being able to raise your children correctly.

I, too, would take offense to the MPAA being anything other than voluntary. I want it to remain voluntary. But to keep it that way, we must police ourselves.

You can be assured I would certainly take offense towards people who would stick their noses into the family's TV room.

However, when I read about people who mimic what they see on the big screen and TV, it does make me sick.

Recently, some teen-ager blew apart another teen-ager's head with a .44 magnum. Then he laughed about it and thought it was cool. It was a random shooting, and didn't even know the kid he killed. Something is definately wrong here.....This is just one example of many I read about in the newspapers. What is frightening is the trend is getting worse. Who would be next?

I have been a victim of an armed robbery in one of my theaters. I can tell you that when I was looking down the business end of a .357, that was the biggest gun I have ever seen in my life. And, that guy meant business. There were four of them in that band, and they were very well organized.

When something like this happens, you do get a different outlook on certain things. I have a concealed weapons permit, and I do carry a weapon when I go to remote broadcasting industry transmitter sites in the middle of nowhere. You never know who or what you might meet up with.

Apparently, you were never in the position of being a victim of a violent crime. And, naturally, I hope you never do.

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When Tipper Gore was holding her "Congressional Hearings" on banning filthy lyrics from records, a whole bunch of famous people testified before the committee, like Ted Nugent and Frank Zappa.

Frank Zappa made the following statement:

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Kids need role models and clear boundaries. If they have them, they can watch anything on TV.

All I was trying to say was that no amount of legislation will ever replace the need for people to take an active role in teaching their children right from wrong.

You'll get no argument about your gun from me. We have one too.

No hard feelings,

Now, that young boy of 11 that was stabbed to death in a Regal Cinema really set me back on my heels. It really is a shame. Where was the supervision, and how did they get in?

We really have to wake up.

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What I think should happen is that the parents of the dead kid should sue the parents of the other kid for criminal negligence!