Raanan's original post here.
It is likely many parents, or so-called advocates, where only shown that scene out of context, or else just heard about it out of context. Also, it seems many advocates for public morality are very willing to exploit each instance of content, which could be debatable, to the extreme.
This reminded me very much of the ransom put on the writer of The Satanic Verses by the government of Iran. Several passages could be taken from the text and look like an attack on Islam, but the larger work is not a critique of Islam and is in fact wide ranging and dreamy. Despite this, the Iranian government decided to ruin the life of this poor author, who had to live in hiding for years, because of a few disembodied passages.
It is likely many parents, or so-called advocates, where only shown that scene out of context, or else just heard about it out of context. Also, it seems many advocates for public morality are very willing to exploit each instance of content, which could be debatable, to the extreme.
This reminded me very much of the ransom put on the writer of The Satanic Verses by the government of Iran. Several passages could be taken from the text and look like an attack on Islam, but the larger work is not a critique of Islam and is in fact wide ranging and dreamy. Despite this, the Iranian government decided to ruin the life of this poor author, who had to live in hiding for years, because of a few disembodied passages.
