Desensitize everything then wonder why nobody gives a carp? That explains a lot.
No prudishness at all.
But if these shows think that naughty swears make themselves look more "mature", in reality they end up being more juvenile. It's the content, not the gloss slabbed onto it, that makes the show withstand the test of time, or even the initial moment in which it is aired. Then again, some sitcoms manage to pull off. Then again, most shows did just fine for decades...
The amount of murder and violence children are exposed to on TV, movies and Video Games is the real problem, not this.
Parental figures reminding the kiddies what they see on screen is entertainment and not real seems to be too simple a solution, unless mitigating and other factors are involved in real life. Televisions are not nannies in our non-nanny state. Though I'd let them watch "The Nanny" all they'd like. "Oh Mister Sheffield!"
It's funny isn't it. I didn't see any 'won't somebody please think of the children' threads when Landry was getting her face ripped off by a giant space racoon. No doubt, the scene between Stamets and Culber made some people uncomfortable as well (if comments on reddit and youtube are anything to go by). I'll never not be saddened by the fact that people are more comfortable with people dying and bloody violence than they are with somebody using a swear or two consenting adults of the same sex showing affection .
The difference is, space raccoons don't exist?
If people didn't react to fictional people dying, there wouldn't have been movie theaters turned into 6' deep swimming pools when Spock died. Metaphorically speaking, since that's a lot of lacrimal secretion, but people did cry...
Youtube comments - it's amazing what is allowed to remain yet what others claim are removed. How can people not be offended by what's there as real life beliefs, but are offended by what's said in a fiction show made ostensibly as intellectual intent? Then again, any sci-fi show that has characters saying "tech" instead of "technology" will speak for itself. I'll stick with TNG and DS9, the latter did edgy things and didn't need to come across so tacky to make it work.
And affection isn't the same thing as lust (treating people as objects for self-gratification).
It seems each person has different tolerances and desensitizations for each issue being stirred up by the episode. A lot of personal experiences end up leading to the end results.
