Social Evolution

A new movie that is out in theaters is called This Film Is Not Yet Rated. It is an exposé by director Kirby Dick about the American movie ratings board.

The best way to describe the reason this film was made is to quote from a reviewer (and fan) from Scotland (from IMDB):

Although Britain has long lagged behind continental standards, we now have a fairly relaxed attitude to censorship, enjoying fairly broad support by the public and the industry. Gone are the days of Mary Whitehouse and the mad moral crusaders. I say 'mad' because their idea of morality was based largely on Biblical Christianity which lags far behind the more enlightened human-rights based morality that is a mainspring in Europe nowadays. America, sadly, still labours in the middle ages in terms of its vocal moral majority - people (and presidents) that spout religious texts to justify state-sanctioned killing, bigotry and many abuses of human rights. Liberal Americans of moral integrity are aware of the dilemma and, like Kirby Dick, sometimes look to the arts and cinema to exert pressure for positive social evolution.

That's right. America's moral majority is stuck in the middle ages while Europe has chosen to shift back to the demographics of the middle ages. "Oh, so sorry lads. We never should have taken our countries back from the Muslims all those centuries ago. Tell you what. We'll stop having children and leave the door open to let you chaps back in while we recede into the history books."

Is this the sort of "social evolution" our Scottish friend and other "liberal Americans of moral integrity" want? Apparently so.
An organization called "Stop Planned Parenthood" (STOPP) makes regular reports about the activities of Planned Parenthood. In their latest Wednesday report STOPP made the following report:

Interview exposes Planned Parenthood’s intentions for our youth

Last Friday, September 22, Planned Parenthood posted an interview on its web site with director Kirby Dick about his new movie, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, a documentary about Hollywood’s film rating process. Throughout the interview PP talks with Mr. Dick about film rating in this country and how it may be leading toward the censorship of sex, especially homosexual acts. The most interesting portion of the interview was when PP states:

A few years back, Planned Parenthood outlined a set of goals to achieve by the year 2025. Goal one is to "ensure that sexuality is understood as an essential, lifelong aspect of being human and that it is celebrated with respect, openness, and mutuality." Your documentary suggests that movies could go a long way to further such a goal if existing censorship obstacles were not in place.

This statement exposes two things about Planned Parenthood. First of all, by the reference to its 25-year plan, we can see that the oversexualized goals that were set in the year 2000 are still very much a focus of PP’s activities.

The other thing that is made very clear is that Planned Parenthood seems to be advocating for children to be exposed to sex, including homosexual acts and other sexual immorality, on film. PP is constantly working to push its brand of sexuality into every aspect of our culture and to indoctrinate our children into the sexual lifestyle that it needs to continue to make big profits.

We must more than ever be aware and be on guard to protect our children from the immorality that is pervasive in so much of our society. However, this protection cannot simply be defensive; we must stand and fight to keep Planned Parenthood from forcing its immorality upon our culture.

Propaganda films are becoming more and more mainstream. Even movies like Brokeback Mountain that are made to look like "entertainment" are really pushing a cultural agenda further down our throats. Organizations like PP would love nothing more than to see the current restraints on what can't be shown on film to be lifted so that they can drive their sexual agenda. And that agenda is nothing more than to encourage everyone to have sex but not have children.

Don't think so? I'll give the STOPP report the last word:

It is easy to not fully realize the scale that Planned Parenthood is involved in the promotion of the contraceptive culture. Just last year PP distributed dangerous contraceptive drugs and devices to nearly 2.5 million Americans. According to PP’s own reports, contraception alone accounts for approximately 75 percent of its customer services. To make things worse, through Title X and other programs Planned Parenthood is given millions of our federal tax dollars each year to do it.

Pause

I noticed today that the "pause" button on my media player looked like a silhouette of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. It reminded me that taking the time to pause on 9/11 would be a good thing for a couple of reasons.

First, to remember what happened five years ago. To remember how awful that day was. It's important that this memory remain fresh so that we don't grow complacent in our diligence against terrorism. The most chilling line I heard was from an Irish terrorist who once said, "you have to be lucky all the time. We only have to be lucky once." Five years have passed and we've been pretty "lucky" so far. If we don't remember what it looks like when the terrorists get lucky, we're bound to have another 9/11 on our soil.

Second, we should remember those who were lost on that day. So many husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters, none of whom could have known that it was their last day on Earth. For me one of the most emotional photographs of the events of 9/11 is that of the rescue workers carrying the body of Father Mychal Judge who stayed in the WTC to comfort and administer Last Rites to a critically injured fireman. He was killed by falling debris. The rescue workers carried him out - a saint emerging from the rubble.

If you knew today would be your last, what would you do differently? How would you have prepared to meet your end? I'd be willing to bet that none of us really follow the maxim to live each day as if it were our last. I'd be willing to bet that aside from the 19 who planned it, most of the 3,000 who died that day did not have their affairs in order, either materially or spiritually. So we should remember the souls of the departed, and pray for them. I'm sure they're doing likewise.

The question on a lot of people's minds during this 5th anniversary is: "Are we prepared to stop another attack"? I'd like to think so, but then again, even government agencies with the best technology and well thought-out plans are still run by human beings capable of making mistakes. Who knows what the history books 100 years from now will say. How many more terrible things could we possibly see in our remaining living years?

I don't intend to sound so morose. I remain hopeful that the people we have entrusted with our security will prevail. But one thing is still certain: one day we all will wake to our last day on Earth. It may not be brought about by savage acts of terrorism, but the day will come nonetheless at a time not of our choosing. We won't be able to stop the advance of that day, but we can do something to prepare for it.

Will we be ready?