There are two things in life that are not to be doubted. One is the innocence of a child, the other one political correctness of the BBC. I saw a news item on BBC breakfast yesterday morning that caught my attention, and I will share the following thoughts with you.
So the BBC found out something shocking. You might not have known this, or might not have cared, but apparently, there are those cheap rubber bracelets in different colors, with each color representing how far a person is willing to go (sexually). It starts at yellow and goes all the way to God-only-knows-what color. As the presenter (Sian Williams) put it, the first two represent “kisses, then hugs… and then things which are too explicit to say on television” and added that “children as young as 8 are wearing the bracelets”. I thought: “Big deal, it’s not like those kids know that, they’re just wearing those things because they think it looks nice”, or as it often happens, out of peer pressure.
The funny thing was the kids did know that those bands means everything, from your XOXO’s to the XXXs. I was especially touched when one of the children interviewed said he knew what they means (hugs and kisses), but that he also knew of, but would not do those other “disgusting things”. I bet that in ten years, if he’s not doing those “disgusting” things, he’ll be at least be wanting to do them.
I am not for people to be all sexed up at young age, but there are two things that we need to clarify.
One: Who the hell gives these “darker connotations” to such stupid cheap items?
Two: Is this newsworthy? There must be tens of thousands of items in schools with sexual undertones. Beginning with tables…
Peter S
