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‹ Photo Notes · 15 ledna, 2012
Somehow we have all got used to the fact that 10 p.m. is the boundary after which on television one may start speaking crudely, showing nudity and other „objectionable“ content. Nothing against that, if the imaginary filter of objectionable content were set correctly.
So let’s try it… At 10 a.m. switch on the television. On an ordinary day you will count roughly 7 to 15 murders between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., and after ten in the evening more follow. All day long the programme is interrupted every 15 – 20 minutes by shamelessly lying commercials (insurance and loans that pay off, potions stronger than the flu, banks where you pay nothing, knives that never go blunt, powders that wash, powders after which you lose weight…). In debates and news programmes representatives of the state and society appear and add their dose of lies – unlike the commercials, they don’t even try to cover their arrogance with some mask of friendliness and usefulness.
Murders and lies, no nudity. No, not that I miss it on screen, but somehow I can’t find my bearings in this ladder of human values. Why is nudity, which in principle can’t harm anyone, pushed by our morality into the night hours, while killing, stealing and lying is possible from early morning? Is everything really all right?