Hey DUers-did you hear me on Washington Journal (C-SPAN) this a.m.?

[The Witch]

The dumbass question was: 'Has MTV caused a cultural decline?'

I was the 29-year-old from Oakton, VA (I forgot I was only 28! Hah!) who said:

-Reminds me of a showtune: In olden times, a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking. Standards change over time; "gosh" used to be a curse word. And to think that kids do something their parents find shocking? That's new... in a not-at-all kind of way.

-I was lucky to have a childhood where my parents sat down to dinner with us every night, took us to the theatre... but because of the lack of a living wage, some families don't have that chance. What's sad is that many of the people who complain about a cultural decline are the same people who say "Why should my tax dollars go to pay for someone else? If they can't pull themselves up by their bootstraps, why is it my problem?" They have no right to talk.

-Young people these days are more involved than ever in politics- they volunteer more than ever, they give to charity more than ever. If this is a cultural decline, I wonder what the good old days were supposed to look like.

Brian asked me, if I had kids, does that mean I would let them watch MTV? I said that that doesn't necessarily follow: Giving kids any privilege, including choosing their own entertainment, depends on how old they are and their maturity- I would be involved and talk to them about it, talk about fantasy vs. reality.

It was one of my better calls to C-SPAN... did you hear it?

[goclark]

1. Congrats on your call in nt

[snappyturtle]

2. Yes--I heard!

You spoke well.....now if we can just get the young people to vote in bigger numbers.