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Teen Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol
BROUGHT TO YOU BY TACO BELL
 Last
week, the PTC warned parents that MTV’s new
show Skins – which debuted last night
at 10:00 p.m. ET, only 9:00 p.m. in the
Central and Mountain time zones – was
“the most dangerous program ever” for
children.
The
first episode proves we were right! And this
content was paid for by Taco Bell.
Here are just two brief
examples of the dialogue from last night’s
episode:
Stanley: "It's totally normal
for a kid of 16 not to have had sex."
Tony: "It's embarrassing, Stan. So we go to
a party and get some girl racopiously
spliffed up, in a confused state, and she
comes to believe, however momentarily of
course, that you're attractive, and she
bangs your brains out."
Stanley: "Michelle said tonight at the
party..."
Katie: "You're going to dope me into outer
space and then bang my brains out…Later
we'll get bumping."
Stanley: "At the party."
Katie: "At the party with a pile of drugs."
Stanley: "You got it."
Katie: "Oh, and Stanley, I only like really
great narcotics, you understand?"
We remind you that these are
high school children being depicted,
not adults.
Unfortunately for parents,
the above content examples reflect
only a fraction of the extremely
explicit material that aired during the
one-hour program.
Skins not only
featured dozens of instances of
high-school children using foul
language; it also contained depictions and
descriptions of high-school children
discussing and engaging in sex;
high-school children discussing and engaging
in the use of illegal drugs;
high-school children discussing and engaging
in the use of alcohol; high-school
children stealing an automobile and
then crashing it into a lake; and countless
other descriptions and depictions of
graphic, adult-themed activity.
Just as outrageous, MTV has
aimed this mature-rated program directly at
YOUR CHILDREN!
It appears that MTV is
deliberately trying to establish a new
standard for what is considered acceptable
for kids…and they are trying to convince
advertisers that they should sponsor this
sick show, because kids are watching. MTV’s
own
press release today touted the number of
viewers who were as young as 12 years old
who watched last night’s show.
The creator of Skins
told Adweek that “what
Skins delivers is kids. That’s what it
delivers to advertisers.”
And advertisers are
listening!
That’s why your action is so
important! YOU can stand up to dangerous,
corrosive programming like Skins – by
letting advertisers know what will happen if
they sponsor it!
Click
here to
send an e-mail to Taco Bell, one of the
biggest sponsors of last night’s broadcast
of Skins.
And if you REALLY want to
make an impact, here’s what you can do:
print off a copy of this e-mail and take it
to the manager of your nearest Taco Bell.
Tell him or her what you think of their
company promoting casual sex, drug use and
alcohol abuse to children. And let them know
that Taco Bell’s actions have an influence
when it is time to “vote with your wallet.”
And please consider donating
to the PTC so that we can continue to
protect you and your family from harmful
television content. Our mission is to help
you, as parents and grandparents, to fight
back against those who would corrupt your
children with shows like Skins.
Please help us to keep up the
fight! To make a donation to the PTC, click
here.
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