Behold, Those That Went Too Far

When art becomes merely shock value, our sense of humanity is slowly degraded. ~ Roger Scruton

Humans like to push the boundaries. For every generation, they want to go further, more to the edge. But what happens when you go so far, you fall?

Things that shocked us yesterday don't shock us today. Thrills that use to cause chills, just bore, and pills that made us go high as the gills, only mildly scare us.

As human beings it's interesting to test the boundaries and see what heights we can go to. In our entertainment is a good example, people use to be shocked by such simple things. However, it didn't last.

Take for example, a bad guy in a movie could just slap a girl and that would be counted as horrible. Then the bad guy had to forcibly kiss the girl, when that wasn't shocking enough, then the bad guy would grope, beat, and kiss the girl, when that didn't work, now the bad guy rapes the girl, and finally till the bad guy does all that and then eats the girl?

It will be most concerning when nothing shocks us, as it is so common place. Especially more so, when this doesn't get the blood pumping we will search for something more weird, more perverse, or horrible.

Although that might seem extreme, it can very well happen if isn’t already at our doors. Those that seem to fight against such things, seem to be labeled, old fashion or prudish.

However,sometimes the reason that we have something in place is because once you go beyond that area it means danger. While crossing the fence is not dangerous, meeting the danger is. Like how you have a fence to stop people from walking into a dangerous bull: crossing the fence is harmless, but meeting the bull is deadly.

Although values have changed over the years, a little common sense in what we keep and scrap is definitely needed with a pinch of wisdom. Even if something is relatively harmless, it's the principle behind it. If we go pass that point, things will get worse, to sooner or later we give in to chaos. It's not that we are afraid or fearful people, but rather that we must be wise what we accept in society.