[[It is just weird to me that love between people, the human body etc..are things considered taboo, while hatred and violence are allowed.]] Yep, that's one of the strangest things about American society, the whole mindset that love/affection/sex is somehow vile, disgusting, dirty and shameful and NEVER to be discussed, preferably NEVER to be shown (and IF shown, always for the sleaze 'titillation' - NEVER any of the more wholesome side); but selfishness and anger - even rage, and violence are perpetually on display and kids are taught - by constant example both in real life and in everything on tv & in movies - that rage and violence are perfectly acceptable responses when ANYTHING does not go exactly their way. *** Wanna kiss the person next to you? How dare you, you FOUL pervert! Wanna 'blow away' the turkey who just cut you off in traffic. Go For It! Don't just kill him, take out his whole damn irritating family too. It's the American Way. *** And then they shake their heads and wonder, and commission study after study, to try to find out WHY kids are violent. Hell, they are SYSTEMATICALLY TAUGHT to respond with anger and violence to EVERYTHING.