Shame on You, Oprah Winfrey!

I was home on Tuesday afternoon, and saw Oprah was on. The last time I watched her show she was offering $100,000 to anyone who could turn in a sex offender from the list of most wanteds. That's a pretty nice reward. Oprah stressed her anger and contempt for the sex offenders of the world and was determined to get all of us involved in the fight to rid the streets of America of the likes of them. I applauded her efforts. Good job. She has asked people to get involved in changing the legislation in their states too. She was a victim of child sexual abuse. She's not alone, many children are molested ewach year.

Tuesday afternoon was a whole different story. In fact, I was appalled at what I saw. Ms. Winfrey had Jay Leno, Brian McKnight and Rick Reilly on the show to talk about Men's issues and what women really wanted to know about strips clubs, p0rn, and other guys stuff. The first fifteen minutes did me in. Oprah chatted lightly and asked about p0rnography. She inquired what was the big deal with it? Why did men like it so much? Jay Leno led with well, we're guys. And then talked about its availablility now days. How it was so accessable in your home. You could look at it daily and not really have issues. Then one of the other guys said daily? try hourly! Haha haha, silly guys. Doesn't it bother your wives? Isn't it a betrayal? Well, Jay said his wife just laughed it off. Another said if guys enjoy watching other people engaged in intimate relations, who did it really bother?

After a few minutes of this banter I had to turn the channel. I couldn't believe that this was the same Oprah asking each of us to get involved and stop sexual predators and make this country a safer place. Then having Celebrity spokesMEN come on her show just days later extolling the virtues of p0rnography and strip clubs. It was not amusing and I did not find the humor in the show at all.

Does Oprah not see the connection? Is she that disconnected? Is a light discussion of these subjects, with laughter and silliness really appropriate? I am disappointed in the presentation to say the least. Too many men, women and children are victims of p0rnography everyday. Their quality of life suffers. It is insidious. Oh, and by the way, I don't care if you enjoy it. Keep it to yourself and don't try to convince me it doesn't ruin lives.

Shame on you Oprah! Shame on you.