[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 29 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND DECENT IN AMERICA

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan said 2 or 3 
years ago that we have been ``defining deviancy down, accepting as a 
part of life what we once found repugnant.'' How true that is, and it 
is especially true when it comes to what we have been accepting in 
motion pictures and even into our homes through television and now the 
Internet.
  That is why it was so pleasant to read the nationwide publicity about 
the vote last week by the Town Council of Tangier Island, Virginia. The 
Tangier Council voted 6 to 0 to not allow a Kevin Costner and Paul 
Newman movie to be filmed on the island. The council decided that there 
was just too much obscene language and too many scenes of an adult 
nature.
  We have been warping the minds of our young people, Mr. Speaker, with 
so much that is indecent that we have almost lost the ability to be 
shocked anymore. This Nation would be a far better place if we had more 
people standing up for what is right, decent and good, as the Tangier 
Council did last week.

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