Wholly cowabunga!!!!

I’m just going to add my 2 cents worth. I’m not a hip left coaster or a New Yorker, I’m from a small town in NC and have been raised and lived with the military all my life. However, I’m willing to let this play out. As for Will’s angry kiss, I totally see that this makes sense for Will’s character. He’s angry with Sami and EJ, angry about his sexuality, angry at the world. He was also drunk and trust me, he was not in a position to have a sweet, romantic encounter with anyone–male or female. To be quite honest, it reminded me of when Sami and EJ had sex last time. I was very uneasy about that scene. And no offense intended to anyone here, but if you’re not watching, I don’t think you can grasp the entirety of the storyline. I watch everyday, but the day after the show airs and just by reading the comments, I wasn’t sure what to expect. And lastly, as for warnings for young viewers, the show is rated TV14. I have an almost 14 year old and I don’t let her watch the show. Are people actually letting their young kids watch the show? That’s a parental responsibility, not the show’s responsibility beyond the rating.

but I think it bears repeating…WHY in the world do the writers/producers/etc. think we want to see this explicit sex?  WE DON’T!!!

I agree.  I just watched Thursday’s and Friday’s show this morning and I thought the entire thing was very well done.  Good writing puts you in the story and I could feel Will’s emotions and what he did was totally in line with what he was dealing with.  The frustration and anguish.  Then when he went to Marlena and told her I could see his struggle and her compassion came through. 

I don’t think this was the same as the sex scenes we see between male/female partners.  This was emotional and very well done. 

I also agree that young children shouldn’t be in the room when the show is on because you never know when someone’s going to take off their clothes and a woman will be in her bra and panties or both have just a towel covering them. Then some of the plunging necklines Sami and other’s have worn shows a lot more than their lingerie ever did.  You’ve got couples under the sheets talking about how good it was and panting.  Couples in the DiMera living room ripping each other’s clothes off. 

That scene was well done and, for me anyway, very believable.  I just didn’t want to see it.  I wouldn’t want to see two women kissing either.  Madonna kissing Britany Spears was stomach turning to me.

But…it used to be that people were mortified when they saw interracial couples "making out" too but now that’s commonplace.  You even see it in primetime shows and advertising.  So, it may not be much longer before we will be accepting more and more same sex relationships.

In fact, affirmative action now requires 30% minorities be displayed in advertising.  So watch, if you see an add with a bunch of people in it, there MUST be 30% of the a minority (usually black).

Back to the topic…now are we going to see Will singing, "I Kissed a Boy and I Liked It"?  (Apologies to Katie Perry)

to Katie Perry…that’s exactly what went thru my mind. I didn’t mind the scene at all. I thought it portrayed exactly what Will was feeling. I was raised in and around the gay community (I’m straight) so this kind of thing doesn’t bother me in the least. I was looking more for the emotions and I got what I wanted.

   "Some will say "Well, you watched adultry, murder, kidnapping, lying, cheating, stealing, wife-swapping, husband swapping all those 21 years, why is this any different?" "

I included your comment from your statement because I have a comment about it. You have watched for 21 years and have seen all of the above that are all sins. But you endured.

I understand your frustartion about the current storyline, but it is Not a sin to kiss someone. So I don’t understand how you can love all those sinners but stop watching over a kiss.  I feel that DOOL is trying to portray a SL that currently exists in our world. So far I have to say they have done it well I was never in favor of Will being part of this SL cause it is not something you can take back and I am not sure how much they wish to concentrate on this SL.  If this one SL can undo all the things you mentioned and cause you to stop watching, then I wish you well. I don’t see this SL as any different than the above mentioned SL and this one won’t last forever Perhaps you will decide to return in the future.

I do feel that the kiss was overly dramatic and I was somewhat disappointed in that scene, but I can accept that the beer and Will’s frustration at his mother coudl contribute to the aggressiveness of the kisses. That said I hope that this will betones down as the story progresses. 

I have seen two people kissing out in public, kissing is no big deal.  It was angry kissing, so it had a little more to it, but it was still kissing.  No cloths came off, no one jumped into bed, it was a KISS.  I think young viewers see kissing all the time in movies, TV, and in real life.  So I don’t think that particular scene needed any kind of warning.  If you are worried about your child seeing that scene, then you should not watch with your child around.  Because way worse is said and done on a soap than that kiss.  It is not a childrens program.  I watch with my 1 year old in the room and honestly could care less.  She is going to grow up in a world of homosexuality and therefore I see no reason she can’t see two guys kissing.  It is out in the open now, it is going to stay around no matter what people say or do.  Someone else said something about blacks and whites kissing on screen was this huge deal and now it is no big deal.  It is going to be the same in 10 to 20 years.  And people who think they can stop it are fooling themselves.  No one can stop this movement.  Could anyone stop the freeing of slaves?  Woman Rights?  Minority Rights?  Etc?  No, you they couldn’t, because it was the RIGHT thing to do.  It is the same with gay rights.