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According to Kincaid, the real problem with our obsession with child sexual abuse is that it distracts us from other kinds of abuse that affect far more children than molesting does: boring, unsensational kinds of abuse such as poverty, neglect, and bad schools.
Simply say, "Mother, you know I love you, but the noise of your eating while talking on the phone distracts me from what you're saying."
The other overhyped controversy that distracts ethicists from the real action is cloning.
The Times of London, urging "an immediate intensification of military activities aimed directly at the Yugoslav army" in Kosovo, said in an editorial Monday that it is not so evident that the "Somalia Syndrome" "really affects ordinary Americans as much as it distracts their nervous elected representatives."
But for those of us who cherish art for art's sake, gussying it up with photos, paint samples, and teapots merely trivializes and distracts.