Cowboys? I deleted my original post on this subject because my intended slurs against preachers and sheepherders were taken as slurs against gays, which was not my intent.

I grew up in a time and place where you asked an 8 year old if he wanted to be a cowboy or a sheepherder when he grew up, he would beat you to death with his cap pistol!

The cowboy myth sure won out. Now everybody dresses like cowboys, even sheepherders.

And, responding to your serious post, there does seem to be no limit to how sickening the violence on screen can be and still be acceptable.

Our good Christian "God is in the White House" Prez even finds torture pretty acceptable in real life.