[scottLobster]

Not the parent, but I imagine:

1. It insults the intelligence of the viewer and indicates the rest of the show will do the same

2. Humans urinating on each other combined with torture is disgusting to the vast majority of viewers, and seeing a scene like that will naturally turn off many viewers. Even Game of Thrones saved the rape?-on-top-of-a-corpse scene for after the characters had substantial development.

On a related note, at what point does "don't judge" end? What if the opening scene depicted necrophilia? How about beastiality? There's nothing wrong with being disgusted by things 99.X% of the planet is disgusted by

[tomc1985]

By that metric fringe behavior shouldn't ever appear on TV, ever.

Or consider that the intent of that scene was to inspire disgust in the viewer. Does it tie into character development somehow?

Also, don't kink-shame...

[moetech]

To me it's not about "don't judge", but about not treating sexual things like they're special. Notice how both of your examples of potentially over-the-line content are also of a sexual nature.

[klibertp]

> at what point does "don't judge" end?

Volenti non fit injuria. Necrophilia is ok, beastiality not so. Easy.

(Not that I'd like to see either, just saying which would make me search for torches and pitchforks.)