The Morality Police strike again

[EatSpam]

Originally posted by: zendari

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong

Originally posted by: EatSpam

Originally posted by: zendari
The FCC doing what the FCC does? Who would have thought?

Its amusing that you support this type of government regulation.

I think that it is par for the course. Zen wants so badly to live in a communist state. He actively supports govt intervention in all private affairs whether it be a person's reproductive choices, their "right" to be spied upon by the govt, censorship, etc.

As opposed to the ponzi tax scheme wealth distribution policies some here support?

So you would take censorship, lack of privacy, and lack of personal freedoms over taxation of the rich?

 

[FrancesBeansRevenge]

The priorities of our society are funny... you can simulate blowing a persons brains out and/or other horribly violent acts on TV with little to no complaint but if a dangerous word like '******' ever gets out or, god forbid, a titty is exposed all hell breaks loose. Twisted and sickening.

 

[RightIsWrong]

Originally posted by: FrancesBeansRevenge
The priorities of our society are funny... you can simulate blowing a persons brains out and/or other horribly violent acts on TV with little to no complaint but if a dangerous word like '******' ever gets out or, god forbid, a titty is exposed all hell breaks loose. Twisted and sickening.

QFT.

Also, loved the Christmas Story quote from alchemize.

 

[zendari]

Originally posted by: EatSpam

Originally posted by: zendari

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong

Originally posted by: EatSpam

Originally posted by: zendari
The FCC doing what the FCC does? Who would have thought?

Its amusing that you support this type of government regulation.

I think that it is par for the course. Zen wants so badly to live in a communist state. He actively supports govt intervention in all private affairs whether it be a person's reproductive choices, their "right" to be spied upon by the govt, censorship, etc.

As opposed to the ponzi tax scheme wealth distribution policies some here support?

So you would take censorship, lack of privacy, and lack of personal freedoms over taxation of the rich?

If your definition of censorship is so ridiculous that it boils down to the word sh1t on TV? Yeah.

Overtaxation of the upper middle class is real and definite and exists today.

Gotta love the OP trying to finger GWB as if he gives a damn about the FCC.

 

[Red Dawn]

Cable TV and Satellite Radio FTW! ****** the FCC

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: jrenz

Originally posted by: techs
The idea that two words mean exactly the same thing, feces and sh*t, and that one is obscene and the other is not obscene is ridiculous.
It is just arbritrarily drawing a line that and saying this is legal and this is not legal without any justification except the fact you want to make a law that does it.

Off the topic slightly, but I don't think that is true at all. If it were, poetry and writing, and any other art relating to the spoken or written word, would be meaningless. Different words may mean the same thing in the end, but each word conveys a certain feeling, which is learned through interaction with society. To say that "feces" and "sh!t" (as used in the familiar context) have the same meaning is just flat out false. I'm not agreeing with the FCC's recent stance, but I am simply pointing out your fallacy.

Your point is well taken. I would like to point out that the words we choose to call obscene are still just merely words we decided "You can't say this". We are still arbitrarily drawing a line and saying you can say this and can't say that.
It is kind of sad that in a country that was founded on free speech a few simple words that don't harm anyone can't be said. But you can call someone a n*gger and thats not obscene?

What else is interesting is you can't say sh*t on American t.v. yet Americans get bent out of shape when someone in Germany is prosecuted for denying the holocaust?

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: zendari
Gotta love the OP trying to finger GWB as if he gives a damn about the FCC.

The only reason he does give a damn about the FCC is because those whom he sucks up too and are a large percentage of those who still support him, the Ridicu...err...The Religious Right, have a vested interest in telling the American Public what they can and can't see and listen too!

 

[zendari]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: jrenz

Originally posted by: techs
The idea that two words mean exactly the same thing, feces and sh*t, and that one is obscene and the other is not obscene is ridiculous.
It is just arbritrarily drawing a line that and saying this is legal and this is not legal without any justification except the fact you want to make a law that does it.

Off the topic slightly, but I don't think that is true at all. If it were, poetry and writing, and any other art relating to the spoken or written word, would be meaningless. Different words may mean the same thing in the end, but each word conveys a certain feeling, which is learned through interaction with society. To say that "feces" and "sh!t" (as used in the familiar context) have the same meaning is just flat out false. I'm not agreeing with the FCC's recent stance, but I am simply pointing out your fallacy.

Your point is well taken. I would like to point out that the words we choose to call obscene are still just merely words we decided "You can't say this". We are still arbitrarily drawing a line and saying you can say this and can't say that.
It is kind of sad that in a country that was founded on free speech a few simple words that don't harm anyone can't be said. But you can call someone a n*gger and thats not obscene?

When has someone used the N word on prime time national tv?

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: zendari

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: jrenz

Originally posted by: techs
The idea that two words mean exactly the same thing, feces and sh*t, and that one is obscene and the other is not obscene is ridiculous.
It is just arbritrarily drawing a line that and saying this is legal and this is not legal without any justification except the fact you want to make a law that does it.

Off the topic slightly, but I don't think that is true at all. If it were, poetry and writing, and any other art relating to the spoken or written word, would be meaningless. Different words may mean the same thing in the end, but each word conveys a certain feeling, which is learned through interaction with society. To say that "feces" and "sh!t" (as used in the familiar context) have the same meaning is just flat out false. I'm not agreeing with the FCC's recent stance, but I am simply pointing out your fallacy.

Your point is well taken. I would like to point out that the words we choose to call obscene are still just merely words we decided "You can't say this". We are still arbitrarily drawing a line and saying you can say this and can't say that.
It is kind of sad that in a country that was founded on free speech a few simple words that don't harm anyone can't be said. But you can call someone a n*gger and thats not obscene?

When has someone used the N word on prime time national tv?

You ever see the Mini Series "Roots"?

 

[zendari]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: zendari
Gotta love the OP trying to finger GWB as if he gives a damn about the FCC.

The only reason he does give a damn about the FCC is because those whom he sucks up too and are a large percentage of those who still support him, the Ridicu...err...The Religious Right, have a vested interest in telling the American Public what they can and can't see and listen too!

Maybe the soccer moms with 5 year olds. Most people, however, don't.

 

[Drift3r]

Wait so Cheney tells someone to "Go fvck yourself" in the halls of Congress but now these a$$holes are telling me what I can or cannot hear on TV ? Talk about a load of bull$hit.

 

[zendari]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: zendari

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: jrenz

Originally posted by: techs
The idea that two words mean exactly the same thing, feces and sh*t, and that one is obscene and the other is not obscene is ridiculous.
It is just arbritrarily drawing a line that and saying this is legal and this is not legal without any justification except the fact you want to make a law that does it.

Off the topic slightly, but I don't think that is true at all. If it were, poetry and writing, and any other art relating to the spoken or written word, would be meaningless. Different words may mean the same thing in the end, but each word conveys a certain feeling, which is learned through interaction with society. To say that "feces" and "sh!t" (as used in the familiar context) have the same meaning is just flat out false. I'm not agreeing with the FCC's recent stance, but I am simply pointing out your fallacy.

Your point is well taken. I would like to point out that the words we choose to call obscene are still just merely words we decided "You can't say this". We are still arbitrarily drawing a line and saying you can say this and can't say that.
It is kind of sad that in a country that was founded on free speech a few simple words that don't harm anyone can't be said. But you can call someone a n*gger and thats not obscene?

When has someone used the N word on prime time national tv?

You ever see the Mini Series "Roots"?

Nope. Didn't it air in the 70s?

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: zendari

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: zendari

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: jrenz

Originally posted by: techs
The idea that two words mean exactly the same thing, feces and sh*t, and that one is obscene and the other is not obscene is ridiculous.
It is just arbritrarily drawing a line that and saying this is legal and this is not legal without any justification except the fact you want to make a law that does it.

Off the topic slightly, but I don't think that is true at all. If it were, poetry and writing, and any other art relating to the spoken or written word, would be meaningless. Different words may mean the same thing in the end, but each word conveys a certain feeling, which is learned through interaction with society. To say that "feces" and "sh!t" (as used in the familiar context) have the same meaning is just flat out false. I'm not agreeing with the FCC's recent stance, but I am simply pointing out your fallacy.

Your point is well taken. I would like to point out that the words we choose to call obscene are still just merely words we decided "You can't say this". We are still arbitrarily drawing a line and saying you can say this and can't say that.
It is kind of sad that in a country that was founded on free speech a few simple words that don't harm anyone can't be said. But you can call someone a n*gger and thats not obscene?

When has someone used the N word on prime time national tv?

You ever see the Mini Series "Roots"?

Nope. Didn't it air in the 70s?

Affirmative. It's rather sad that the public airwaves of the 21st Century are more restricted than the public airwaves of the 1970's.

 

[zendari]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: zendari

Nope. Didn't it air in the 70s?

Affirmative. It's rather sad that the public airwaves of the 21st Century are more restricted than the public airwaves of the 1970's.

So was it a white person using the N word, or a black person? Seems to be a difference for whatever reason in the public's eyes.

 

[Cooler]

Anyone have the official listing of what can and cant be said at certain times of day according to FCC ?

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: zendari

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: zendari

Nope. Didn't it air in the 70s?

Affirmative. It's rather sad that the public airwaves of the 21st Century are more restricted than the public airwaves of the 1970's.

So was it a white person using the N word, or a black person? Seems to be a difference for whatever reason in the public's eyes.

Actors portraying White Slave Owners.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: daniel49
lol, they can't say the S*** at 9PM while kids are still awake and thats gonna destroy america?
Oh gee, I would type a witty retort if I could quit laughing long enough.:laugh:

The FCC had best get onto schoolbuses too, and censor the kids there.

 

[EatSpam]

Originally posted by: zendari

Originally posted by: EatSpam

Originally posted by: zendari

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong

Originally posted by: EatSpam

Originally posted by: zendari
The FCC doing what the FCC does? Who would have thought?

Its amusing that you support this type of government regulation.

I think that it is par for the course. Zen wants so badly to live in a communist state. He actively supports govt intervention in all private affairs whether it be a person's reproductive choices, their "right" to be spied upon by the govt, censorship, etc.

As opposed to the ponzi tax scheme wealth distribution policies some here support?

So you would take censorship, lack of privacy, and lack of personal freedoms over taxation of the rich?

If your definition of censorship is so ridiculous that it boils down to the word sh1t on TV? Yeah.

Overtaxation of the upper middle class is real and definite and exists today.

Gotta love the OP trying to finger GWB as if he gives a damn about the FCC.

Yeah, all those McMansions are sitting unsold because the upper middle class can't afford them due to excessive taxation. Yup, that's how it works.

It also interesting that you support the FCC regulating private businesses like TV stations.

 

[GeNome]

If you ask me, this type of inane censorship is just giving parents more reason not to pay attention to what their children are doing. If the wee tykes are too young to hear the "S" word, why are they watching TV that late anyway?

It's also amusing that you don't hear about censorship on the internet, even though it poses much more of a "problem" then TV.

 

[dmcowen674]

Soon the U.S. will require an American version of Burkas.

7-11-2006 Texas school district bans Earrings and Teeth Caps

ARLINGTON, Texas - The school district here has expanded its dress codes to include mouths ? and earlobes.

Students may no longer wear mouth jewelry known as "grillz" ? shiny teeth caps ? or the earlobe-stretching practice known as "gauging."

School officials said they hoped to teach students that life would require them to follow specific regulations in specific settings.

"We want to instill in them a sense of modesty and a sense of community," said school board trustee Gloria Pena. "We're preparing them for the work force, and in the work force there are rules."

 

[zendari]

Try wearing an antiabortion shirt to school and see what happens.

 

[Pens1566]

Originally posted by: zendari
Try wearing an antiabortion shirt to school and see what happens.

Did you get detention for it?

 

[makken]

Originally posted by: GeNome
It's also amusing that you don't hear about censorship on the internet, even though it poses much more of a "problem" then TV.

oh sh!t

don't give them ideas.

 

[halik]

whats the s word?

20 bucks says all the complains were filled by the same nutcake organization...

 

[jackschmittusa]

The whole concept of what we concider profanity today is a creation of the Catholic Church. It is based totally on religion.

Originally, the word profane simply meant that which occured outside of the temples. What occured inside was sacred. Sacred and profane were opposite words. The word profane carried no undiserable baggage at all. The Church morphed the word in order to further advance its agenda of control.

IMHO, banning so called profanity might be considered the government's forced support of Christian teachings.