Change the channel already!
Why can't people just change the channel if there's something they don't like on tv? The FCC, in yet another maneuver to control EVERYTHING we see and hear, has recommended to Congress that the government be allowed to regulate television violence -- even on PAY CABLE channels! According to the WaPo:
Seriously? Almost every television these days comes with a little thing called a remote. If you don't like what's on, you don't have to watch it! It's called free will! Whatever happened to parental responsibility? Why should the government have anything to say about what's on, particularly on pay channels? If you're a parent, you should be watching what your kids watch anyway, and keeping them from watching the icky stuff. (I wouldn't let young children watch CSI (too gory) or The Sopranos (too much cursing, too bloody) or Grey's Anatomy (too risque') - but that's what the DVR is for!)
In the same vein, I have "This Film is Not Yet Rated" at home from Netflix, and I keep meaning to watch it. Maybe the MPAA can explain why movies can have blood, gore, cursing, and death, but a single bare breast is cause for major alarm and harsher ratings. WTF?!?
On a side note, I was highly amused when Bill Maher brought up the issue of the declining bee population on his show on Friday night. I've got my finger on the pulse of the nation!
The report -- commissioned by members of Congress in 2004 and based on hundreds of comments from parents, industry officials, academic experts and others -- concludes that Congress has the authority to regulate "excessive violence" and
to extend its reach for the first time into basic-cable TV channels that consumers pay to receive.
Seriously? Almost every television these days comes with a little thing called a remote. If you don't like what's on, you don't have to watch it! It's called free will! Whatever happened to parental responsibility? Why should the government have anything to say about what's on, particularly on pay channels? If you're a parent, you should be watching what your kids watch anyway, and keeping them from watching the icky stuff. (I wouldn't let young children watch CSI (too gory) or The Sopranos (too much cursing, too bloody) or Grey's Anatomy (too risque') - but that's what the DVR is for!)
In the same vein, I have "This Film is Not Yet Rated" at home from Netflix, and I keep meaning to watch it. Maybe the MPAA can explain why movies can have blood, gore, cursing, and death, but a single bare breast is cause for major alarm and harsher ratings. WTF?!?
On a side note, I was highly amused when Bill Maher brought up the issue of the declining bee population on his show on Friday night. I've got my finger on the pulse of the nation!
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