[secret garden]

I think there is a time and place for censorship. I don't like having my senses assaulted by profanity or violence(we don't need mikes on players during sports, we can all read lips). I'm not a prude but I'd rather not be surrounded by things that really offend me. And I don't think I should have to crawl into a hole because people think they have a right to broadcast their ignorance or anger or craziness. We need some good Amish Shunning going on. There should be shame. We should care about not offending others. I don't like animated movies that are PG. Why is that necessary? If they looked at revenues, they would see that G movies always grossed more. /soapbox

And I didn't mean to go on a rant but I'm waiting to hear about my dog's surgery and have had 2 spam calls already this afternoon, didn't leave messages. I feel certain they are spoofed numbers about credit card nonsense. They are irking me.

[VRWCmember]

I think there is a time and place for censorship.

I think it is worth pointing out a difference between censorship and applying standards of content. If the government tells the network or the provider or the producers what content is permissable and what is not, that is censorship. If on the other hand, the network management refuses to broadcast something that a particular advertiser or producer or whoever wants to put on the air, then that is not censorship but rather the OWNER applying the OWNER'S standards. As consumers -- whose viewership or non-viewership impacts the owner's revenue -- we certainly have the right to try to influence the owners of the network to either tighten or relax their content standards, and we have the right to respond to how they choose to act. If more of the viewers convince they network owners that they want to see more T&A and other risque content then those of us who object are free to find another channel. If we convince the owners to reject such content and broadcast more "wholesome" content, then the Ted and Family Guy fans are also welcome to seek another channel for their viewing pleasure.

[Texan5]

Rants are fine, and soapboxes are good-rational civil discussion is how people come together and learn from each other, and has become a near-lost art.

Shunning-extreme peer pressure-is not really censorship, but it is certainly the one thing that curbs rudeness, and I heartily approve of that-tantrums, lashing out, etc don’t belong in public, and the perpetrators deserve a shunning, big time...

I turn my back and walk away from people of any age who are acting out in public, after giving them a f*** you and the horse you rode in in look, and I encourage others to do so, as well-negative behavior should not be rewarded.