Posted on 07/26/2006 11:54:02 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel
LOS ANGELES (Reuters)-The U.S. government's crackdown on media indecency could prevent World War Two veterans from sharing their stories in an upcoming TV documentary series by Ken Burns, the head of the Public Broadcasting Service said on Wednesday.
Noted filmaker Burns' highly anticipated seven-part series "The War" features salty language used by servicemen and others. If the explecitives make it to air, they could lead to crippling fines for the offencing stations as a result of a new law signed last month by President George W. Bush.
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Laugh at me if you want to, but yesterday I was watching a program about raising goats on the RFD channel. I was amazed to hear a livestock expert from Texas A&M refer to "teets" on a female goat. When I was a kid, cows and goats had "t*ts" and that's what everybody called them. Was this another example of misdirected TV censorship or does the science of animal husbandry use different terminoligy these days?
In many courtrooms, every lawyer that comes before that court knows that unnecessary profanity will not be tolerated. It is their responsibility to make their clients understand that.
Burns, as a professional film maker should know as well, if he chooses to ignore the law and include filth in his documentary, than let it lie on the cutting room floor, he has no one to blame but himself.
Burns knows the rules or at the very least he should. Go break the rules of your work place, see how long you are allowed to get away with it. Why should Burns be allowed to spit on the rules of common decency?
If I were Ken burns, I would show the documentary uncut and let the FCC look like monkeys for censoring the words of Gen. Patton. Your tax dollars at shirk once again.
"Why should Burns be allowed to spit on the rules of common decency?"
Why should you be allowed to alter factual history?
If a soldier used the "F" word while being shelled, it would be disingenuous to change it.
Most kids know all of those words by second grade. That's how it's always been. Only Brent Bozell thinks otherwise.
As if this congress gave a damn about unintended consequences unless the consequences can provide more political fluff.
I am about as disgusted with congress as I have ever been. Has congress done anything meaningful this year at all? Has congress accomplished anything this year except debate fluff political issues for November?
I wouldn't be surprised to find those words prohibited. Congress probably thinks it can get 1 or 2 more votes in November if they go all the way in banning words.
Just bleep it out. My father was surrounded for six days by Chinese during the Korean War and he can still describe it without using profanity; ditto Jeremiah Denton speaking about his time in North Vietnam; ditto Joe Foss, CMO winner. If these guys can't do it without using the profanity, strike it up to class (or lack of it), bleep out the swearing and I doubt it will detract from the message.
Referring to animals, the word has always been "teats" AFAIK, but regional pronunciation has varied between "teets" and "tihts".
I'm more concerned about whatever spin Burns is going to put on this.
Just as I am sure that the broadcast of a few four-letter words, in context, I might add, will mean the instant end of Western Civilization.
Don't we think the puffed-up busybodies in Washington have enough to do without spending our money on the profanity police?
"Mommy, Johnny said a bad word!"
Thank you for what you are saying in your posts. You are expressing it well. As I have said before, I don't like to step in it and I don't like it crammed into my ears. That doesn't mean I pretend it does not exist.
Typical american... Reminds me of the 9/11 documentary where presenter Robert De Niro apologised for the foul language used by the fireman in one of the twin towers... Redicioulus!
Joe Foss, CMH winner that is.
I don't give a sh!t what they say as it couldn't come close to what was broadcast at the Slick Willie impeachment trial.
But seriously, what is the worst they could say? The "F" word? They say that all the time on tv after midnight on cable. And they pretty much drop the F bomb every other minute on HBO/Cinemax.
No, this is all an effort to blame Bush, the RIGHT, and most importantly, the evil Christian Right.
I'm not worried about their language, but if any of those old guys have a wardrobe malfunction they should be punished to the full extent of the law.
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