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Of course this is from Al-Reuters with the obligatory Bush mention....I'm sure bleeping some freaking words would ruin, just ruin the entire program.
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The pols are just gonna legislate them mean old dirty words away.
I bet they get around this.
One of my most vivid childhood memories is that of being told by Mom, "sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you!" She made it a point to teach my sister and me that letting someone else's words be a source of offense was giving them a power over you that they could get only if you gave it to them. Her approach was that all through life we would encounter people who would try to upset us with their language and the only sure way to avoid that trap was to understand that it's the listener that decides what effect someone else's speech will have on their feelings.
Okay. There have been rules since...forever...about language on broadcast television, right? When have networks ever been allowed to use curse words liberally on the air? Never, right? There have been allowances in context (Saving Private Ryan, etc.)
Personally, I am glad that there are limits on this.
If networks were given free reign to broadcast any language or content they wanted to, network television would be unwatchable (oh, wait...they already are unwatchable...) in a short period of time. They would make all content as salacious as possible in order to boost ratings.
I'm sorry. The networks are like children, and must be treated as such. They cannot be trusted to police themselves, "nanny state" labels by people notwithstanding.
Gosh, all the way to the 2nd paragraph before blaming Bush. Sigh.
The overall language is so bad that my wife pointed out that they frequently bleep out words on her favorite channel...The Cooking Channel (Food Network)!
What idiot parent actually thinks Little Johnnie and Janie hasn't been exposed to and regularly uses the 'f' bomb?
I think this is just an attempt by PBS to bring up how (They feel) the guidelines are blurry and the FCC's actions have been inconsistent.
Remember Schlindler's list?
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?
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?
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.
I'm more concerned about whatever spin Burns is going to put on this.
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!
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.
Is the show going to include stories about newly liberated French women showing their appreciation to our GI's?