We Control the Vertical

NewsMax ^ | September 10, 2001 | Dr. James L. Hirsen,J.D., Ph.D.

[Map Kernow]

The new "whore" curriculum on the nation's airwaves, and how the nation's citizens must combat it.

[JohnGalt]

Newsmax is now carrying the water for Joe Lieberman.

He appreciates your support.

Coming from a group in Newsmax that showed no fear putting pictures of Ron Brown's skull on the internet, I'd figure this bunch would stay clear of First Amedment regulation questions.

[FreedomIsSimple]

Don't we have better things to worry about than TV networks using naughty language? We have a federal government rife with fraud, waste and corruption and an unconsitutional War on Drugs that is destroying our society.

Priorities, people.

[Vladiator]

Does the fund raising letter come with this annoucement, or did it come separately as a reminder?

Give me a break.

[LonePalm]

I think it is about time to add a few more channels to the parental control list on the TV.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic!)

[Jim Scott]

I always associated taking the Lord's name in vain as using His name to support your views.

You might want to check out the 7th Commandment (Exodus 20 Verse 7).
It seems obvious that we should use His name in praise or worship, not as a curse or in jest or as some sort of political statement. Anything else is disrespectful, at best.

[john639753]

To all the fine folks here who will read this....I suggest you do what I do and just turn the filthy thing off. Like the internet, tv will soon have all the filth you could want at the push of the remote button....What makes the person, is the sense to realize that you need to control what comes into your home. Just like in the poltergiest movie....The filth has to be invited in.....

[TexDotCom]

If God does not care very much about people using His name in vain, why did He go through the trouble of making it one of the 10 Commandments NOT to do so? Seems to be pretty important to Him after all. Why is it no one takes the name of Muhammed in vain? Or Buddha? Or Krishna? Or Allah? etc. etc. Just a couple of things for you to think about. <><

[NC_Libertarian]

Just turn your TV off, it's mostly junk anyway.

[Map Kernow]

Newsmax is now carrying the water for Joe Lieberman.

He appreciates your support.

Funny, I didn't see Joe mentioned in this article, but...you're right: if Joe Lieberman supports something, we have to oppose it.

OK, then, MORE FILTH ON TV!

Satisfied?

[an amused spectator]

medianews bump
CCRM bump

[Map Kernow]

Don't we have better things to worry about than TV networks using naughty language? We have a federal government rife with fraud, waste and corruption and an unconsitutional War on Drugs that is destroying our society.

"War on Drugs"? Yeah, OK, I get it...

Ever hear of the "broken window" theory of community policing? You let a punk get away with busting a window in a building, on grounds that there are "more important" matters to police, and the building will wind up with every window broken. Giuliani and Bratton implemented a policy in NYC eight years ago of going after "quality of life" infractions (public urination, aggressive panhandling, etc.) that previous administrations hadn't bothered with, and the overall crime rate went down---WAY down.

Just as the streets are policed in our cities, our airwaves are regulated for, among other things, decency. If the regs are not enforced and openly defied, then we will have a spiraling downward and coarsening of our cultural life and our community and home environments. Maybe you find that acceptable. I pray to God there're enough others who don't.

[Map Kernow]

Does the fund raising letter come with this annoucement, or did it come separately as a reminder?

Do you have another cheap shot to post, or is there a substantive rejoinder you can make?

[SuziQ]

I don't watch the network shows anyway, with the exception of ER from time to time. And since we don't subscribe to any of the 'premium' channels, we don't subject ourselves to their latest propaganda, i.e Queer as Folk, Sex and the City, etc.

The quality of programming has been going down for years, and as a result, their viewership. They have been under the impression that folks have been going to cable channels in order to see more smut. The network moguls think that if they allow MORE crap on the air that people will watch. This will be funny to watch. I can't wait to see the Neilsen numbers after the loosened standards have been in place for a few months. I believe the moguls will get a very big surprise; just not the one they expect!

[Map Kernow]

Just turn your TV off, it's mostly junk anyway.

And tell your kid to turn it off, too, especially when he/she's home alone, or at a friend's place, etc.

Kids always listen to their libertarian parents. Too bad these networks and their sponsors don't realize that...

[MarkWar]

>Don't we have better things to worry about than TV networks using naughty language? We have a federal government rife with fraud, waste and corruption and an unconsitutional War on Drugs that is destroying our society. Priorities, people.

"Priorities?"

Get real. _Politics_ touches directly a tiny number of people and, indirectly, a slightly larger number of people.

But these days media reality impacts everyone. Didn't Gale Weathers say "Pop culture is the politics of the 21st century?"

You're living in the 60s, man, with your hash and rebellion (that would be the 1960s for the hash, and the 1760s for the rebellion).

Don't blather about other people having misplaced priorities. At least people who worry about TV are worried about something real which is eating away at civilization on a scale that is worth worrying about.

You and your "problems" are like a guy in prison getting raped worrying about whether the guys raping him are KKKers or Black Panthers. And whether they'll let him toke up afterward.

My priorities are fine. You need to get some fresh air. Mark W.

[JohnGalt]

So, by you rason the govenrment is a good instrument for preventing "filth" on TV?

I apologize, but that is a logical disconnect.

[NC_Libertarian]

If I had kids I would chuck my TV and I would be aware of their friends and what they are doing. And I would beat them regularaly.

[JohnGalt]

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