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New TV Outrage - A New Low For TV:

YOUR IMMEDIATE HELP NEEDED TO DRIVE THIS GROSSLY INDECENT GARBAGE OFF TV AND OUT OF OUR HOMES...

First, we apologize to you in advance for asking you to read the filth below.  WARNING: it's EXTREMELY offensive. 

DON'T LET ANY CHILDREN READ THIS E-MAIL!

But millions of children were already exposed to it on TV, and you need to know how totally sick some TV shows marketed to children have become.

Here's what millions of impressionable youngsters across America who tuned in to the new Fox-TV show, "Keen Eddie," were subjected to last Tuesday evening (June 10) --

The plot involved a case about black market traffic in horse semen.  Detective Eddie hired a prostitute (whose ad in the newspaper read, "Forty Year Old Filthy Slut. Will Do Anything") to have sex with a horse!!!

FILE YOUR FORMAL INDECENCY COMPLAINT AGAINST THE JUNE 10, 2003 EPISODE OF FOX-TV's "KEEN EDDIE" WITH THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) NOW!

This is what you letter to the FCC will look like:

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To: Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), Washington, D.C.

Michael K. Powell, Chairman
Kathleen Q. Abernathy
Jonathan S. Adelstein
Michael J. Copps
Kevin J. Martin

RE:   OFFICIAL FCC TELEVISION INDECENCY COMPLAINT:

This is a formal COMPLAINT of indecency on broadcast television. My complaint concerns the PROGRAM ON:
NETWORK:  FOX-TV
PROGRAM TITLE:  "Keen Eddie"
BROADCAST DATE: June 10, 2003
BROADCAST TIME:  9:00 PM Eastern & Pacific Time, 8:00 PM Central & Mountain Time

Documentation of the indecent material on which my COMPLAINT is based is provided below.  A video tape of this entire episode of "Keen Eddie" is available from the Parents Television Council. PLEASE KEEP ME INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS AND RESULTS OF YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER.

COMPLAINANT believes that this material is in context and fully representative of the show's overall tone and quality.

COMPLAINANT also declares that such material is:

• Clearly indecent according to the standards of my community;
• Especially offensive because it was broadcast at an hour when millions of children were watching; and
• Because the popularity of this program with young viewers is well-documented.

The FCC should exercise its responsibility to enforce the existing law against indecency on broadcast TV between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. (Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1464) by levying severe sanctions against the broadcasters of this program.

PLEASE KEEP ME INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS AND RESULTS OF YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER. SYNOPSIS, June 10, 2003 EPISODE OF "Keen Eddie"

The plot involved a case about black market traffic in horse semen.  Detective Eddie hired a prostitute (whose ad in the newspaper read, "Forty Year Old Filthy Slut. Will Do Anything") to have sex with a horse.

When the prostitute showed up at the stable, Keen Eddie's thugs asked her to have sexual intercourse with a horse because they needed its semen. 

Actual dialogue:

Prostitute: --No, that's not natural.
Thug: --------Extraction for insemination. If you look at the picture on  page 45 you'll see how natural it is...
Prostitute: --Forget it!
Another Thug: --You're a 40-year old filthy slut, you'll do anything...
Prostitute: --With a human...

The prostitute finally agrees to go through with it.  She goes to the stable and attempts to arouse the horse, but the horse drops dead. 

She explains, "I never laid a finger on it.  I lifted up my blouse, that's all… he needs to get aroused.  I happen to know a little something on this subject."

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CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR PROTEST TO ALL 5 FCC COMMISSIONERS

A copy of this COMPLAINT will be sent in your name to Gateway, Subway, Pier 1 and Nissan as a sponsor of this program, with the following message:

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I am outraged at the frightening increase in violence, sex, filth, smutty humor and coarse language on prime-time television. TV shows have been poisoned by a flood of offensive material that is helping destroy family values and seriously harming America's children and grandchildren… and SPONSORS LIKE YOU ARE PAYING FOR IT WITH YOUR ADVERTISING DOLLARS!

In particular, TV was poisoned by the June 10, 2003 episode of "Keen Eddie" aired on Fox-TV and sponsored by {name of sponsor}.

As a consumer, I am taking part in this grassroots campaign organized by the Parents Television Council (PTC) to urge you and all commercial TV Sponsors to STOP USING YOUR ADVERTISING DOLLARS TO UNDERWRITE THE FILTH AND VIOLENCE THAT IS POISONING THE MINDS OF MILLIONS OF IMPRESSIONABLE YOUNGSTERS.

I hope and expect to hear from the PTC that {name of sponsor} has adopted a new and more responsible advertising policy that will preclude sponsorship of any program containing material as indecent as that featured in the June 10 broadcast of "Keen Eddie."

Sincerely,

Your Name

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Call or Send a snail mail to the commissioners: Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 888-CALL-FCC (225-5322)
TTY: 888-TELL-FCC (835-5322)
Fax: 202-418-0232

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1. Go to Complaint To FCC and sign the formal indecency complaint to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) against this "Keen Eddie" broadcast.  The FCC is supposed to enforce the federal law against broadcast TV indecency during children's viewing hours.  Please help us flood the FCC with complaints about this "Keen Eddie" atrocity.

2. When you sign the FCC complaint, the PTC will also generate on your behalf a WARNING TO SPONSORS addressed to four of the national advertisers whose commercial dollars paid to air this show on Fox-TV.  Your warning alerts Gateway Computers, Subway Restaurants, Pier 1 and Nissan Motor Company that you are shocked at their irresponsibility in paying for such filth-filled content.

3. ALSO VERY IMPORTANT -- FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY NOW SO THEY CAN JOIN THE FIGHT.

Fox-TV's descent into this moral sewer was paid for by the sponsors who bought commercial time on this show.  

They include companies like Gateway, Subway, Pier 1 and Nissan -- all nationally-known brands that want to be  perceived as friends of the American family.

How can they allow their commercial dollars to pay for polluting our homes with graphic filth like this?  Whether these companies intended it or not, this kind of content directly violates the moral standards of decent families, especially those with young children. 

When TV Sponsors advertise on shows containing content like this -- whether it's bestiality and foul language on "Keen Eddie," or the  barrage of ultra-violence and references to oral sex, threesomes, masturbation and homosexuality documented by the PTC on other prime-time broadcast network shows -- we must hold the sponsors accountable for attempting to destroy our children's and grandchildren's moral values and character.

Moreover, your official indecency complaint to the FCC will support our campaign to demand that the FCC investigate, fine, and possibly pull station licenses of the Fox-TV affiliates who aired this "Keen Eddie" show.

And, hopefully, many of your friends and family will also forward this e-mail, so the FCC INDECENCY COMPLAINT and WARNING TO SPONSORS will be multiplied many, many times over!

We need you and a lot of other decent folks to take immediate action. Please don't delay.

With urgent thanks,

Parents Television Council

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P.S. Go now to FCC INDECENCY COMPLAINT to file your FCC INDECENCY COMPLAINT and to generate your WARNING TO SPONSORS.  This is how, TOGETHER WITH YOU, the Parents Television Council will stop the flood of filth, depravity, foul language and sick, ultra-violence on TV: overwhelming grass roots pressure brought to bear on one network, one show, and one sponsor at a time.

Also-PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY NOW SO THEY CAN JOIN THE FIGHT. 

Thank you.

Parent Television Council

[Cultural Jihad]

... I turn it off and contact the sponsors and tell them that under no circumstances will I buy the product they spent money advertising if they dont' stop supporting it...

Too bad more people dont' do that - then they might actually listen.

That's good. We shouldn't allow corporations to assault the sensibilities and sensitivities of people.

[Scenic Sounds]

Yeah, as I understand it, some here want the federal government to draw all the lines and others would prefer that sponsors, parents and viewers play the major role in drawing the lines.

That's the issue here, isn't it?

[Will]

"Don't you think that another important question concerns who is drawing the line? Isn't that what's being debated here?

It would seem that the populace should be demanding that the damage being inflicted be stopped. And since the only way that can be done is by governmental regulatory agency actions, then that is the way (in much the same way as was previously mentioned about food safety).

I want as little governmental regulation as just about anyone; however, there comes a time when there are just entirely too many rat turds in the peanut butter for the good of our culture. This is that time, and the rat turds are EVERYWHERE...

[Cultural Jihad]

Well, I'm heading off on vacation.

Enjoy the mountains, Chad!

[Chad Fairbanks]

Well, I wouldn't go THAT far - I'd say that they can try to offend the sensibilities of people all they want, but if the people they are offending stop buying their products then their tune would change in a hurry :0)

[Chad Fairbanks]

I think so, Yes. Same goal, different tactics. I don't claim to be correct in everything, and I am far from perfect, but I am of the opinion that my way is right. If I wasn't, it wouldn't be my opinion ;0)

I think we are all in agreement with regard to defining the problem - it's the solutions that need to be worked out.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Thanks, I will. Now, if I could just find a t-mobile hotspot for my wireless internet it would be perfect ;0)

[Scenic Sounds]

It would seem that the populace should be demanding that the damage being inflicted be stopped. And since the only way that can be done is by governmental regulatory agency actions,

I think it's that last premise of yours that's being debated. Is government regulatory agency action truly the only way for the public to influence broadcasters? Is it even the best way?

I want as little governmental regulation as just about anyone;

I think it's because everyone agrees with you on that point that others are searching for answers other than government regulation.

[tpaine]

"Government does regulate morality. The laws that we live by are based on morals. The government enforces those morals.
I have no problem with that."
315 -hg-


You should have a problem, as our government is mandated to enforce individual rights and rule of constitutional law.
It does not enforce the 'moral' rules of men. These rules are wisely left to our establishments of religion, freely exercised.

[Cultural Jihad]

If I had kids and they watched this program I would be livid. Complacency is killing America! If we continue to accept this kind of garbage, it will only get worse.

Yes, the 'slippery slope' argument. Some people here are under the false impression that 'slippery slope' in this case means if we demand pornography and obscenity be removed from the public airwaves then who's to stop the banning of comic strips and pictures of puppies? It seems they care much more for the rights of adults to be debauched than they do for the rights of children to their own innocence.

[tpaine]

Chad Fairbanks wrote:
"I stand by what I said - I agree with the statement. How we each see fit to go about it may differ."



Using government power to "end the corruption of people" violates our constitution.
This is not a mere difference over 'fit' methods, it is a core principle of our republican form of government.

[Will]

"parents, sponsors, and viewers" are not getting it done...

[Paul C. Jesup]

Control freaks like you are no better than the diehard socialists you are against because the end result for either of you is enslavement for the rest of us.

[DAnconia55]

"Federal Department of Parenting" : We know what your children are doing.

[tpaine]

It would seem that the populace should be demanding that the damage being inflicted be stopped. And since the only way that can be done is by governmental regulatory agency actions
then that is the way (in much the same way as was previously mentioned about food safety).

I want as little governmental regulation as just about anyone; however, there comes a time when there are just entirely too many rat turds in the peanut butter for the good of our culture. This is that time, and the rat turds are EVERYWHERE...
363 -will-



Indeed 'will', they are everywhere, calling for "governmental regulatory agency actions"..

We do not get smaller government by urging for more of it.

[StupidQuestions]

Did you ever wonder if maybe most people don't agree with you? Maybe it isn't 'getting done' because people watch what's offered and are not offended.

[Chad Fairbanks]

See... now you're just being silly - My methods, which "differ" (look up the word) would involve responsible parents raising their children right. That's DIFFERENT, hence it 'Differs'...

[DAnconia55]

That's good. We shouldn't allow corporations to assault the sensibilities and sensitivities of people.

You have no right to not be offended.

[NRA2BFree]

We already see the damage that has been done to children by the way they act. They imitate what they see and hear on TV, and It's not a pretty picture. I'm stunned at the way some compare adult rights to children/s rights.

A very wise person once said: "Morality is such a light and unimportant topic according to the moral-liberals, and what it takes to heal a broken soul and what it is in life we owe to God is not important to them at all." You know. :)

[AAABEST]

Do we just have government do it? Do we go after the sponsors? What is the right way to do it?

Very tough question. We all know what happens when you give the government an inch, miles later you wish you hadn't.

Although there is a point where a "violation" occurs. If a parent can't get up and make popcorn without having to worry that his 8 year old is going to be presented with a situation where a nasty whore is having sex with a horse, well we have a problem. Adults choosing such is one thing, kids are another.

There's a point where "turn the channel" doesn't cut it. Keeping certain types of programming away from your family shouldn't have to be a full time job.

The cat may be out of the bag, because you're question of "how" to regulate such is extremely difficult to answer. The government will just screw it up as they do everything else.

I guess my answer would be a rare "I'm not sure." It would probably be a combination of government on a short leash, an active private sector and good parenting, along with the recognition of the difference between subscription programming and public airwaves.