That was a major thought I had when going through this. The example they used, where Saving Private Ryan is unedited, was focused on the language. They didn't complain about the graphic nature of the violence, especially the opening scene, because that wasn't an issue for them. Plenty of shows have people shooting each other and no one seems to care. Many shows are even based around the idea of protagonists using violence as a primary means of conflict resolution rather than a last resort.I chose grue but I am mostly on the violence vs sex/swearing thing. That is ridiculous in my mind. You can show someone get curb stomped but they can't call him an asshole while they do it.
That's really my point though. This isn't about parents figuring out how to use parental controls (or the like), but rather about parents being involved with their children, and knowing (somewhat) what they're doing. You know, a relationship with your kid? Spending time with them? Novel concepts.But what kid is going to teach their parent how to block a show?
No Restrictions at the GOVERNMENT level. I understand the reasons for it in the past, as otherwise a child can turn on the television and watch some actor swear up a storm on NBC. However, there are a few reasons this no longer feels so applicable.
1) In this age, with the rise of the DVR and future televisions with built-in services like GoogleTV, we can have better restrictive services and parental controls. Maybe down the line TV shows can carry with them a tag saying the rating, and you can program the box to simply block that show, rather then the whole channel. Solutions like that give control back to the parents while giving freedom to the networks to try out new things.
2) Kids these days are so savy with computers, tablets, smart phones, etc... that most of the time they figure out ways to log onto websites with videos or shows, even just Youtube, where you can find countless videos with people often swearing or playing out sexually suggestive skits. One trip to google and one wrong keyword will take them places even the most raunchy skinemax wouldn't touch at 3AM.
My point in the end, is parents need to be the ones watching what the kids are doing. Parents should have tools to help with this, like even better parental controls, but it should be up to the network what they produce without fear by the FCC. If the networks themselves feel like they want to keep the network "family friendly" then they have that right, but if say ABC decided to have a more adult oriented block at 10:00PM on a Thursday, let them.
BARBARA STREISAND!All new tv's since 2000 come with a v-chip which allows you to block shows with a certain rating. http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/v-chip
Yeah, I remember those free vouchers. I filled some out for my parents, and it was a pretty easy process. The converter units themselves were pretty cheap, too.Or get one or two of the free converter boxes the gov't was funding at the time. Or spend $35 per TV now... Amazon product
That is completely incorrect.Price to watch 'free' entertainment on TV in living room ... as low as $25.
Price to watch 'free' entertainment on my computer ... $0.
Just don't see the need. Almost all my entertainment has moved into the home office anyway.
--Patrick
I don't know why we persist in this foolishness. Why nobody has stood up in public and shouted, "Why is acceptable to graphically depict murder, a practice society and civilization abhors and which less than 1% of us will ever experience in our life... whereas the depiction of sex, which is wonderful and essential to the continuation of life and nearly every single human being will experience in their life at one time or another, is not?"Welcome to America where it's ok to show a dude getting a bullet torn through his eye and exploding the back of his cranium on prime time TV, but heaven help you if you show a nipple.
Because killing people is good, clean american fun, while getting pregnant isn't?Welcome to America where it's ok to show a dude getting a bullet torn through his eye and exploding the back of his cranium on prime time TV, but heaven help you if you show a nipple.
The first Americans were religious zealots who believed all pleasure was sinful and anything they didn't understand was a witch to be burned. They were so insufferable nobody else in europe would put up with them. Their influence here has dominated ever since, unfortunately.Because killing people is good, clean american fun, while getting pregnant isn't?
And yet 1 out of 3 marriages where shotgun weddings...The first Americans were religious zealots who believed all pleasure was sinful and anything they didn't understand was a witch to be burned. They were so insufferable nobody else in europe would put up with them. Their influence here has dominated ever since, unfortunately.
Oh, the puritans were a repressed lot, but that doesn't mean they didn't have their scandals too. Perhaps some cause and effect action goin' on there, hrm?And yet 1 out of 3 marriages where shotgun weddings...
Actually that explains it better then just being puritans...
That list is +win.And yet 1 out of 3 marriages where shotgun weddings...
Actually that explains it better then just being puritans...
As the article points out, 1 out of 3 is higher odds then the ones for pregnancy from one sexual encounter... that's a lot of scandals.Oh, the puritans were a repressed lot, but that doesn't mean they didn't have their scandals too. Perhaps some cause and effect action goin' on there, hrm?
What I was trying to imply was another trait we inherited was behaving differently in public than in private - IE, yes, they were constantly gettin' it on behind closed doors and then straightening their tunics and going outside where they loudly condemned the devil's indecency. IE, hypocrites... just like today.As the article points out, 1 out of 3 is higher odds then the ones for pregnancy from one sexual encounter... that's a lot of scandals.
Except that that's kinda hard to do when you can't throw a stick witohut hitting someone that had a kid 6 months after getting married...What I was trying to imply was another trait we inherited was behaving differently in public than in private - IE, yes, they were constantly gettin' it on behind closed doors and then straightening their tunics and going outside where they loudly condemned the devil's indecency. IE, hypocrites... just like today.
Hypocrites from Krypton is an apt description - and a good name for a band.Except that that's kinda hard to do when you can't throw a stick witohut hitting someone that had a kid 6 months after getting married...
They'd have to be like hypocrites from Krypton... every 3rd person would have to be Newt Gingritch...
Also, you didn't read that cracked link, did you... apparently they encouraged sex just fine, as long as you where married...
Considering the secular nature of your constitution i'd actually say you got more crazy with religion sometimes between then and now...
I would like you to ask which makes for a more fun video game:Because killing people is good, clean american fun, while getting pregnant isn't?
Jersey Shore is a cable show. Doesn't apply to the subject.I would like you to ask which makes for a more fun video game:
Call of Duty? Or Call of Booty?
Also I refused to vote as I don't see an option where Jersey Shore is taken off the air.
Better question, which experience can you easily get for free from the internet...I would like you to ask which makes for a more fun video game:
Call of Duty? Or Call of Booty?
Pretty sure one of the big points was that puritans encouraged sex within marriage... and some of teh sources do mention how there where clear examples of guys using sex to force the issue of marriage... while bastards where at an all time low...they beat each other over the head with puritan zealotry in public and got all carnal behind closed doors. And nobody called anybody else on their bullshit because they had their own skeletons hiding in plain sight.