The Censorship Rating System

[Above_70Percent]

WILL SOMEBODY SAVE THE CHILDREN
The FCC is coming up with so many lame excuses to censor every other word in the dictionary.

I have a child. Wonder of wonders, I don't agree with censorship. Sure I don't want hardcore porn being played during "child safe" hours. No reason to see "Debbie Does Dallas" playing in the same time slot as Barney. That's just common sense. However, we're discussing, for the most part, adult programming. Shows aimed at adults. I fully expect to hear risque comments, discussions, and topics.

What happened to responsibility? I'm a parent, sure.. but to only 1 child. I'm not here to raise anyone else's child. *I* know how to change the channel. I know how to turn the dial. I know how to turn the radio and television OFF. I don't expect you or anyone else to decide what is indecent. I don't expect you to cater to making sure that everything is "safe" for my 3 year old daughter. It's my daughter, it's MY job to raise her! I just wish everyone else could figure that out.

I guess we should expect this kind of behaviour from a bunch of people who were raised in front of the television. Why pay attention to little Johnny or Susie, when you can just plunk em in front of the TV and forget about them? Why read to them at night when television can educate them?! Why teach them morals and manners, when you can let "Full House" do it for you!?

Am I way off base? Should we censor programming to protect the children of those people who refuse to change the channel or turn the TV/radio off? SHOULD we cater to the more "sensitive" people?

 

[ZoidBerg]

Some of what u say I believe is true. The FFC is being lame, but they have a right to censor some things. It is true that u don't want your children to see things on television that is not right. I believe that is good, but they're going to censor everything that doesnt seem right to them. Well when voting comes vote for non-censorship.

And SAVE THE CHILDREN!

 

[Above_70Percent]

Well, there is no reason to stop the words "f.ck" or the words "sh.t" to be played. If you are a good parent your kids wouldn't know what those words mean.

But as I said before, if its 12:00 and Conan O'brien is on and a girl walks out with nothing but a thong on then yeah, I'd say soemthing. If an accidental 4 letter word comes out then oh well, no need to get mad for no reason.

 

[[x]Steben[x]]

Do you listen to Howard Stern in the morning? He makes some good points about what the FCC and Clear Channel are doing.

 

[Above_70Percent]

Howard Stren is my god.

 

[jd-inflames]

I only read about half of your first post and that is all of this thread that I have read...I saw something about how you thought that hardcore pornography isn't right...well..what about softcore? I'm not a parent just yet (give me a few months...) but I wouldn't want anything with nudity or harsh language on any of the basic channels or any channel other than movie channels, kind of like how they are now. I don't even think that HBO and Cinemax should play their softcore at night. We have PPV porn channels for a reason...so why risk polluting the minds of our children with that? I would want my child to be respectful throughout his whole life...and when he's talking bad or thinking that its ok to grab some girls ass at the ages 4-11, then something is very wrong...

 

[Above_70Percent]

Yah but when you are a parent you know that you have complete control over your kid. People on maury and shit say "oh I can't control my kids" yeah you can. If you wanna be a good parent than just change the channel. Yes, I know you can't be there 24/7 and Cable is a totally different story. I'm just talkin bout when your watchin jay leno at 11 o clock at night I wouldn't mind if the f word show up.

And why the hell do i have a level 5 warning??

 

[DarkRider]

I believe myself, that we should raise our kids the way we want to, and not have some lame a** government program step in and take our jobs as parents. Now see, if I was a parent. I would not let my child watch much tv anyways, maybe 1-2 hours a day, IF that.

 

[Jubba43605]

Well, I'll be damned. 1-2 hours.... Thats the time I spend watching commercials lol

 

[ORC-r0x0r-ROC]

If you are a good parent your kids wouldn't know what those words mean.

Sure..... every good parent follows there kid round 24-7 to school, to make sure they don't read a uncensored dictionary and shoot any kid that might swear in front of them or tell them what a swear word is. It is impossible to isolate them from foul language so what's the point of trying you could say. All it does is stops them picking up words like that at a early age.
If you teach them what foul words are at a early age and what there "real" meaning is, and there bad ect they won't feel compelled to say them out of novelty. Why do you care that some programs are censored? Geez it's just a bleep or whatever you still know what it means. Why should you even care?
How old sare you JD? Most parents have to work to ****ing feed there children and they can't always be at home when there kids are, often they can't afford a babysitter -.- "parents should be more responsible" is no excuse to not censor TV.

 

[shutupandgoaway]

The FCC under Powell is really messed up, just like the rest of the departments of the Bush administration. The FCC is turning into a very scary entity- it gets rid of Stern NOW for what he's been doing for..what, 12 years? Coincidentally, he's recently also come out against the Bush admin. Hmmm. The FCC shouldn't censor PPV or late night TV, I agree with Above_70Percent, that it is the parent's responsibility to censor a child, as they know what the child should be allowed to see and what they don't want them to see. On this topic, here's a song by Eric Idle of Monty Python, located at
this link.

 

[jd-inflames]

You guys are saying that things SHOULD be on the tube...and that you would only let your kids watch TV 1-2 hours a day...what is going to keep them from watching something bad at night if they dissallowed censorship? You can't stay up all night and watch over them. Kids live to disobey afterall.

 

[Forged]

o well. whats stopping a kid from getting on the internet and looking up porn?

You can put a password on the tv yah know.

 

[Overtone]

I don't mind censorship, but I think the FCC is really over doing it. I am not a parent, and probally am not going to be one soon (I'm 15...). I think censorship should still exist, but the FCC should lighten up, and not censor the stupidiest things.

 

[jd-inflames]

You can put a password on your computer as well...

And ROC, I'll be 19 the 25th of this month.

 

[Forged]

Yeah I realize that. That means censorship is useless. If a parent doesn't want their children exposed they have two options

1.No internet or cable

2.Use Passwords it takes 10seconds of your time.

 

[ORC-r0x0r-ROC]

The FCC under Powell is really messed up, just like the rest of the departments of the Bush administration. The FCC is turning into a very scary entity- it gets rid of Stern NOW for what he's been doing for..what, 12 years? Coincidentally, he's recently also come out against the Bush admin. Hmmm. The FCC shouldn't censor PPV or late night TV, I agree with Above_70Percent, that it is the parent's responsibility to censor a child, as they know what the child should be allowed to see and what they don't want them to see. On this topic, here's a song by Eric Idle of Monty Python, located at

Did you even bother to read my post?

You can put a password on the tv yah know.

Not always, some parents don't even know how to do that, passwords can be bypassed. Has anyone told me why they care yet? No. You know what the words mean so stop bitching, if you want to watch a program stay up a bit later it's not like you all have to go to bed a eight.

 

[Forged]

if you want to watch a program stay up a bit later it's not like you all have to go to bed a eight.

It is the principle of the matter. Censorship is wrong, and I don't like someone telling me when I have to watch something.

Not always, some parents don't even know how to do that, passwords can be bypassed.

If they are to stupid to read an owners manual then they don't deserve the tv, and by the time your child knows how to bypass the password s/he is old enough to watch what s/he is trying to watch.

 

[OMGLOLWTFPWN]

Why would your kid be up at 11:00 anyway? If you are letting them stay up that late they should already know right and wrong, as they would be what, 14-15? So watching something bad shouldn't be an influence on them that much by that age anyway.

 

[Above_70Percent]

Thank you, thats what I was tryin to prove.