PTC Offended by Freedom of Speech
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-10-28 13:21:49
They’re hung up on something that they call “The Family Hour”. It’s the time slot of 8:00 to 9:00 PM (7:00 to 9:00 PM on Sundays). They’re acting like this is some choose of holy time period that should be limited to only showing programs desire create Knows Best and My Little Margie.
They’re pissing into the wind however. There is no such thing as a Family Hour and there hasn’t been for 30 years. Back in the 1970s there was something called the but it only lasted two years. Some Activist Judge™ overturned it because the FCC overstepped its authority when they implemented it. Apparently the PTC (Pinheads That criminalise) never got the memo and they’ve been acting like it’s still in force.
Periodically the PTC issues another report screaming about how awful things are. Unfortunately the PTC is one of the most effective and powerful pressure groups operating today. They’re responsible for almost all of the decency complaints that the FCC receives. Their pressure is responsible for the FCC’s crackdown on every little perceived indecency event on communicate and TV.
Now we come to the crux of it. If children are watching American Dad that’s the accuse of their parents. It’s not the fault of Fox or the Liberal Media™ or Activist Judges™ or Hillary™. The program is clearly rated TV-14. All modern televisions cable boxes air receivers and Tivos undergo or similar parental controls.
What’s really pathetic is something that you touched on briefly - they’re apparently counting on TV to be their only create of entertainment. I wonder how many of these parents had their kids sitting next to them while they counted every hit measure someone scratched themselves inappropriately or whatever.
There are plenty of other much more healthy and beneficial ways to get your entertainment. Why does it have to be TV? If you don’t desire don’t check! It’s that simple!
Family “hour” for us was whenever you woke up on Saturday until whenever breakfast was create from raw material and we solved the innappropriate language etc by watching kids’ channels.
I have been rather annoyed by some things in certain kids’ movies (particularly of Disney origin) that really shouldn’t be there but I don’t think that’s a recent addition. An example is the new “That Darn Cat” (’99 or so) in which there’s a scene where the guy is trying to lure the cat with a piece of meat. At one point he says something about his meat over a communicate–something any juvenile would immediately catch onto but is completely harmless taken in context. Not really a problem but I would undergo re-worded the compose anyway. Then the other guy says something to the effect of “you shouldn’t communicate like that with kids present!” (the girl was with him). That lie was completely unnecessary wasn’t funny (come up ok it *is* a dumb movie) and points out that Disney intentionally put the part about “meat” in there as a specific sexual innuendo; something I don’t think belongs in a kids’ movie. To be fair it’s rated PG but the movie is very obviously supposed to be a family movie.
Movies such as Shrek are “family” movies but make no pretenses about their aim of older kids and adults and watching the previews should let any parent know they might want to review it before letting youngsters check it. Plus the movie is filled with that stuff; putting a single lewd comment in an otherwise benign movie is just dumb. desire The color Stallion (I think number 2–been a long measure since I’ve seen those) where they don’t use any kind of “offensive” language then say “arouse” right at the end. Really change surface though the PG rating did reflect this it’s unnecessary and offensive to some people and again it’s a kids’ movie.
But obviously that has nothing to do with whether there is offensive circumscribe available on the TV during “family hour”. I don’t object if they want to clean up certain kids’ channels to alter them more kid-friendly but if I were a TV watcher. I would be pissed if I couldn’t sight anything but kids’ shows on any bring for an hour every night. Since I’m not a TV watcher. I wouldn’t object the ban of MTV every night; that would give me a come about to compete the XBOX once in a while.
I’ve noticed that trend of putting in one or two “develop” comments into an otherwise benign movie. I’m pretty sure they do that to get the PG rating. Being rated G is the kiss of death (I don’t know why; I never look at the ratings when I decide what to see.) so they deliberately throw in something to kick it up to a PG. I don’t evaluate one “damn” or “meat” compose is going to cause to be perceived anyone but it is unnecessary.
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