Attempt to Apply Decency Standards to Cable/Satellite Television

bigtallmofo writes "Reuters is reporting that Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (Senator from Alaska) is pushing for decency standards to apply to cable television and subscription satellite TV and radio. You may recall Senator Stevens for voting against a measure to criticize the FCC in 2003 for loosening its broadcast ownership restrictions. Maybe he thinks profanity provides an unfair advantage to his broadcast-company constituents?" We touched on this last year, in the attempt to apply decency standards to satellite radio.

Comments

Easy solution

[fembots]

Before running a movie, just place a statement:

"Warning: WE HAVE NOT CHECKED IF THIS MOVIE IS DECENT"

Don't push it Alaska

[SlayerofGods]

Your lucky you even get a vote.

Re:Don't push it Alaska

[RealAlaskan]

There's probably a larger independence party here in Alaska than in Puerto Rico. The Alaskan Independence party even elected a governor one year (1990).

Ted and Lisa and Don are part of our fiendish plot to get the U.S. so sick of us that they kick us out, so that we don't have to go to the bother of a revolution. Sort of a ``be revolting so we don't have to revolt'' strategy.

Re:Go all the way

[MattBowen]

What we need is a committee of "qualified" judges to sit and pure-approve everything we see hear and read. That way only chaste and edifying content gets to the citizenry, promoting a plurality of thoughts and critical thinking. That's how they handle the Internet in public schools, and thanks to that policy, the Internet has no smut.

Re: Go all the way

[Black Parrot]

> After all, won't somebody think of the children?

I think Michael Jackson has that covered.

With apologies to Johnny Horton

[Tackhead]

Bringin' pork, (Pork for Alaska)
Bringin' pork, (Pork for Alaska)
Pork! for Alaska,
They bring pork, the rush is on!
Pork! for Alaska,
They bring pork, the rush is on!

Big Ted left Alaska in the year '72,
On the Senate Rules Committee, was a real workhorse too,
With George and Michael Powell, and the FCC gang too.
They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold
Below that white-domed fountain, way the hell southeast of Nome.

Ted crossed the majestic mountains to the valleys far below.
He talked to his team of lobbyists as he mushed on through the snow.
With the northern lights a-running wild in the land of the midnight sun,
Yes, Teddy Stevens, a mighty man, in the year 2001.

Where the river is winding,
Pig nuggets they're finding!
Pork for Alaska!
They bring pork, the rush is on.

George turned to Ted with his pork in his hand,
Said: "Ted you're a-lookin' at a lonely, lonely man.
"I'd trade all the pork that's buried in this land,
"For one small slab of pork to[no, no NO, we are NOT goin' to find out what happened to Ginny in this filk as long as I have any say at the FCC]

To the tune of North to Alaska, Johnny Horton

Re:Discount?

[bluprint]

Well, why then should anybody get to put duct tape over the content I enjoy, it's my content.

Because:

Those of us who have children are smarter than you.

Those of us with children know what's best for everyone.

Those of us with children can't and shouldn't actually be held responsible for raising said children.

Its for the children. Anyone who disagrees with that is just an *ssh*l*

Re:Easy solution - some standards

[khelms]

The Force has a strong influence on the weak minded