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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.
The problem is the Alaskan senator does not understand the law (typical republican moron.) Congress can regulate broadcast TV because of the "surprise" element (much like broadcast radio) where a child or a person may--without warning--accidentally stumble onto a station that is playing objectionable material (to the local community.) Cable is a private company for which people must subscribe--thus, it is treated differently in terms of restrictions from a pubilc forum. One cannot accidentally stumble onto a cable "broadcast" because it is something that must be sought after and the consumer knows what it is they are purchasing & hence are not "surprised." That's my limited understanding of the situation.
So you expect parents to always be monitoring their when their watching tv. What happens when the parents leave the house? What happens when theirs a segment on the news covering a local carnival, that suddenly switches over the footage from a strip bar? What happens when little Billy accidently hits the numbers for Nickelodeon wrong and ends up seeing boobies?
The problem with that is You need a lincense to drive a car or catch a fish,But they'll let any retarded buttmunch pop out puppies.The world would be a better place if You had to at LEAST take a test to prove you are mentally and physically capable of creating and caring for a new life.Of course,If they did that the oral roberts and jerry falwells of this world wouldn't have so many sheep to fleece.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
after my racial outburst against Germany (i was just talking about the government though) id just like to add 3 words that will probably just aid to dig my hole deeper:
German Shizer Porn.
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I was with you right up to the part where i realized you believe in things you have absolutely no proof of and then try to apply them to others in any form.
One can't have an argument of reason when facts and proof are nowhere to be found.
There's nothing Intelligent about Intelligent Design.
Aleister Crowley said it best: "The Christians to the lions!"
I say we deal with "decency" matters by bringing back the Roman Games, rounding up all Christians (AND Jews AND Muslims and assorted spinoff cults - but not Buddhists or Taoists or pagans) and feed them to lions.
Actually, I'm not sure we want to insult lions' tastes that way - maybe we should feed them to cockroaches...
Richard Steven Hack - This sig is TOO GODDAMN SHORT TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL WITH! MORONS!
So ... you support open mindedness, provided your open mind doesn't think about naked women. That's real enlightened. What else is forbidden thought?
"Because Science" is one step from "Because old book". Try "Because of my experiment testing my falsifiable assertion".
I agree about openmindedness..That's why I don't understand why christians want to censor everything. They, like everyone else, have the option of not viewing objectionable content. You're telling me to be tolerant? Take your own advice.
Aren't Republicans about less government...
You seem to have them confused with the Republican Party as it existed before it merged with the KKK/CC.