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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 06:56 AM Original message |
FCC wants to stop expletives, sex, and violence on Basic Cable. |
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BlueStateModerate (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Self regulation works fine |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. There are expletives on "South Park." NT |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. They bleep them out. Same with TDS. eom |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Watch this. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Asshole is also used on network tv. It has become acceptable. eom |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Name one network show which uses the word. NT |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I can't name one right now off the bat but have heard it. Show me where it isn't allowed. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I don't have proof of that. But "South Park" also.. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. South Park pushes it to the limit and bleeps when it reaches that limit. Do you find that |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 08:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. My point is that the government should stay out of it. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 08:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. There have been a couple of good ones lately. The one about the Easter Bunny is a riot! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. "Andy Sipowicz" used to say it. NYPD Blue. |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. I just saw it on House last week. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. DU and the internet won't be far behind |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. What is swearing, anyway? |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Whatever words fundies say are not swear words |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. There was a George Carlin routine about the words you can't say... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. That's a great routine. Here's a video of it. Warning, explicit language. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Try The Oxford English Dictionary. Don't be a doofus; taboo words have forever---and I |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. This Could Be Quite A Court Case |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
12. What about the toxic waste spewing from Fox Noise? |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yes, Fox News is on Basic Cable, too. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Probably not, but the stuff they air is much more harmful to humans. |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
15. The sex, violence and swearing in real life will continue unabated. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. So will defecation; haven't seen that yet on Basic cable. |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Animals "go" on Animal Planet shows all the time. |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. Oh blank. :o |
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oldgrowth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
25. What nobody knows how to lock out stations by station number |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Yeah, they know... |
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