New Decency Standards TOTAL SHIT?!

By Wind(up)bird September 23, 2004 10:58 AM

You betcha. ?Our elected officials (the people some of you helped put there) in the Senate are nearing completion of a bill that would fine broadcasters up to $275,000 for any indecency they commit on the "public" airwaves. Boobs. ?Vote in November!

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NEW DECENCY STANDARDS MY ASS   reply

Posted by Cock Knocker (Mufongo@hotmail.com) on September 23, 2004 8:41 PM

FOLKS DO YOU WANT A BUNCH OF POLITICIANS DECIDING WHAT YOU SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE VIEWING ON T.V OR LISTENING TO ON THE RADIO.WELL I DONT. OH BUT WHAT THIS I HEAR FROM FAR AWAY... "WELL WHAT CAN I DO??" I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN OH NERDY ONE...GET UP OFF YER FANBOY ASS AND VOTE..VOTE..VOTE!!!WE NEED CHANGE AND CHANGE WILL ONLY COME WITH A NEW AND DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATION!GOD BLESS AMERICA!!COCK KNOCKER OUT!!

RE: NEW DECENCY STANDARDS MY ASS   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 24, 2004 3:38 AM

Censorship infringes on out civil liberties! How can they get away with this!?

Decency Standards   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 25, 2004 7:50 AM

You want boobs? No problem, watch all the cable you want.  I don't think that the 8 year old watching a  football game needs to see them exposed. Imagine what the stations would do for ratings if it weren't a finable offense. Topless sportscasters?

RE: Decency Standards   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 25, 2004 8:16 AM

Babies see boobies all the time, what's the fucking problem?

who cares   reply

Posted by Dr.X (Alover67@yahoo.com) on September 25, 2004 10:16 AM

who gives a flyin fuck about that. kids these days know whats goin on in the world and theres nothing you can do about it...............

america   reply

Posted by Dr.X (Alover67@yahoo.com) on September 25, 2004 10:19 AM

you see they did that on tv just to get more viewers and they don't care about the kids. this is a garbage world we live in. god bless amercia.

ture   reply

Posted by Dr.X (Alover67@yahoo.com) on September 25, 2004 10:22 AM

yes, kids do see boobies all the time and nobody cares about it because thats the way it is.

F*CK CENSORSHIP!   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 25, 2004 10:27 AM

I can't stand these big headed bastards telling us what to do! If I want to see Janets breast exposed then I damn sure will! Janet, I'm with you, fuck 'em all.

kool   reply

Posted by Dr.X (Alover67@yahoo.com) on September 25, 2004 10:39 AM

but why? why the fuck would you wanna see her boobs? is she special? who cares go see porn whats the difference?..

first, second why on public tv? good let the kids see and learn the garbage that people do.

RE: kool   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 26, 2004 6:26 AM

Wait, why are we talking about this? I thought it popped out by accident it's not like she goes around flashing her breasts to little kids every day.

No.   reply

Posted by Erica_57 (PrettyChicka57@yahoo.com) on September 26, 2004 6:36 PM

I totally disagree with our government ruling what we see. Not that I'd like to see Janet's breast, no thanks, but I think it's wrong for them to ban such things.

Or they should fucking forget about the whole superbowl event, and not fine anyone.

RE: No.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 26, 2004 6:46 PM

Why's it okay to see dead bodies on the news but there's uproar if a womans breast pops out during the superbowl? It was practically hidden by the nipple jewellery anyway.

RE: No.   reply

Posted by Erica_57 (PrettyChicka57@yahoo.com) on September 26, 2004 6:54 PM

Exactly, her pastie hid it all practically.

But people with TiVo could probably rewind it and see it more clearly.

The FCC and media will choose not to forget about this event malfunction, while the American public couldn't give a damn. Or atleast those that I know sure wish they'd get over it, and give Janet a break.

RE: No.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 27, 2004 6:07 AM

I don't live in America but is it true that some people actually tried to sue over it?

RE: Decency Standards   reply

Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on September 27, 2004 11:30 AM

Why are you concerned about your 8 year old seeing the majority of a boob when you've got him or her watching football?

When somebody breaks a limb they play it back in slow-mo that's no better for your kid is it? How about them suggestive commercials?

If you're worried about your child's well being shouldn't you turn that television off completely and inspire your kid to get out and interact with people, create and learn?

RE: No.   reply

Posted by Erica_57 (PrettyChicka57@yahoo.com) on September 27, 2004 12:49 PM

They just want money. nothing really bothered them, we see superbowl problems like this ALL THE TIME. I think it's pathetic if anyone chooses to press charges against them.  Emotional distress, bad for their childrens eyes, yeah right.

TV in general.   reply

Posted by Breakaway (dont.ask@donttell.org) on September 27, 2004 12:55 PM

TV in general is heading down the tubes. If it makes a diffference to you, if you care, don't watch it. It's that simple. There's an off buton for a reason. Remember those things they taught you to read in school? Books? They still exist. Entertain yourself and yours in your own way, I'll take care of me and mine.

RE: TV in general.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 27, 2004 6:03 PM

As a responsible parent I always monitor what my kids are watching but what am I supposed to do when something like this happens during the Superbowl? I think that stricter censorship laws should be brought in, not just to TV but movies and videogames aswell- half the games on the market at the moment should be banned, all these GTA's and Manhunts or whatever should not be being sold to children!

RE: TV in general.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 27, 2004 6:19 PM

You need to shut it dad, GTA rules! Censorship fucks with our entertainment rights. I want to hear the curse words in my music!

RE: TV in general.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 28, 2004 2:55 AM

I'm actually a mother and I think your parents must be very irresponsible to let you have all this X-rated material. All these violent shoot em' ups and music from people like Marilyn Manson are the reason why we have highschool shootings in this country.

RE: TV in general.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 28, 2004 6:00 AM

Video games don't do anything to encourage violence they may act as a way of outletting that violence but they won't cause it.  Example If a child has severe problems at home that he feels he must hurt someone HOW he hurts someone may be inspired by the game or film bbut if it weren't there he would simply use a different method, or to put it another way how many million people play GTA across the globe? How many million Teenagers actually kill people?
Futher still lets look at other examples in  Europe there are often football (soccer) hooligans causing trouble now many of these don't care about football they are often merely spoiling for a fight banning football would be a pointless move as they simply find another reason to fight.
Incidentally by banning games which depict often UNREALISTIC violence you should equally ban news which reports very real violence.  The whole arguement is of course completly reactionary. The job of a responsible parent is not to wrap there child in a cotten wool existence where nothing bad ever happens but rather teach them the realities of life so they can gain the knowledge to make changes for the better.
Most of the time a child can distinguish between reality and fantasy, especially with violence (take cartoons.

RE: TV in general.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 28, 2004 10:30 AM

When it comes to people blaming violent games for something that's happened it normally comes down to one of several things, 1) Having commited a serious crime the offender will be very willing saying how they are addicted to a certain game, thereby deflecting blame away from them and onto the game. 2) If, in the case of Columbine, the killers commit suicide many people will need to find a reason why they did what they did. If they find they played alot of violent games (Like most young people do) they will of course assume that must be the cause. Like Michael Moore said in his film, The two of them went bowling that morning so why not assume that's the cause? 3)It can be said that a person going on a killing spree and violent games ARE connected but not in the way most people think. In my mind there is absolutly NO way a normal sane person could play a game and be 'warped' by it to the extent that they go out and kill someone. However, if someone is a bit messed up to begin with, has some pretty sick thoughts floating around in their head then naturally they're going to be attracted to these kind of games. If anything, the temporary release they get from these games holds off their 'urge to kill.'

RE: TV in general.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 28, 2004 10:35 AM

I absolutely LOVE games like GTA but I think if I had kids I probably wouldn't want them playing it. Not because they might go out and kill but just because I don't think kids should be seeing stuff that's full of swearing, sex, drug references and lots of violence.

RE: TV in general.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 28, 2004 12:41 PM

Well excuse me mom, I'm 15 years old...since when was it irresponsible for my parents to let me play such videogames. Stressed, maybe suicidal children do things like that in school, but I wouldn't be so quick to blame video games. There's so much more to it all than GTA.

RE: TV in general.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 28, 2004 3:50 PM

Fine, then we should just ban the violent games like GTA.

RE: TV in general.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 29, 2004 6:31 PM

*cough, cough* NO WE SHOULD NOT BAN GTA, or any other freaking awesome violent video game! Fuck you moms and dads trying to get rid of the best shit on the planet. ;

RE: TV in general.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 30, 2004 7:41 AM

Violent movies, games and music with explicit lyrics should not be marketed at children! These big coorporations are corrupting family values and Christian sensibilities!

censorship is getting worse   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on October 10, 2004 9:18 PM

i'm a 15 y.o. guy from usa. I have gta 3 and gta: vice city. I like the games very much, and like to play them. But I'm not a phyco killer.

If anything, the games like gta are a stress-reliever for me. School and homework are what get me angry, nobody likes homework. At school I'm not even allowed to where a shirt with words on it, not even the name of the school. I'm like wtf? and you can't bring a cd player or headfones to listen to music. And you have to wear a belt. if you haven't guessed it yet, i go to a christian/private school. Anyways, that was off on a tanget, so um back to the point....

I remember trying to get GTA 3 at bestbuy last year. Mom was "oh no, it's that evil game, you're going to kill somebody!" and the game had one of those "MUST BE 18 TO BUY" signs on it. I was like WTF? M means 17 and up(don't believe me, then go to http://www.esrb.org and see for yourself.), not 18. (Of course, it was no different, i was 15 so 17 or 18 was no difference.) Eventually i concinved her that gta was not much different that james bond or mission impossible. I've seen many rated R movies of the sort, but when it comes to video games of the same rating (pg=e,pg-13=T,R=M), video games are view under a completely different light.

When there's nudity, guns, and violence in a movie(like M.I.2), the movie is a great seller and everybody likes it and gets good ratings. But when a game has the same stuff, the game gets bad reviews from the media. And it is censored/banned (like with the gta games in australia)

Nudity is banned, which is shit. Censorship is getting worse and worse. I learned that in the ancient greek times, men were naked when playing sports. Of course, I don't want naked men, I'm not gay. The point is it's getting worse and worse. I'm betting that words like "darn," "crap," and "sex" will be banned within the next century or sooner. Besides, banning nudity won't do anything. As long as there's uncensored porn sites out there that don't check your age, I won't kill anyone.

Anyways, I wrote this post because I was angry when i heard gta:san andreas is going to be censored in australia, like the other gta games. Of course, real guys over there will buy the game off the internet from another country, like NZ, and import it into australia. Soon gta will be illegal like drugs over there and cops will be like "You're under arrest for possesion of a game with violence and bad words in it."

YO MEDIA CENSORS, why ban or censor games like gta:sa when you show u.s. prisoners in iraq get killed and tourtured on public television? The world is screwed up.

Don't even get me started with books being banned in schools. "No shakespear for you kids, why don't you just watch some more terrorism in iraq instead?" Soon all books will be banned for one reason or another, and nobody will know anything.

RE: censorship is getting worse   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on October 11, 2004 4:25 AM

Young man, I will pray for your soul. You need Jesus.