Rather than allowing you to retain responsibility for your own viewing habits, these people are slowly making the decisions for you.
To the PTC I say: "If something offends, change the channel. "If it is unsuitable for your children, change the channel. "If you think that it might offend me, it is not your right to infringe upon mine."
The decision to watch or not watch should be left up to the audience, not determined by a 'morally questionable' group, and filtered for the safety of an unintended audience.
By morally questionable, I am not suggesting that there is anything wrong with the PTC or it's members. However, having never met them, I cannot vouch for their ability to judge what should or should not be censored. Anyone who stands before me to tell me what my choices are allowed to be is questionable in this fashion.
To the PTC I say:
"If something offends, change the channel.
"If it is unsuitable for your children, change the channel.
"If you think that it might offend me, it is not your right to infringe upon mine."
Better yet, just turn the damn thing off. Read a book, practice playing music, gor for a walk for god's sake!
Chris Thile is probably one of the best mandolin players on the planet. On the liner notes of his first CD "Leading Off" (which he released when he just was 12 years old) Pete Wernick wrote the
"If you think that it might offend me, it is not your right to infringe upon mine."
They are not infringing upon your rights to view smutty televsion. They are however using their right to say that they don't like the type of programming on TV. They didn't come into you home and put a gun to you head and make you watch "7th Heaven" or some crap like that. They have just as much right to complain to the FCC as you have to send praises to the FCC for what ever TV show you want.
The fact that a very small but vocal group has the ability to sway the censorship of television in general should scare you. At first it starts with obscure arguments about "it's for our children", then it twists and becomes something uglier with more control than is safe.
But, it is a system that seems to be embraced by the American people. As such, you will soon lose the option to view what you choose, as other small but vocal groups bend the ear of those that will listen in yet another direction.
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You gave them the power... (Score:5, Insightful)
To the PTC I say:
"If something offends, change the channel.
"If it is unsuitable for your children, change the channel.
"If you think that it might offend me, it is not your right to infringe upon mine."
The decision to watch or not watch should be left up to the audience, not determined by a 'morally questionable' group, and filtered for the safety of an unintended audience.
By morally questionable, I am not suggesting that there is anything wrong with the PTC or it's members. However, having never met them, I cannot vouch for their ability to judge what should or should not be censored. Anyone who stands before me to tell me what my choices are allowed to be is questionable in this fashion.
Re:You gave them the power... (Score:2)
Better yet, just turn the damn thing off. Read a book, practice playing music, gor for a walk for god's sake!
Chris Thile is probably one of the best mandolin players on the planet. On the liner notes of his first CD "Leading Off" (which he released when he just was 12 years old) Pete Wernick wrote the
Re:You gave them the power... (Score:2, Insightful)
They are not infringing upon your rights to view smutty televsion. They are however using their right to say that they don't like the type of programming on TV. They didn't come into you home and put a gun to you head and make you watch "7th Heaven" or some crap like that. They have just as much right to complain to the FCC as you have to send praises to the FCC for what ever TV show you want.
The decision to watch or not
Re:You gave them the power... (Score:1)
But, it is a system that seems to be embraced by the American people. As such, you will soon lose the option to view what you choose, as other small but vocal groups bend the ear of those that will listen in yet another direction.
For wha