Do you believe that censorship is a good thing? Why or why not?
I say that it's a bad thing because if they can't censor individuals from doing things that a few whiners can't handle, then they shouldn't be restricting everything that the rest of the world wants to see. TV, video games, etc. should be shown however the creators want them to be shown and if some people find them to be offensive and/or can't handle fiction, then they should either change the channel or shut up.
I say that it's a bad thing because if they can't censor individuals from doing things that a few whiners can't handle, then they shouldn't be restricting everything that the rest of the world wants to see. TV, video games, etc. should be shown however the creators want them to be shown and if some people find them to be offensive and/or can't handle fiction, then they should either change the channel or shut up.
All I have to say with it is, you don't like it....change the channel. Don't want your kids watching it....be a parent and don't let them watch it!!!!!! Damn FCC
Censorship really isn't as big of a problem as it was 20 years ago.
DMoney89
2503 Posts
17 years, 6 months ago
Man, fuck the FCC. Conservative basturds...
Don't ruin mine and everyone else's fun just cause a few whiny bitches send you postcards.
Now, I admit, there should be somethings that shouldn't be on TV at all (racial/religion hatred, porno, etc.), but that's about it. The FCC goes too damn for all the damn time, pussifying this upcoming generation. Sheltering these kids from the real world, until they get to the real world and they end up getting fucked over cause they didn't hate the slightest idea what the real world was about.
Other than the major extremes...the FCC is crap.
Don't ruin mine and everyone else's fun just cause a few whiny bitches send you postcards.
Now, I admit, there should be somethings that shouldn't be on TV at all (racial/religion hatred, porno, etc.), but that's about it. The FCC goes too damn for all the damn time, pussifying this upcoming generation. Sheltering these kids from the real world, until they get to the real world and they end up getting fucked over cause they didn't hate the slightest idea what the real world was about.
Other than the major extremes...the FCC is crap.
I feel like it CAN be good, but over all I don't like the idea. Here's why: I don't think the government should have any say in way a private buisness runs it self (assuming there is no REAL crime happening, stealing, killing etc.) On that note, if you do't want your kid or family watching it, don't LET them. I know that can be easier said than done though. SO, I have no major issue with the FCC, it's not like I want to watch anything they'd block, but if I had to choose. I'd say NO FCC. It has +'s and -'s though.
DMoney89
Man, fuck the FCC. Conservative basturds...
Don't ruin mine and everyone else's fun just cause a few whiny bitches send you postcards. The FCC goes too damn for all the damn time, pussifying this upcoming generation. Sheltering these kids from the real world, until they get to the real world and they end up getting fucked over cause they didn't hate the slightest idea what the real world was about.
My point, EXACTLY
DMoney89
Man, fuck the FCC. Conservative basturds...
Don't ruin mine and everyone else's fun just cause a few whiny bitches send you postcards.
Now, I admit, there should be somethings that shouldn't be on TV at all (racial/religion hatred, porno, etc.), but that's about it. The FCC goes too damn for all the damn time, pussifying this upcoming generation. Sheltering these kids from the real world, until they get to the real world and they end up getting fucked over cause they didn't hate the slightest idea what the real world was about.
Other than the major extremes...the FCC is crap.
ok, the fcc is crap. thats about speech rights and other issues.
But do you really think the fcc has anything to do with why kids are weak today? seems silly to answer Yes
It has more to do with kids not knowing what a hard days work is like. Also, it has more to do with the way kids get everything handed to them on a silver platter.
That's what softens the core.
DMoney89
2503 Posts
17 years, 6 months ago
kayvee
ok, the fcc is crap. thats about speech rights and other issues.
But do you really think the fcc has anything to do with why kids are weak today?
It has more to do with kids not knowing what a hard days work is like. Also, it has more to do with the way kids get everything handed to them on a silver platter.
That's what softens the core.
Well, to me, it seems that parents want to shelter there kids from every single thing possible in the world and, as you said, give everything to them on a silver platter. It starts with the parents and that philosophy has seemed to reach all the way to the government. I guess there lies the problem I have with the FCC. They adopted bad parenting philosophies.
Kids hardly get things on a silver platter. They have to deal with lazy parents, pedophiles, and so on and so forth while the parents (and almost every other adult for that matter) just look for reasons to beat them, restrict damn near everything because they're too neglectful to teach right from wrong, abort them, give them little to no allowance, and don't teach them about pedophiles. Worst of all, the kids (for some ignorant reason) can't get them back after all the stuff the put them through.
You can't view parents as one collective group. Each parent has there own way of raising their child and believe it or not its not always bad. It's sounds to me like you got a raw deal and now you’re pissed.
Maybe your childhood wasn’t perfect, but you know what? that’s life. It’s up to you now to turn it around and out-grow all those bad memories. If you thought childhood was bad, you're going to love adulthood.
Maybe your childhood wasn’t perfect, but you know what? that’s life. It’s up to you now to turn it around and out-grow all those bad memories. If you thought childhood was bad, you're going to love adulthood.
What I was saying was that some parents aren't even trying to do anything to help break most of the age barriers. Usually when they want to do something for the children, it involves taking things away from them. Also, kids get disrespected on a daily basis by adults but if a kid disrespects an adult, it's controversal. I wasn't trying to say that my life was messed up.
On the flipside, kids aren't as innocent as one might think. Sometimes you gotta go old school on 'em!
Just kidding, I know you're sensitive to all that. It's all good man, just try and see things both ways from time to time.
Just kidding, I know you're sensitive to all that. It's all good man, just try and see things both ways from time to time.
Thanks. When I was a kid, my best friend and I used to always talk about how messed up it is that kids getting treated the way they do. We always said we would never do that. Now, for some reason he agrees with the exact thing we said we would never do. He even tried to get me into that, but I'm like, "chill cuddy"
haha, I think we are having this conversation in two threads
sorry folks!
sorry folks!
I think the fcc is a bunch of bull crap, No matter how you censorship movies, tv or music a child is still going to see it or hear it. Their is no point for it the more you hide its like reverse psychiatry a child is going to go out of their way to find it.
The FCC is just a big waste of time and money. In fact it's just a bunch of adults who need something to do to keep themselves busy. Some things are worthy of censorship but not everything. Between the FCC and the ERSB i'd say I hate... both of them equally. :D
I don't like the FCC one little bit, but we should keep the warnings before shows so sensitive & kid views know that something might be something of offensive nature.
Narrator: Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality. But... there is, unseen by most, an underworld, a place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit... a Darkside :twisted: 
But we have to look at the FCC in another light: without it, some of the TV stations/channels we watch and radio stations we listen to everyday wouldn't even exist.
But I do hate their censorship crackdowns. People are freestanding, thinking creatures who don't need another entity to choose what they should or shouldn't accept.
But I do hate their censorship crackdowns. People are freestanding, thinking creatures who don't need another entity to choose what they should or shouldn't accept.
There is a time and a place for censorship, but people really try to take it too far. Though honestly, standards have gotten WAY more lax compared to 20 years ago. (The problem now is that a lot of shows suck whether they're censored or not.)