Posted by Strictly Skewed at 206.165.115.194 on March 19, 2004 at 14:27:17:
In Reply to: What are your feelings on this one? posted by Absolution on March 19, 2004 at 13:40:25:
What's the big deal?
I mean, something like the FCC is necessary, otherwise in the never-ending search for ratings there would be things that no reasonable person wants broadcast over the public airwaves. So, the current regime draws their line in a different place than you do, largely because of Janet's stunt. Who cares? Personally, I like the fact that to me, the regulations are a bit conservative. There are still plenty of places you can get more adult types of entertainment.
And please, don't give me the argument about "Parents should take responsibility for what their kids watch..." 1. We do, by having our government police the public airwaves. 2. There aren't enough hours in the day.
The funny thing is, a lot of the same people that make this argument are the same people who would have screamed bloody murder if their parents had tried to follow this impossible practice. I mean, what are we talking about? Are we supposed to record every bit of television and radio and watch it before letting them see it? Oy, the scheduling. Oh... I hear you, watch it with them (oy, the scheduling) and talk about anything offensive that comes on. While this is *possible* under the current climate where almost nothing offensive ever comes on (although even that is debatable). If the FCC *wasn't* doing what they're doing, then we'd have to be having conversations every 5 minutes, and to be honest, I'd prefer my children weren't exposed to it at all, rather than having to do damage control. One of the jobs of a parent is to try to decide when children are ready for certain things.
Do I think they're over-reacting in this case? No, I mean, they have decided not to levy a fine.
My only question is... under the rules as stated, I think my local radio station might be breaking/bending the rules. They use a euphemism 'shaking hands' to refer to sex. I wonder how the FCC sees this?