MrsSpringsteen
Blue Crack Addict
So will the FCC eventually be able to fine for violence? Even liberal Democrats are concerned. I don't watch 24 but I have read heard and read about the controversy surrounding the torture it depicts.
I am not in favor of censorship, I am in favor of responsible viewing and of parents monitoring what kids watch. I would hope kids aren't watching 24 and more adult violent shows. But one thing I do believe is that it's a good thing to have people concerned about kids being exposed to violence as much as they're concerned about the sex. But adults can make their own decisions. I don't care for extreme violence so I don't watch it, but it also depends upon the context it exists in. But I want to decide for myself, not have the government decide for me. That doesn't mean the creative community has no responsibility for what they create-they do.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1599719,00.html
I am not in favor of censorship, I am in favor of responsible viewing and of parents monitoring what kids watch. I would hope kids aren't watching 24 and more adult violent shows. But one thing I do believe is that it's a good thing to have people concerned about kids being exposed to violence as much as they're concerned about the sex. But adults can make their own decisions. I don't care for extreme violence so I don't watch it, but it also depends upon the context it exists in. But I want to decide for myself, not have the government decide for me. That doesn't mean the creative community has no responsibility for what they create-they do.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1599719,00.html
But don't relax yet, River City: the guardians of decency are warning about new trouble, with a capital T, which rhymes with V, which stands for violence. The Parents Television Council (PTC), the group at the vanguard of the TV-sex wars, has lately focused on prime-time blood: power-tool torture on 24, serial killing on Criminal Minds, vivisection on Heroes. And the FCC has prepared a draft report suggesting that Congress authorize it to regulate broadcast violence, as it now does obscenity, and possibly force cable companies to let subscribers opt out of paying for channels that run brutal content.
In short, torture is the new sex. Jack Bauer is the new Janet Jackson.