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reply to post by Charmed707
I don't see how this is censorship. Entertainment is a service. It's a privilege, not a right. No one has the right to the services of others. Why is entertainment the only service/product that should be free from regulations? People talk about having their rights violated because of a lack of availability to view a daily dose of vulgarity, gratuitous sex, or graphic violence put out by others. Are you kidding me?
ETA: While anyone can turn the channel or keep the TV off, it doesn't mean they are free from the affects of such mindless dribble. We have to deal with this cultural decline everyday. If the airwaves are ever cleaned up, the people who seem to need the "obscenity" for whatever reason can simply implement it into their daily lives themselves. I'd say the people who value decency have a lot more to lose by having filthy 'entertainment' as the norm than the people who get off on obscenity having to tolerate "decent" entertainment.
Regulating entertainment is just that. It's not 'controlling what you and I watch', which sounds downright silly. No one is blindfolding you or telling you where to direct your eyes.
Originally posted by buddha
I agree with China,
They are "vulgar" and "low taste" broadcasting.
they should do this over here.
and maybe we would get beter TV.
Originally posted by CaptainInstaban
Wowzers. so tv is a service. A bakery is a service to, are you saying we shouldn´t have the right to buy whatever bread we like either?
TV is a form of expression, and everyone has the right to exprerss themselves
It´s not about a lack of availability to watch vulgarity, it´s about governements deciding what its people get to watch
Maybe if people raised their children right they wouldn´t grow up thinking that tv is the norm.
the reality is that violence, vulgarity and sex actually exist in human lives....well in some human lives at least.
You sir, are a tyrant, just stick to the channels you like, and let others stick to the channels they like, no need for forcing your will onto others, just because you don´t like what they are watching.
Originally posted by CaptainInstaban
Is TV the cause of cultural decline, or is current tv programming merely adapting to, and showing the result of said decline.
If you think that tv programming is the single and direct cause of this decline you are delusional.
Originally posted by Subjective Truth
You say TV is idiotic and then post replies like this.
I will make it real easy to understand you have the right to do and say whatever you want as long as it does not infringe on another person right to do the same.
Originally posted by Charmed707
Originally posted by Subjective Truth
You say TV is idiotic and then post replies like this.
This is the type of immature response one would give if they've got nothing of substance to counter-argue with.
I will make it real easy to understand you have the right to do and say whatever you want as long as it does not infringe on another person right to do the same.
No. You don't. Try going on public transportation and shouting about immgirants....
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....or shouting obscenities in certain public parks:
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When in public, there are restrictions to your freedom of expression.
Originally posted by Subjective Truth
Would I be infringing on the persons rights if I was screaming obscenities in public. YES
Just like screaming fire try again.
Originally posted by Charmed707
Originally posted by Subjective Truth
Would I be infringing on the persons rights if I was screaming obscenities in public. YES
Really? How so? TV is a public service, by the way.
Just like screaming fire try again.
No, it's not at all like screaming fire, as doing so can cause mass panic and unrest.
Bakeries may be shut down and no longer available to people if they violate health regulations. Services must abide by certain regulations.
People actually don't have the right to express themselves however they wish in public.
People don't have a right to entertainment. It's a privilege.
Sadly, the idiocy on television is rampant in reality and is becoming the norm more and more. I'm tired of TV dictating reality for people...that includes idiotic adults. Parents are expected to be responsible for their children's perception of the media, which they should be, but the people who actually put out the trash are not expected to be responsible for their own material and behavior in the public eye. They should be expected to act like responsible adults as well instead of getting a free pass just because they're celebrities.
Just because something merely exists doesn't mean it should be glorified nor does it mean it's appropriate any time and any place. Since when has TV served to mirror reality anyway?
Your attitude towards your "right" to entertainment only reflects your sense of entitlement. Regulating entertainment is not forcing anyone else's will on you personally.
People that don't even watch TV are STILL subjected to the idiocy of our cultural decline every single day....and they didn't ask for it. You might as well say atheists are forcing their will onto you by not having public prayer in schools. Your argument is just silly.
I think mass media has played a huge role in the decline and it's naive to underestimate the power of the media.
never implied that it was.
ETA: While anyone can turn the channel or keep the TV off, it doesn't mean they are free from the affects of such mindless dribble. We have to deal with this cultural decline everyday.
Originally posted by Subjective Truth
You have the right to do and say whatever you want as long as it does not infringe on another persons right to do the same.