[quote=Fong;134525] I don't know why you people say things like this, are you soo brainwashed? That you must denegrate any system that isn't your own at every opportunity? Are you soo afraid that the system you support is not the best, so attempt to besmirch every other system any chance you can?[quote]

in order to understand why we discredit each others political afiliations you have to understand how disolutioned americans have become with the government. with the weak jumbled senate, and with a president that doesnt seem to care any more, its really become a matter of which side is less incompitent. thats why people insult each others partys.

Well, the way I see it, it seems as if almost 8 out of 10 channels you go to have some sort of sexual or violent subject or it's included in the program.

If the government is stressing abstinence and no violence, but they allow the FCC to air programs like "the real world" (which by no means is that near real). It's jam packed full of sex, some violence, and alcohol use.

I do agree with those who say, "change the channel" but I also see where the original poster is coming from. It is kind of hard to avoid it. If it's not on TV, its on the internet.

Yes violence and sex are a part of people's lives but why expose young viewers to it?

Maybe the parents aren't doing their job?

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What are you advocating protecting people from? TV has less sex and nudity than most peoples real lives. Most people have a few drinks on the weekends, so that is also a strange point. The only point where television really deviates from normal human activity is in violence.

If you do not want to even encounter sex on TV and have to change the channel, get a cable box and have it automatically block any program with a rating above which you wish to watch, and block channels notorious for lots of sex like MTV, Cinemax, FX, etc. Do the same if you have children you don't want exposed and have a password to unlock the content.

It's really not hard. People need to take some personal responsibility.

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I don't disagree. Like I said, both sides make a good point. But I'll be watching a show on Nickelodeon or something, and the things they say sometimes are innuendoes or they are hinting toward something. It shocks me. It's Nickelodeon. And with the language thing, they bleep out the word "hole" but not the word "ass". It makes no sense to me. But I rarely watch T.V. anyway. I'm just saying what I've seen from the times I actually HAVE watch T.V. Again, I'm not saying your wrong. But If the government REALLY want's to push non violence, no teen/underage drinking, smoking, abstinence, etc...maybe they should make the F.C.C. do a little more.

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Now, you can't say tax the media, without saying tax the rich. Are you really prepared to tax the rich while they can legally sell garbaaj to those who never get enough of seeing social failures in swim suits? If you want money I agree that the rich have got it all, and the property, and the country, and the governemnt, and our rights. But don't you have to fix the whole situation? Who put these people in charge of our broadcasting, our airwaves, and transmission facilities, and what is our cut of the deal?

If you want a free press, then show me a free press. Show me one that is free of the influence of government, and free of the influence of churches, and free of the influence of the power class. These people do not have the right unless they extend the right to all. Your voice, no matter how much wealth is behind it, should not drown another out. Cities should own their news papers rather than some distant lord, -even as political prizes -they would be better. They could not be worse than the propaganda rags we see today. So, I agree that no one has the right to sell poison even with another poison. But think of what is behind the media; -the money. And who is against media? Again it is the money. It is only a question of whether to attack the truth or subvert it. And when you own media you own truth. If that is the case it should be the people.