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| 2007-09-19 |
| The "Protecting Children From Indecent Programming Act" has been introduced into the House of Representatives, the latest legislation aimed at fighting indecency. The bill would require the FCC to take action against a broadcaster for any single offending word or image. The act is co-sponsored by Reps. Chip Pickering (R-MS), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Mike McIntyre (D-NC) and Joseph Pitts (R-PA). A similar bill with the same name was introduced to the Senate by Sen. John D. Rockefeller (D-WV) back in July. "As the father of five sons, I have a vested interest in what broadcasters present over the public airwaves. We do not want our children to grow up with the mindset that certain behavior and language is ok," Pickering said in a statement. "I speak for our families in Mississippi, as well as across the country - we deserve a peace of mind when watching television with our family and expect a level of decency in our programming." "There is no reason to allow broadcast networks a free pass as long as ‘not too much’ profanity makes it on the airwaves. We passed legislation to keep profanity from the airwaves because parents do not want their children to see any profane images or hear any indecent language. Families should have a reasonable expectation to believe television broadcast over public airwaves will not contain indecent material, not even once," added Pitts. "Families have had it with inappropriate scenes and language that shock and confuse their children. This legislation gives them the tools they need to help maintain the home environment families want and deserve," said Matheson. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 How many Netters have, had, or are complaining about Posts being deleted = altered, in entirety or else only on some topics = issues but not for others [SKYNET, MATRIX, etc],ala INFORMATION-PERCEPTIONS CONTROL, DISINFORMATION and MISINFORMATION, PYWAR, etc..................@??? Its one thing for Govts to ask their citizens to give up their rights in the name of WAR AND NATIONAL SURVIVAL/EMERGENCY - what do the people get back once the War or Crisis[Crises] is OVER AND WON??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-09-19 23:35 |
| #5 I once saw a couple with two small children, in a rural Wal-Mart that was horrified that people would discuss rubber nipples in front of a rubber nipple display. At first we had no idea why they were putting their hands over their children's ears and hissing at us. They were quite upset. They probably didn't even have a TV, or a radio. And the only written matter in the house was a bible. A sanitized version with none of the naughty bits and no sinful pictures. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-09-19 22:40 |
| #4 Remember when it was just three channels and you actually had to GET UP to turn the channel. It was HELL! Change it back tomorrow and half the people on welfare in this country would say, "Screw it. If I'm going to expend this much effort, I might as well go get a friggin job..." |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-19 20:28 |
| #3 When did it become mandatory for people to own and watch a television? I don't like what's on I turn it off or change the channel. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-09-19 20:22 |
| #2 Major epidemic of thumb and clicking finger disability. No doubt we need socialized medicine .... |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-09-19 19:21 |
| #1 It's terrible that Americans can no longer use the remote control, nor monitor their own children! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2007-09-19 19:11 |