Very soon in the not too distant future the only option that you may have regarding the possessing of any parental control over what your kids will be able to watch on your television will be to…unplug it. That is if the Barry controlled Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has its way. You see this unique group recently announced that it is now looking to relax certain rules that currently prohibit broadcasters from airing indecent material. A public notice posted on the regulatory agency's website Monday said the FCC is launching a review which may end up scrapping the ban on expletives and certain displays of nudity on television. And this would be regardless of the number of public complaints that may result from the action. The notice asked for public comment on its plan.
And it should come as no surprise to anybody that the main culprit behind this assault on decency is none other than Barry’s handpicked, but soon to be retiring, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. Yup it's this clown who’s behind this move to bring more smut into living rooms all across America. He kicked off this review after the Supreme Court overturned two indecency fines just last year. The agency says it wants to ensure that "indecency policies and their enforcement are fully consistent with vital First Amendment principles." Funny thing, have you ever noticed that the only time these progressive pukes are ever actually in favor of the First Amendment is when they can somehow use it to expedite the moral decay of our already troubled society? Otherwise they're totally against it!
At stake is whether the commission should waive the ban on isolated expletives and non-sexual nudity, focusing instead on enforcing the most extreme cases such as deliberate and repetitive use of expletives. Non-sexual nudity? No doubt, any changes to be made are intended to trigger a new attitude of permissiveness toward swearing and full frontal nudity on television. Remember in 2002, washed up hag of a singer, Cher, used the F-word during the Billboard Music Awards, while reality TV star Nicole Richie used two different expletives on the same show in 2003. But then such sophomoric theatrics are always to be expected from these supposed celebrities. It's how they garner a little press for themselves and why I stopped watching award shows a log time ago.
Also everybody's favorite holier than thou, out to save the world, rock and roller, U2 singer Bono, was also guilty of dropping the F-bomb during a Golden Globes acceptance speech. And in 2004 Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" gave a shot of nudity during the Super Bowl. Meanwhile, brief glimpses of nudity on mainstream television programs could also be overlooked. In recent years, the Supreme Court has come down against FCC fines on these high profile cases, but that hasn't stemmed the tide of public outrage against offensive displays on television. During the Super Bowl halftime show last year, supposed entertainer, M.I.A. flipped off millions of viewers during a performance of Madonna’s single, "Give Me All Your Luvin’."
"We have certainly come a long way since Gone With The Wind was almost scrapped because Clark Gable said the word Damn," a parent said after the incident. The FCC said it has reduced the backlog of indecency complaints by 70 percent, down by more than 1 million, since last September by eliminating complaints that were beyond the statute of limitations or were "too stale to pursue." So what criteria, exactly, is used in determining whether inappropriate behavior is too stale to pursue? So in this age of dwindling network ratings at the same time ratings for 'adult themed' cable shows are on the rise, I'm sure it'll only be a matter of time before we're flooded with all manner of gratuitous nudity for no other reason than as a means of gaining higher ratings. It's inevitable.
Look, I'm no prude, far from it as a matter of fact. But as an adult, if I don't feel like viewing something that I consider to be inappropriate, I can turn the channel. Children, on the other hand, don't possess the same level of maturity, and most likely would not turn the channel without some intervention by a parent or other adult. Ya know, there's enough going in our society today that robs from our kids the innocence of childhood and prevents them from just being able to be kids. More nudity and inappropriate language on television will only make matters worse. To show you just how far things have gotten, George Carlin once had a standup routine centered around the seven words that you couldn't, then, say on television. These days, it seems that they can all be said on television.
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