are people becoming too sensitive?

[psycho-squirrel]

all i hear are people compaining. "so and so said this, im shocked!" its like they grew up thinking the world was like candy land. im sure that game will get banned for "promoting bad dental health".
they want to ban violent shows. well some of us like those shows, the easier thing to do is turn the tv off. *click* like that.
"but johnny might get nightmares and its not ni-" SHUT THE FUCK UP!
he is your child, he is your responsibility . the saying is "if its too hot get out of the kitchen" not "if its too hot, remove the kitchen". you need to tell him what he can and cant watch, dont put the government in this, they're not the other parent.
its common sence to not look at something that offends you. if you cant grasp that then you need help. if you dont like something, walk away. its not blaring at you 24/7. its only there if you look at it.
words and images dont hurt, if you say they do i'll get a bat and hit you with it to show you what hurting is.

[Boltrig]

At 5/22/07 02:52 AM, psycho-squirrel wrote:

the saying is "if its too hot get out of the kitchen" not "if its too hot, remove the kitchen".

*Rapturous applause*

You have epitomised my views on the modern world. Well done sir, well done.

Mind if I join you? Maybe get one of those bats?

[HighlyIllogical]

Children have to be protected to a certain extent, especially from overly violent stimuli (especially REAL physical violence) at a young age, but, seriously, as you say, parents have got to do their jobs! The FCC is not your child's babysitter -- the TV is.

[200monkeys]

I like how you did your rant. It wasn't just a "I HATE STUFF" kind of rant, so it's actually set up for possible debate and discussion.

I dunno who's going to debate you here though...It's pretty obvious we live in a spoiled country where violence on TV is bad for our kids. Fake violence that can't reach the children is even a concern? Let's take a magical whimsical trip to Africa where the kids use guns and see REAL violence every day!

[HighlyIllogical]

That's not a bad solution. If kids are shown what violence REALLY does, they'll avoid it.

[fahrenheit]

Yeah, I doupt anyone would debate that. Moms usually dont circulate flash bbs forums.

Although I agree with your point, just turn off the t.v. and be a parent, I doupt anything is going to change. Because there will always be people who wont blame themselves.

[Dr-Worm]

It is for this exact reason that Hillary Clinton cannot become President.

1st Amendment hating whore....

[psycho-squirrel]

i dont know if this is true or not, but i heard they wanted to ban curious george because "it encourages curiosity"
yeah, that monkey is the problem. oh its not human nature's fault, its tv and books.
if this is true then i just know that these people have run out of ideas.
if anything that monkey shows curiosity can have consequences.
people with no curiosity go nowhere in life. and if your child has non, dont be happy that he wont make a mess and such, get help.
if you didnt want to have a difficult baby you should have got a doll because parenting was never ment to be easy. if you cant handle it, dont be a parent. my parents never tryied to ban something, they just took it away from me. if i was bad they didnt blame others, they spanked me, and im glad they did.
they are your kids, not anyone elses.
parents today dont want to take full responsibility, were they spoiled as kids? a kid is a full time job from birth to when they leave. no breaks no shortcuts. yes its hard but nothing worth having is easy.

[SuperDeagle]

the curious george thing was due to parents suggesting the monkey teaching kids to be curious for things such as drugs

[psycho-squirrel]

At 5/22/07 08:13 PM, SuperDeagle wrote: the curious george thing was due to parents suggesting the monkey teaching kids to be curious for things such as drugs

tipical. the worry so much they think its real.
its parents like that who over protect their kids. like one scratch could kill them.
drugs? how does making a mess equil drugs? i read those books before, only way you could think it was about drugs is if you're on drugs.
its a kids book to entertain. if you dont like it dont buy it.
this is even worse then the encourages curiosity. at least that had some connection.
"see the cake represents pot and see the monkey rides a bike, its about drugs."
the cake represents a baked good you eat at birthdays. and the monkey riding a bike means that he is riding a bike.
i just cant believe people can be that stupid and still be allowed to have kids. talk about the blind leading the blind. parents are stupid and kids are learning to be stupid.

[SuperDeagle]

lol my parents told me 2 things.
1. If your going to be stupid you have to be tough.
2. I don't care what type of life style you end up having, it'll be your fault, but I'll still love you.

[penis-plant]

so you aprove of shows that feature naked men getting their dicks cut off on cable? your sick. you also aprove of anarchy in another thread.
yes! psycho-squirrel wants anarchy. you can read it in that anarchy thread. how do you like him now?

[200monkeys]

Well PenisPlant, besides you bringing TOTALLY pointless arguements to this debate about his Anarchist views, let me answer you're other question.

Tell me a single show where someone's dick is cut off for no reason whatsoever just over and over, dick on, dick off, dick on, dick off.

If it has a plot and this dude it getting tortured, then maybe it's acceptable to have on the show, especially if they don't show it getting cut off, just a knife going real low, blood, etc. Besides, show producers are not big on showing male nudity on television...shoves away too many male viewers.

Still, some things should not be on Television, but that's not all that's being debated. People complaining about Curious GEORGE?

[HighlyIllogical]

At 5/22/07 06:23 PM, Dr-Worm wrote: It is for this exact reason that Hillary Clinton cannot become President.

1st Amendment hating whore....

Rudy couldn't be POTUS either, especially if someone brings up the Brooklyn Museum case.

I hate Rudy.

[psycho-squirrel]

At 5/23/07 02:27 AM, penis-plant wrote: so you aprove of shows that feature naked men getting their dicks cut off on cable? your sick. you also aprove of anarchy in another thread.
yes! psycho-squirrel wants anarchy. you can read it in that anarchy thread. how do you like him now?

any views or opinions i have in other threads are irrelevant in any other thread that discusses a different subject matter.

[200monkeys]

At 5/23/07 03:46 PM, Transkar wrote: Oversensitive = Liberal extremists

Transkar= Creator of Hasty Generalizations...

I doubt your political views effect your sensitivity... Last I checked the Far Left were the ones willing to kill (babies, fetuses, whatever you want to say). Not to mention I know tons of BOTH that are oversensitive. Can't think of why your comment might be applicable....

[SuperDeagle]

1. Democrats: Willing to kill our babies, but not our enemies.
2. Yes we are becoming to sensitive. I personally wish they would encourage capital punishment in schools.
(spanking is child abuse BAH >:( )

[200monkeys]

Ah yes, in schools. That's where I'd like to see some more discipline. My teachers are afraid to be MEAN to this spoiled, bratty, loudmouthed, dumbasses who talk and scream and shout all day long. Teachers hardly even get to the state of raising their voice. I wouldn't mind a LITTLE violence. I mean, of course no whipping or such, but maybe a little rap on the skull would straighten those brats out.

I liked in Starship Troopers (the book...The movie sucked ass in comparision) the future they had and why it was so great. They brought back physical discipline in society. Their crime was an all time low, kids acted well, ADULTS acted well. They would give lashes to people in public, harshly punish harsh crimes... It was a realisitic future if the world changed like that.

[G-Locked]

A very well organized rant.

[HighlyIllogical]

Beating children harms their development. I'd like to see a large-scale, national study about that, one that follows the kids for a while. At the moment, though, from what I've read (in terms of studies), it's damaging to their mental health.

Nothing wrong with slapping your teen for being fresh, though. It's reenforcement of the verbal lashing.

[G-Locked]

At 5/23/07 03:58 PM, SuperDeagle wrote: 1. Democrats: Willing to kill our babies, but not our enemies.

By that you mean stem cell research? Or abortion? In the case of stem cells they are about as developed as a paramecium and will be used to better mankind. As for abortion, It is the mothers right to end the pregnancy. No one wants to get an abortion, but many times circumstances require it.

[scorchin-hot]

There was a thing a couple months ago where some rock star said in a magazine iterview that Hitler was a charasmatic speaker who had awesome power of influence and he had to apoligize. Censorship is a huge violation of the first amendmant, as the FCC is government run.

[The-Gus]

In response to your tag line: YES!!! Finally someone other than me thinks we should stop trying to be as PC as possible, I mean for crying out loud, you don't like violence, turn on a news report and look at the stories; killings in Iraq, Beating in the streets. If people spent less time worrying about every little thing and actually sorted out the problems in their own lives, the world, and by thatt I mean my patience, would be sooooo much better. Rant over. 'Nuff said

[EKublai]

At 5/22/07 03:25 PM, HighlyIllogical wrote: Children have to be protected to a certain extent, especially from overly violent stimuli (especially REAL physical violence) at a young age, but, seriously, as you say, parents have got to do their jobs! The FCC is not your child's babysitter -- the TV is.

But seriously you can't really expect them to its not human nature to care as much about the outcome of their children. Case in point, Father's a slob, hears his fatass son on the couch make a bomb of a belch. He's says, "atta'boy son"

It's not that parents don't care enough, it's just that emotions for humans, ring a lot louder than traditional instinct.

[psycho-squirrel]

the v-chip. a device in your tv that lets you block shows. i know not eveyone has them, and the older ones are not as good, however wouldnt it be just easier to get tv's with these and block those "bad shows" instead of ruining it for everyone else and stressing over if your "babysitter", the FCC, will ban a show? its also faster and can ban more shows. you can ban a show just in your home faster then you could write a letter, unless the letter just says "IM MAD!".
"but other kids will still see it" hey shut up!
1. they are not your problem.
2. even if you ban it from tv, the internet will have it and much more harmful stuff.

use a v-chip, that way you have total control and everyone is happy, except your children, but thats your problem.

[Eropan]

Hahah!!!

Very good points... They open up a new perspective

[Eropan]

At 5/23/07 06:55 PM, scorchin-hot wrote: There was a thing a couple months ago where some rock star said in a magazine iterview that Hitler was a charasmatic speaker who had awesome power of influence and he had to apoligize. Censorship is a huge violation of the first amendmant, as the FCC is government run.

Censorship violates our rights to free speech... Regarding that particular case, yes, that was crap that he had to apologize for airing his opinion... However, there are some MORONS, especially in Philippine media who are really prone to sensationalism... Thos morons cause the need for censorship...

[psycho-squirrel]

if someone says something like "only good jew is a dead jew" sure ill be offended but all i really would say is, what an idiot. i wouldnt make a big deal because its just words. words just dont hurt. some people think they do, but those are weak people. remember the saying "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me".
parents will tell their kids to ignor name calling and insults, but when other adults name call guess what..."FCC, they, (wimper) thet were mean to me. waaaaaa!"

bunch of overgrown babies.

[SuperDeagle]

I demand the use of tasers in schools!

[Dr-Worm]

At 5/24/07 09:14 PM, psycho-squirrel wrote: if someone says something like "only good jew is a dead jew" sure ill be offended but all i really would say is, what an idiot. i wouldnt make a big deal because its just words. words just dont hurt. some people think they do, but those are weak people. remember the saying "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me".
parents will tell their kids to ignor name calling and insults, but when other adults name call guess what..."FCC, they, (wimper) thet were mean to me. waaaaaa!"

bunch of overgrown babies.

Well, yes, this is true, but only to a point. If something that could be construed as offensive is used as just a joke or to make a satirical statement, then it's ridiculous for a censorship crackdown to happen. But I can see the merit in the FCC shutting down something like the "KKK and Skinhead Variety Hour!"