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Originally Posted by KMA-628
Your title and first sentence is what set me off. I didn't see anything prefaced with an apology.
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[QUOTE=Mr Mephisto]
Sorry if I sound terse, but what the fuck is
wrong with America?!!
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I have grown accustomed to your fixation on American politics, but I didn't expect you to label an entire country as mad based on some whiney group lodging a complaint.
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Grown accustomed to my "
fixation on American politics"?! Goodness, that pretty close to a condescending remark. Others are interested, but I'm "
fixated"?
With regards to the actual topic at hand, let me offer this for further consideration.
This story absolutely refers to a silly complaint by a (right-wing?) interest group. Of course it should be reviewed by the FCC, as that is their job. Equally, of course it should
not be considered reflective of the whole of America.
But, and this is a big but, the fact remains that America and American media
ARE becoming more conservative. You simply cannot argue that fact. That's the underlying tenet of this thread. I believe it's ridiculous that the country that spends the same amount on hardcore pornography that it spends on foreign aid, that has the most violent entertainment media industry in the world, that is in the top 5 countries for murder with firearms (fourth after South Africa, Columbia and Thailand!) still goes mental because some singer's tit flops out on TV.
That is the issue. The inexorable "conservativization" of the US media.
So, perhaps the way I couched my original question was a bit provocative (no more provocative than you labeling me fixated, in my humble opinion), but the original story is useful as a foil with which to debate the issue.
Mr Mephisto