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Prince · 01-20-2004, 06:03 AM

I agree with Holo wholeheartedly.

I couldn't believe it when I heard that you couldn't dress a kid up as a devil or anything like that. As if that makes them followers of Satan or some bullshit. The thing is, there are SO many religions and almost anyone can make up one, it is practically impossible to please everyone and not to end up stepping on someone's toes.

I can totally understand that some individuals are deeply hurt by words that others don't think twice about. Tough shit, really. It's human nature to categorize and sort, whether we say something out loud or not does not mean we're not thinking it.

This whole PC crap is going to the opposite direction of where I'd prefer to see it going. But then maybe that's because I don't believe there to be really any "bad words". Originally from Europe, I'm not used to the level of censorship they practice here, and as a movie buff I was really upset when I was watching a true action classic - Die Hard - and they had replaced the line "yippee-ki-yea motherfucker" with "yippee-ki-yea friend". I mean, Jesus Christ... and the scene in the third Die Hard where Willis is carrying a sign saying something about "niggers"? They had apparantly shot a whole different scene for the network distribution, cuz the sign now said something like "I'm mad". Just the mere thought of what Pulp Fiction would be like when aired on the television almost brings me to tears.

But seriously...who does this please? Who does it serve? Go to any elementary playground and it'll sound worse than what you hear on Pulp Fiction. The only reason I see for them having to censor everything on the staretube is because that thing is what raises people's kids these days, not the parents, not the teachers, but the television. Parents don't bother controlling how much and what their kids watch, so it's the network's job to modify its content to better suit the audience.

If you want to explain PC as means of making sure we "all have fun", then it doesn't work for me. There was this one joke I read recently in which an employer sent out an invitation to the employees to come to his party. Then sent another one making changes because it was infringing on someone's personal views, religious or otherwise, then another and another until he said, look, fuck it, the party's off, is everyone happy now?

If I can't say what I feel, might as well not say anything at all.

01-20-2004, 06:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Prince /nɑndəsˈkrɪpt/ Location: LV-426	I agree with Holo wholeheartedly. I couldn't believe it when I heard that you couldn't dress a kid up as a devil or anything like that. As if that makes them followers of Satan or some bullshit. The thing is, there are SO many religions and almost anyone can make up one, it is practically impossible to please everyone and not to end up stepping on someone's toes. I can totally understand that some individuals are deeply hurt by words that others don't think twice about. Tough shit, really. It's human nature to categorize and sort, whether we say something out loud or not does not mean we're not thinking it. This whole PC crap is going to the opposite direction of where I'd prefer to see it going. But then maybe that's because I don't believe there to be really any "bad words". Originally from Europe, I'm not used to the level of censorship they practice here, and as a movie buff I was really upset when I was watching a true action classic - Die Hard - and they had replaced the line "yippee-ki-yea motherfucker" with "yippee-ki-yea friend". I mean, Jesus Christ... and the scene in the third Die Hard where Willis is carrying a sign saying something about "niggers"? They had apparantly shot a whole different scene for the network distribution, cuz the sign now said something like "I'm mad". Just the mere thought of what Pulp Fiction would be like when aired on the television almost brings me to tears. But seriously...who does this please? Who does it serve? Go to any elementary playground and it'll sound worse than what you hear on Pulp Fiction. The only reason I see for them having to censor everything on the staretube is because that thing is what raises people's kids these days, not the parents, not the teachers, but the television. Parents don't bother controlling how much and what their kids watch, so it's the network's job to modify its content to better suit the audience. If you want to explain PC as means of making sure we "all have fun", then it doesn't work for me. There was this one joke I read recently in which an employer sent out an invitation to the employees to come to his party. Then sent another one making changes because it was infringing on someone's personal views, religious or otherwise, then another and another until he said, look, fuck it, the party's off, is everyone happy now? If I can't say what I feel, might as well not say anything at all. __________________ Who is John Galt?