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Ustwo · 02-27-2004, 07:08 AM

I think you come to an interesting point, and that point is you can not protect your children, without taking extreme measures, from questionable content.
Changing the channel just doesn't work anymore.

The FCC rules are outdated. They are from a time when the only mass media was movies, then radio, then TV. It was easy to regulate and I think there was value in doing so. I can recall a few instances as a child where I saw movies/books I should not have and they DID bother me, and amazingly it had nothing to do with pornography. I had nightmares from some of it, and one picture disturbed me to the point I can still recall it in rather vivid detail considering I must have been 7 years old. Such images mean nothing to an adult but to children they can be very upsetting.

The problem now is with the Internet and satellite/cable tv, you can not protect your children from any such content without taking Draconian measures. Sure you could keep your computer under-lock and key, and the same with the TV, but then you have to keep them from friends homes, as their friends parents may not be taking such precautions, and we all know how weak the porn filters are at schools/libraries. So basically unless you home school and screen all their friends parents, they will be exposed to material you may not want them to see.

There will be those who will want to say scrap all the rules, those who will want to keep the status quo, and those who want to regulate the new media. For now I'd say the end result will be the status quo, the 'free' media will be regulated as it always has been and rules that have been ignored the last few years will be enforced. Sterns show won't be able to talk about if nigger chicks smell like watermelon, but I think we will manage.

Cable/Internet/satalite will remain unregulated as 'pay' services, and as more people move to such media as their prime source of entertainment and news, the regulations will be meaningless.

02-27-2004, 07:08 AM	#15 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	I think you come to an interesting point, and that point is you can not protect your children, without taking extreme measures, from questionable content. Changing the channel just doesn't work anymore. The FCC rules are outdated. They are from a time when the only mass media was movies, then radio, then TV. It was easy to regulate and I think there was value in doing so. I can recall a few instances as a child where I saw movies/books I should not have and they DID bother me, and amazingly it had nothing to do with pornography. I had nightmares from some of it, and one picture disturbed me to the point I can still recall it in rather vivid detail considering I must have been 7 years old. Such images mean nothing to an adult but to children they can be very upsetting. The problem now is with the Internet and satellite/cable tv, you can not protect your children from any such content without taking Draconian measures. Sure you could keep your computer under-lock and key, and the same with the TV, but then you have to keep them from friends homes, as their friends parents may not be taking such precautions, and we all know how weak the porn filters are at schools/libraries. So basically unless you home school and screen all their friends parents, they will be exposed to material you may not want them to see. There will be those who will want to say scrap all the rules, those who will want to keep the status quo, and those who want to regulate the new media. For now I'd say the end result will be the status quo, the 'free' media will be regulated as it always has been and rules that have been ignored the last few years will be enforced. Sterns show won't be able to talk about if nigger chicks smell like watermelon, but I think we will manage. Cable/Internet/satalite will remain unregulated as 'pay' services, and as more people move to such media as their prime source of entertainment and news, the regulations will be meaningless. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.