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Posted by BTR1701 on 04/27/07 03:41
In article <bnm233hgd74ioj51u8v73fdmh080umkt8j@4ax.com>,
Don Del Grande <del_grande_news@earthlink.net> wrote:
> SFTVratings wrote:
>
> > EvWill wrote:
> >>
> >> The report -- commissioned by members of Congress in 2004 and based on
> >> hundreds of comments from parents, industry officials, academic
> >> experts and others -- concludes that Congress has the authority to
> >> regulate "excessive violence" and to extend its reach for the first
> >> time into basic-cable TV channels that consumers pay to receive.
> >
> >Woah. Wait. Hold on.
> >
> >By WHAT authority does Congress regulate basic cable? That's NOT over-
> >the-air. It's NOT something you can see by accidentally turning on
> >your television (like over-the-air broadcast). Basic cable only
> >enters the home BY CONSENT of the home-owners. If they don't like
> >what they see, all they need to do is unplug the cable & it's gone.
>
> That's kind of like saying "if they don't like what they see on
> over-the-air, they can unplug the TV." I heard one woman say
> something along the lines of, "I shouldn't have to risk stumbling onto
> a sexual assault on fX just so my child can watch the Disney Channel."
She can block F/X. It's called a V-chip. The fact that she has no clue
how to operate her own appliances does not justify censoring material
that I enjoy.
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