Posted by PTRAVEL on 02/15/06 01:48

"Martin Heffels" <mot@sneeuw.nl> wrote in message
news:3gt4v1hh6muebga6uh4u00g8gqe84q0dgt@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:52:11 -0800, "PTRAVEL" <ptravel88-usenet@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >U.S. broadcasters get heavily fined for broadcasting obscenities.
> >
> >As for product blurring,
>
> One reason I don't watch American reality-stuff anymore. All those beeps
> and blurs are so disturbing. OK, I understand the need for them,

I don't. America is starting to reap the results of this neo-Puritanism,
and it's not pretty.

> but why
> don't they send uncensored versions to countries which don't have these
> strict laws?

Note, too, that, in the U.S., it is not law, but administrative policy, set
by the FCC, that determines what language may not be broadcast.

>
> cheers
>
> -martin-
> --
> Never be afraid to try something new.
> Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
> A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

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