Posted by Martin Heffels on 02/15/06 12:44

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:48:57 -0800, "PTRAVEL" <ptravel88-usenet@yahoo.com>
wrote:

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>"Martin Heffels" <mot@sneeuw.nl> wrote in message
>news:3gt4v1hh6muebga6uh4u00g8gqe84q0dgt@4ax.com...
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>> 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.

Indeed. But with all these people reaking a chance to sue and make a
gigantic claim because of something said or done or heard, it's protection
of the name of the station, and of course keeping legal costs into
perspective. It's not only puritanism, but also says lots about how people
try to misuse a system.


>> 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.

But don't they write the laws for it? Or are you saying that the
Constitution or whatever laws there may be, would make such policies
unlawful? In that case those weird claims could be stopped, and life on tv
return to normal, without blurring and beeping.

cheers

-martin-
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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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