I have never heard of George Carlin.
If he is hard-working, then good for him!
I just REALLY hate people who become famous cause they swam in poo'd sewerage, swore a million times and/or zapped their nipples with muscle-stimulators (think Jackass, Tom Green, and everyone like that).
Do you know what? We went to a themed restaurant for my friend's 18th earlier this year, and there was a pair of comedian/musician/singer brothers, who used lots of swearing and sexual references for humour and soforth. You know why that was ok? Cause it was adults only. It was fun and hilarious.
IF this was shown in the shopping center down the road for school holidays entertainment, that would have been wrong. If it was shown on TV as part of the morning kids shows, that would have been wrong also.
Do you agree with me on that?
This is exactly the same with things like skit shows (like Skithouse, Fast Forward, Full Frontal and Comedy Inc over here and SNL over there), cause they have swearing and sexual stuff in them too. For free-to-air TV, shows like this are in 8:30pm slots, or later, like at 9:30pm. Sure, kids nowadays stay up later, but the chances of them seeing the show are reduced. It's not THAT bad for them to see it, but you get the drift? Shows with swearing or sex, etc are usually put off till later in the evening. Kids movies, like Mousehunt yesterday, are put on at like 6pm-7:30pm so that kids can watch it and go to sleep afterward, and all the adult shows put on later.
I've also seen shows like Jerry Springer put on at like 1pm over here, but that's cause kids are at school at those times.
I think our free-to-air TV regulations are just a bit more stricter over here than over there in the US, cause over here, we only really have five channels: the ABC, SBS, Channel 7, 10, and 9. You guys have like milllions of channels. And they're all a jumble of letters! I'm not dissing you, i'm just making an observation, is all.
The channels are called different things in regional areas of Australia, for example, Channel 7 is called Prime, 10 is called Capital and 9 is called WIN. And stricter regulations are good, cause it creates less controversy (like the start of this arguement - that is ok or not to have swearing on regular occasions on TV), and it harms less people.
Parents try to raise up their kids with a good sense of morals.
It's not black and white. I mean, some of you would think that it's either ok to swear, and that swearing doesn't affect people AT ALL. Some of you would think that swearing is the devil (heheheh, Bobby Bouche's mum in The Waterboy) and that people like that are little angels who cover their ears when they hear f**k.
Is it like that?
No.
I mean, alright, it's OK to swear, but surely you have to know when it's ok NOT to swear right?
Do you believe that children are heavily influenced by what they see on TV? I do. Do you think that if their favourite characters started to swear, then they would start to swear? I do. I mean, if you were raising a kid, then all of a sudden they just came up to you and started swearing, would you smile, stand there, put your hands on your hips and go 'awwwww, look at that! he learned how to say f**k!' Sure, they don't know what it means, and it is kinda cute and funny, but i would tell them a bit seriously not to say that anymore, and they wouldn';t be allowed to watch that show anymore. The same would happen in most households, the show would lose ratings, go off the air, and the broadcasters would be back in the meeting room wondering what went wrong.
It's just that bad things start from somewhere. In the case of this whole darn debate, it's the FCC rule that swearing is ok. Once the green light has shone, everyone will think it's ok.
Do you not realise that?
It is the downfall of our society. Not apocalypse sorta thing, but in terms of morals.
Once one thing is allowed, people will try all sorts of things to get away with, as long as it is still mere inches behind the line of acceptance.
Sex sells. That has been proven, and we have seen countless times nude chicks (not full-on stuff), but a bit of skin in the 'right' places, and while many call it exploitation of the female form, it is still within regulations, sort of.
Us Aussies would know the XBox Launch campaign.
DOA3 had two ads. One said 'Die Smiling', and showed the legs of that chinese chick - it's meant to say that when you die in the game, at least you have a 'great view'.
The second ad was of that white haired chick. Her boobs practically pouring out of that silver jumpsuit, and they were the main feature in the ad. The slogan? 'Fake has never looked so real'. It was unappropriately stating the power of the Xbox, whilst at the same time showing off it's 'round-boob processor'.
Whilst I admit I stared at these ads, they are using sex as a means of getting males to buy the XBox - and it looks like it worked.
Well, I knew I was gonna get off track, but what i have said here sorta explains that morals in society are in decline.
Whilst it's said to be inevitable - it's only part of the way we humans would destroy ourselves - at least there are some of us trying to do what we feel is right.
I'm not saying that people's opinions are wrong. Everyone has a right to an opinion. This here is my opinion, and Mouse's stance is his opinion.
It generates healthy debate, and I think it brings out the best in all of us.
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