National Coalition Launches www.STOPMTV.org

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[Tribune7]

Yes, I agree that it is unwise.

So what do you propose to do about it other than yap at those who are trying to do something about it?

YOU do NOT get to decide what I watch on MY television set. It's that simple.

LOL. Somebody is & it's not you. If it's over the air it's the FCC. If it's cable, it's the cable company.

Maybe you have a case if you are talking satellite and I would probably agree with you. I certainly agree concerning DVD or VHS.

[agrace]

Research has also shown that 73 percent of boys and 78 percent of girls 12-19 years old watch MTV for more than 6 hours per week.

Frightening.

[cwb]

Who cares. Just do what you're telling everyone else to do: block it, don't read it, ignore it. Take your own advice...or would you like to censor them? They have as much as a right to complain about this filth as you have to complain about them.

[MineralMan]

"Yes, I agree that it is unwise.
So what do you propose to do about it other than yap at those who are trying to do something about it?"

I propose that people not allow their children to view MTV, by using the channel blocking features of their cable box or television set.

I propose the same thing if movies come over the cable that parents don't think their children should view.

What do you propose?

[MineralMan]

"Who cares. Just do what you're telling everyone else to do: block it, don't read it, ignore it. Take your own advice...or would you like to censor them? They have as much as a right to complain about this filth as you have to complain about them.
"

Of course they have that right. No problem there. This is a discussion forum, and I'm discussing.

They can complain until their tongues bleed, if they want. The cable companies can ignore them just as long, as well. I will continue not to watch MTV, just as you can.

If I had children at home, I would block that channel. I can do it in 5 seconds with the cable box remote. So can the parents of any child. That's not what this group wants, though. They want to dictate to MTV what it may broadcast. That they don't get to do. As long as they have the means to control what is on their own television, they've got no complaint, as far as I can see.

They want to control what other people's children watch. Sorry...but this is the USA, not some socialist country.

[Tribune7]

What do you propose?

I want Viacom to be prohibited from prohibiting (or penalizing) a cable provider from offering one of their channels while not offering another.

[cwb]

"They want to control what other people's children watch. Sorry...but this is the USA, not some socialist country."

Could you please show me where they say they want to control what other people's children watch? All I've seen is an effort to inform unsuspecting parents of what it is that MTV broadcasts...the choice is still up to the parents. You sure like to throw around the socialist label to all those who don't see your point of view.

[MineralMan]

"I want Viacom to be prohibited from prohibiting (or penalizing) a cable provider from offering one of their channels while not offering another."

OK, so contact Viacom and tell them that. Viacom is a corporation. Surely they have someone you can complain to.

It's just that they may make a decision you don't like. That's their right. Still don't like it? Disconnect your cable. Block all Viacom channels. Exercize YOUR rights.

[Tribune7]

It's just that they may make a decision you don't like. That's their right. Still don't like it? Disconnect your cable. Block all Viacom channels. Exercize YOUR rights.

Or lobby for a law prohibiting the practice of bundling cable channels. That's also my right. And it's your right -- and Viacom's -- to lobby to keep the status quo.

[AppyPappy]

I was using Cablevision in Greensboro. We called them and they removed it. Now we use Adelphia. I have no idea what channel MTV is on because I don't watch it.

[Coleus]

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=125-02132004

http://www.stopmtv.org/

http://www.nationalcoalition.org/

[Salvation]

Even when MTV was brand new, my kids were not allowed to watch it.

Now if I could judge it contents in those days, why can't parents judge its contents in these days????

Go figure!

[Barnacle]

You've just demonstrated an attitude that commits me to doing my best to keep godless atheists from being elected to office.

[ryple]

So, whaddya' all think of this EchoStar/Dish Network--Viacom dispute? Did echostar try to undo bundling of viacom programming? If they did, I support them. Otherwise, they're just making a lot of people really mad.