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Senator: Decency Rules Should Apply Pay TV, Radio
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| March 1, 2005
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Posted on 03/01/2005 10:01:09 AM PST by Dave S
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Guess the Democrats dont have a monopoly on idiots. What the heck right does Sen Stevens think that the US government has a right to control content of subscription material that is not otherwise illegal (no child porn, etc). If its subscription, it means if you dont want to watch or listen, you dont subscribe. Why is this concept so hard Morality Despots like Stevens to understand.
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:01:14 AM PST
by
Dave S
To: Dave S
To: Dave S
Its not just that the despots don't want to hear it, they also don't want anybody else to hear it either.
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:04:33 AM PST
by
Wolfie
To: Dave S
"I think we have the same power to deal with cable as over-the-air" broadcasters.Think again, idiot.
To: Dave S
Agreed, I just can't agree with the Senator here.
Would his rules also apply to movies shown on pay movie channels like HBO? This would make it virtually impossible to watch uncensored R-rated movies without actually renting or buying the movie. Sorry, but America isn't going to go for that.
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:05:48 AM PST
by
jpl
(Islam is a religion of peace, as in "Rest in Peace".)
To: Dave S
"Guess the Democrats dont have a monopoly on idiots"
Nope, they don't. Either they're rinos or busybodies who want their fingers in every pot. But idiots abound on both sides of the isle in congress.
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:06:21 AM PST
by
flashbunny
(Every thought that enters my head requires its own vanity thread.)
To: Dave S
The senator needs to leave cable alone.
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:06:43 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(The crippled stool is the cadillac of poopin stools.)
To: Dave S; Poohbah; section9; Dan from Michigan; mhking; Howlin; PhiKapMom; PJ-Comix; E Rocc; ...
Has Senator Stevens forgotten how to use the remote that comes with any TV or radio?
Does he have no clue how to change the channel? Or to turn the TV or radio off if he does not like what is on and read the Congressional Record instead? Or even to insert a compact disc or cassette tape with music or an audio book he might like? Or a DVD or VHS tape?
What is WRONG with these folks inside the Beltway? Does common sense have to be checked at the Beltway?
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:07:51 AM PST
by
hchutch
(A pro-artificial turf, pro-designated hitter baseball fan.)
To: Dave S
It has been Democrats like Michael Copps at the FCC that have been pushing the 'indecency' fines, presumably to sucker half-wits like Ted Stevens to embrace draconian anti-free speech legislation.
Stevens should be voted out of office at the first opportunity.
To: Dave S
This Congressman is on a power trip, and needs to take some Ritalin.
To: Dave S
I get sick of hearing porno, etc....being referred to as "adult entertainment", or "adult bookstores", etc.... I am an adult and I don't partake of those activities....I think is should be called "pervert bookstores" and "pervert entertainment". Anything that harms children, and this stuff does, should be shunned in our society.
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:10:52 AM PST
by
yellowdoghunter
(Liberals should be seen and not heard.)
To: Dave S
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:11:13 AM PST
by
bigbob
(2)
To: Dave S
"If that's the issue they want to take on, we'll take it on and let the Supreme Court decide," he said. This approach is seriously unhealthy for the country. It's how we got CFR -- "pass any law you want, the SCOTUS will fix it later."
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:13:47 AM PST
by
Sloth
(I don't post a lot of the threads you read; I make a lot of the threads you read better.)
To: hchutch
Has Senator Stevens forgotten how to use the remote that comes with any TV or radio?Oh, is that what that little button is supposed to be for?
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:13:58 AM PST
by
mhking
(Do not mess with dragons, for thou art crunchy & good with ketchup...)
To: yellowdoghunter
Anything that harms children, and this stuff does, should be shunned in our society. Vote your heart then by not subscribing to pay cable and let the rest of us perverts enjoy what we damn well want to watch. We dont tell you that you cant watch the 700 Club.
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:14:46 AM PST
by
Dave S
To: Dave S
If only this stuff did not harm children....how can one justify this kind of stuff knowing that children are being harmed?
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:17:30 AM PST
by
yellowdoghunter
(Liberals should be seen and not heard.)
To: mhking; Poohbah
Last time I checked...
But it seems to escape the attention of Congress and the PTC. It seems like Xander Cage needs to do something with Ted Stevens's car.
"Ted, you're a bad man. And you know what we do to bad men? We punish them. Ted... you're about to enter... the Xander Zone."
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:19:24 AM PST
by
hchutch
(A pro-artificial turf, pro-designated hitter baseball fan.)
To: yellowdoghunter
If only this stuff did not harm children....how can one justify this kind of stuff knowing that children are being harmed?If all there is to it is "It's for the children!", you're not going to get much traction here, IMHO.
To: Dave S
"There has to be some standard of decency"
No, there doesn't. Except for the standard applied by the consumer of media - "do I want to pay for this, or not?"
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:23:41 AM PST
by
lugsoul
(Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
To: Dave S
For once we can seek advice from Iran and Saudi Arabia. These two countries and the former Taleban can offer super advice on setting up morality police.;>)
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posted on
03/01/2005 10:23:56 AM PST
by
monocle
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