[LasVegasMac]

There is also a little button on the front of the TV - and the remote control - labled, "Off".

Works for me everytime.

LVM

[zoyd]

On my remote, I have a (+) button and a (-) button, so instead of giving up on the tv altogether, I can change the channel to one of 77 other choices, should I find something offensive on one.

And what was anybody at the PTC doing watching FOX? Was PAX knocked off the air for an hour or something?

[ohiobushman]

Turning your tv off may work for you,but what about the kids who watch programs like this without their parents knowledge? Maybe the kids are watching shows like this in their rooms.If we don't do something about this it will only get worse! TV shows are getting more vulgar every year!

[Eowyn-of-Rohan]

There is also a little button on the front of the TV - and the remote control - labled, "Off". Works for me everytime. LVM

That is the lamest argument of all, and always the ones who use it are so smug. Why can't you grasp that the problem occurs BEFORE YOU TURN THE CHANNEL? "Oh sorry kids, pretend you didn't see or hear that-- here, I changed the channel to Barney"

YOUR ARGUMENT IS A CHEAP COP OUT. And this doesn't just go for KIDS either. It goes for anyone, no matter young, middle or old age, who have a RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM this crap. It does NOT have to be mainlined into every household on public airwaves (or cable for that matter) in order to uphold your freedom of the "press" (which this is not) argument. People can get this crap and all other related crap at a special, dingy little bookstore like they USED to.

[iconoclast]

There is also a little button on the front of the TV - and the remote control - labled, "Off".

Works for me everytime.

Yep, that would be just hunky-dorie if your little world = cultural reality.

[thinking]

Yea,and we have a garbage collection for TV sets every Thursday.....