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02-24-2006, 05:17 PM
Television censorship is a weird thing. I've heard people say g-d- but not words like s-.
Censorship is there for a reason but alot of it really doesn't serve its purpose. They cut scenes out of movies but kids that are being exposed to it in real life keep getting younger and younger..
Censorship is there for a reason but alot of it really doesn't serve its purpose. They cut scenes out of movies but kids that are being exposed to it in real life keep getting younger and younger..
02-24-2006, 08:53 PM
Parents should control what they want there kids to watch.
Censorship is stupid, and should do away with it.
It's not like people dont hear it everyday.
Censorship is stupid, and should do away with it.
It's not like people dont hear it everyday.
oliceLig
02-25-2006, 01:37 PM
Cameron Crazy Wrote:Parents should control what they want there kids to watch.
Censorship is stupid, and should do away with it.
It's not like people dont hear it everyday.
I agree to a point, however you state censorship is stupid. and should be done away with, do you really feel that way? Are you saying all censorship is stupid?
02-25-2006, 01:40 PM
The FCC has a standards board that establishs a list of words/acts that are to be censored.
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/decdoc/publi...#OBSCENITY
Obscenity and Indecency. Federal law prohibits the broadcasting of obscene programming and regulates the broadcasting of "indecent" language.
Obscene speech is not protected by the First Amendment and cannot be broadcast at any time. To be obscene, material must have all three of the following characteristics:
* an average person, applying contemporary community standards, must find that the material, as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest;
* the material must depict or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable law; and
* the material, taken as a whole, must lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
Indecent speech is protected by the First Amendment and cannot be outlawed. However, the courts have upheld Congress's prohibition of the broadcast of indecent speech during times of the day when there is a reasonable risk that children may be in the audience. Broadcasts that fall within the definition of indecency and that are aired between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. are subject to indecency enforcement action by the FCC. Indecent speech is defined as "language or material that, in context, depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium, sexual or excretory organs or activities."
Profanity that does not fall under one of the above two categories is fully protected by the First Amendment and cannot be regulated.
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/decdoc/publi...#OBSCENITY
Obscenity and Indecency. Federal law prohibits the broadcasting of obscene programming and regulates the broadcasting of "indecent" language.
Obscene speech is not protected by the First Amendment and cannot be broadcast at any time. To be obscene, material must have all three of the following characteristics:
* an average person, applying contemporary community standards, must find that the material, as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest;
* the material must depict or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable law; and
* the material, taken as a whole, must lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
Indecent speech is protected by the First Amendment and cannot be outlawed. However, the courts have upheld Congress's prohibition of the broadcast of indecent speech during times of the day when there is a reasonable risk that children may be in the audience. Broadcasts that fall within the definition of indecency and that are aired between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. are subject to indecency enforcement action by the FCC. Indecent speech is defined as "language or material that, in context, depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium, sexual or excretory organs or activities."
Profanity that does not fall under one of the above two categories is fully protected by the First Amendment and cannot be regulated.
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