Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:29:00
The “Protecting Children from Indecent Programming” Act
Well here’s a real doozy of a bill that needs defeating. The name alone makes me hate it. PCIP? Is this supposed to somehow align it with SCHIP and other “for the children” legislation? It;s all a load of billshit. That’s right, billshit. That’s my new word for legislation that is utterly full of crap.
This bill is designed, and I quote, “To require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming , to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent.” Wow. Just...wow. That entirely removes the concept of context altogether, and gives them the power to declare the word “ass” indecent when used to describe a pack animal used for ferrying goods. Hell it can render the double entendre dead in the water.
This is just ridiculous. Are we so pathetic that we are determined to roll over and become servants to a small group of overly moralistic nannies, determined to filter the world through whatever narrow prism they’ve decided is right and good?
ENOUGH. When you vote for candidates that support crap like this - and immediately Hillary leaps to the forefront as she is the leading Presidential candidate on either side supporting censorship legislation of all kinds, although I will freely admit she is far from alone in this - you are enabling AND SUPPORTING censorship. You are personally destroying the concept of free speech. There is no way around it. If you know about this and you still support politicians like this, you are personally eroding the First Amendment.
Think about that. Maybe Ron Paul isn’t so crazy. Well, not all crazy, anyway. :)
Totalitarian legislation is not just the purview of the right wing, my friends. This little “minor” alteration to Section 16 of the Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 was crafted by a Democrat. You know who wants it passed, though? Donald Wildmon and the “American Family Association.” That alone should be enough to make you oppose it. I just got an “action alert” from them.
It couldn’t be clearer that the broadcast networks are irresponsible stewards of the public airwaves and the FCC needs passage of S.1780 to have the authority to reel them in.
Wildmon wants everyone to “Please call Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) at 202-224-3934 and Ranking Member Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) at 202-224-3004” and puch for this bill. I say call them and tell them how much you oppose it. In fact, contact all your Congresspersons. You will find a box at the top right-hand corner of that site. Enter your zip code and get the latest contact data for your Senator(s) or Representative(s). Let them know that enough is enough with this faux “protect the children” crap. Old people in Washington should not be the arbiters of what writers can (or even should!) put on TV. YOU are supposed to be that arbiter. YOU decide with your viewership and your spending habits. You should have the freedom to decide what is appropriate for your child, not some old people in Washington.
Parents of this country, I beg you, stop asking the government to parent your children, and if you are not asking, then stop allowing it to happen.
Posted by JimK at 04:29 PM on December 03, 2007
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