"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:36:04 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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CCred68046 wrote:
Is this where we are heading? Fear of showing a classy movie that
depicts the doggedness and bravery of our soldiers during World War
II?

Its obvious. They could show that movie, its been on TV before. And
it
could
have been edited for television easily.


I remember the movie well. I saw it in the theaters and I recall seeing
it on HBO, I believe. There's no reason to "edit" it for television,
and
I believe ABC's deal with the studio forbids deletions.

What would you edit? The "cuss words"? They are integral to the movie.
The movie is violent, but no more so than other movies on television.

There's something else going on here.

Of course there's something else going on. You've got a bunch of "decency
advocates" bitching about language and family values. Meanwhile, they're
too
busy writing letters and advocatin' and jerkin' off in a closet with
their
bibles to simply find a way to keep their youngsters away from ABC for
one
evening. If you don't want your kids to watch something, you arrange for
things to be that way. Period.

I have an idea for some of these people. They should be attached to the
ground at the ankle with a 25' chain, at the business end of a target
shooting range. Give 'em just enough chain to run around and avoid being
hit. We'll see what kind of language they use when the bullets are
flying.
"Oh saints almighty! That was awful close!" Right.

You are partly right of course.

But.....

It really has to do with a chicken **** gutless FCC who reacts to
complaints from advocate groups about strong language and nekkid
bodies. If Michael Powell and his merry band of Republican and
Democrat sycophants had any guts, this would never reach the light of
day. That's where the TV culture war is being waged. Unfortunately,
nobody but me seems to see it that way.

The FCC is led by a gutless mensch who got his job through political
connections and it shows.

I think Powell plays golf with the same gutless sacks of **** who
emasculated the National Endowment for the Arts.