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- AGONYTUESDAY, on 10/05/2008, -1/+111research why parents don't monitor what their kids watch
- Charun, on 10/06/2008, -0/+68They already have advanced blocking technology. It's called a remote.
Read your kids a book - exspasticcomics, on 10/05/2008, -12/+70blah! just what we all need... more censorship. we should get rid of the FCC, MPAA & RIAA. useless- totally.. useless.
- crapuccino, on 10/05/2008, -4/+47Shouldn't you be concentrating on sorting out the unholy mess the economy is in, Senator Pryor?
- inactive, on 10/06/2008, -0/+33*facepalm* The South Park movie was making fun of the V-chip, an already-existing technology. God-*****-damnit, maybe you should try reading a book yourself.
- keithloughnane, on 10/06/2008, -2/+31here's an idea PARENTAL SUPERVISION
- inactive, on 10/06/2008, -3/+30This isn't about government censorship. It's about discovering what technologies that currently exist to help sensitive people censor their own media.
Basically, it's Uncle Sam coming up with a `don't complain to us anymore about titties on TV`.
This will boil down to a government subsidized 'censorship' device that people will have the option of purchasing to censor 'offensive' media. - dirtridr, on 10/06/2008, -0/+24How about you take the time to at least check to see what your kids are watching rather than have your TV set raise you kids...
- mrdeathgod, on 10/06/2008, -0/+17BTW, Mark Pryor (D-AR) was the senator interviewed by Bill Maher in his new movie, Religulous. You'll probably remember him best for his quote that "you don't have to pass an IQ test to get elected to the Senate." Looks like he's proving that quote to be true more and more every day...
- SirDomino, on 10/06/2008, -2/+18It is called the V-Chip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-chip - omnithought, on 10/06/2008, -0/+16This is actually far better than general censorship. It puts the decision in the hands of parents...where it should be.
If parents are going to complain about what's on tv, then they can filter what comes into their own house, rather than lobby for laws to restrict what everyone sees. - inactive, on 10/06/2008, -7/+22***** THE FCC!
- gegroff, on 10/06/2008, -3/+16Children should not be allowed to watch nudity or listen to foul language on television. That is what the internet is for.
- hendrixlives64, on 10/06/2008, -1/+11or you could just TURN OFF THE ***** TELEVISION
- inactive, on 10/06/2008, -0/+10My parents did not let me have a TV in my room. All TVs were in common areas. They also only subscribed to basic cable. I thought they already had the V-Chip to solve the issue of lazy parents not wanting to monitor the kids.
- Scrappy1850, on 10/06/2008, -0/+10i complain to congress about the lack of titties on tv
- secrity, on 10/06/2008, -1/+10As a TECHNICAL standard and RF spectrum regulatory body, the FCC has a legitimate reason to exist. The FCC should never be used as a moral enforcement body. NO government agency has ANY business as a moral enforcement body
- dalittle, on 10/06/2008, -1/+9Uh, the US is broke already. Why is money going to be spent on this?
- jer21, on 10/06/2008, -0/+8TMI
- elo91, on 10/06/2008, -1/+9when will the government learn that whenever you try to tell people "you can't do this" it causes more people to try. if a 12 year old has a television program blocked he can just go on the internet and find it. if its blocked on his computer, he will get his dad's computer. if his dad won't let him use his computer, he will go to his friends house and watch tv or use a computer over there.
- CaptainCool53, on 10/06/2008, -1/+9I think the V-chip, as I understand it at least, should be the absolute extent of the government's role in this. Inform people about possible indecency or obscenity in the programs they're about to watch, and allow them to do the censoring. But the government actually deciding what we should and should not be exposed to on TV is ridiculous.
- GeorgeSvaneedze, on 10/06/2008, -2/+10Oh come on!
This all about censorship is like blah blah blah!
If the they really want to watch porn, they will!
The only best way to do their endevour is to start monitoring their children harder... - noen, on 10/06/2008, -1/+9This develops filtering technology under the guise of helping parents but once developed it can spread everywhere. Schools, institutions, government entities. Once they all start using it, it'll become expected everyone use it. Then there could be legal consequences for those who do NOT use it, like teachers, which means those sites filtered out will be more and more marginalized.
The power to filter the internet is the power to control it. - DivisibleByZero, on 10/06/2008, -2/+9They want the FCC to investigate technology that helps parents stay in control of what their kids watch. I don't see that contradicting what you're looking for. Irresponsible parents can ignore the blocking technology just like they ignore their kids.
- neilschelly, on 10/06/2008, -0/+7When a battle can't be won, the answer is not to throw more money at it. If some content will always get through, a decent parent should inform their children so that it doesn't have some ghastly negative impact on impressionable minds. Surprisingly enough, you don't have to worry about the battle so much when you approach it this way.
-N - nofate2029, on 10/06/2008, -3/+10If kids want to watch Skinimax & late night horror movies, they'll find a way. And kids these days are a lot more crafty than what we used to be when we were their age.
- noen, on 10/06/2008, -0/+7Exactly, that is what this is all about. And make no mistake, the moral prudes want to put a filter over the entire internet, or else just the entire US.
- moedawg, on 10/06/2008, -1/+8Oh Mark Pryor.. I was wondering where I had heard that name for a quick second - then I remembered his interview in Religulous: "You don't have to have a high IQ to be a senator."
- tamaker, on 10/06/2008, -0/+7dumbasses. Its not like theres other things the government should be worried about right now anyway. Hey while you're at it, study my balls.
- kp340806, on 10/06/2008, -1/+8Great, another reason to have the government hold the irresponsible parents' hands...
I mean really, +1 to agonytuesday's comment. WTF shouldn't PARENTS be in CONTROL of the television, do we REALLY need to squander money to research what the goddamn problem is?
It's not something the government should do ffs. Tiring demagogic *****. - omnithought, on 10/06/2008, -1/+8Funny, my parents heavily monitored what I watched on TV...but it didn't matter when I found my dad's stash of Playboys.
- secrity, on 10/06/2008, -0/+7If it requires a device to work, the FCC will require that ALL TVs imported into the US include the device. It is the same as the V-Chip -- which works about as well a VCR clock that continuously flashes 12:00:00. I am sure that the V-Chip works just fine; the problem is that nobody bothers to use it, they prefer to bitch.
- Fhwqhgads, on 10/06/2008, -1/+8The FCC: Pissing on Freedom of Speech since 1934.
- nebbo, on 10/06/2008, -0/+7Because turning off the tv or not having one at all is too hard.
- steelclash84, on 10/06/2008, -0/+6If you want to shield that much, then you shouldn't be watching the channels where content can slip through...
If worse comes to worse, record the show and pre-screen it.
In any case, there are ways of screening content from children if you really wanted to. Asking the government to do it for you is not the solution. - ZeeZee2k, on 10/06/2008, -1/+7To me there are only 2 tv ratings, nudity, or no-nudity.
- Folksie, on 10/06/2008, -1/+7Big brother is watching, but they won't let you watch. That's freakin' scary. Guys, the government is trying really hard to crush freedom and the spirit of the people. We won't let them! They work for us. And if we're the boss, and they're not performing, they get fired, right?
- geddon, on 10/06/2008, -0/+6Should we filter our children's conversations with each other as well? I can't tell you how many times my thirteen year old girl has told me about the boys on the playground trying to get her to suck their d*ck.
- inactive, on 10/06/2008, -1/+7Proof that both the Democrats and Republicans only care about controlling your lives.
The Republicans have the fundies, and the Democrats have Mrs. Grundys like Mark Pryor. ***** 'em all. - Bartboy919, on 10/06/2008, -0/+6Oh my [deity], Mark Pryor was that ass hat on religulous who stated you don't need to pass an IQ test to become a senator. [deity] help us all.
- zephyear, on 10/06/2008, -0/+6it sucks and probably won't change until we get people who were raised in the digital age to join congress?
- Ymeg, on 10/06/2008, -1/+7-1 for "Obomba and McSame"
- BuddyDoQ, on 10/06/2008, -2/+8No, they are not. But it's good of you to not underestimate, and have respect for the enemy. Soldier on!
- Suricou, on 10/06/2008, -1/+6You underestimate parential pressure groups' determination.
- digitalhair, on 10/06/2008, -0/+5I agree with you absolutely, but even if this is a legitimate attempt to delegate responsibility to the end-user, the moral prudes will politicize this and try to "pervert" this into a tool used to force censorship onto the unwilling down the road -
I've simply seen too many situations like this over the last decade where we've sacrificed our access to information in exchange for more "protection" without applying the patience and skepticism necessary to keep leverage on the side of the people... - Akairenn, on 10/06/2008, -0/+5I cringe at the idea of 'government subsidized', but if it stops deranged soccer moms from trying to ruin television, games and movies for the rest of it, I'm all for it.
Parents actually (*gasp*) raising their own children > insisting the government should do it. - Suricou, on 10/06/2008, -0/+5"Welcome to the W-chip configuration program. The following options will allow you to specify allowable programming according to your social, political and religious views including by creating a weighted list of impremissible words, body parts, acts, and oppinions. Configuration will take approximately two hours to determine the optimum rules according to your individualised parenting style. Please press red to display the configuration manual (page 1 of 178) or blue to disable this device."
- Suricou, on 10/06/2008, -1/+6The sight of an exposed nipple as as traumatic to a child as being sexually abused by a family member.
(Actual oppinion of an idiot who was ruthlessly and deservingly mocked on *****). - tendonut, on 10/06/2008, -0/+5When the hell will our government start protecting us and doing what is best for the masses? All these big decisions lately benefit the few and hurt the many.
- rakous, on 10/06/2008, -2/+7Teach their kids boundaries and ***** do your job as a parent. Don't take the easy way out and try to hide everything that is out there.
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