In article . net,
"Dwight Stewart" wrote:

"Richard Cranium" wrote:

Every single radio and television set
I've ever seen has two controls built-
in for personal censorship: An OFF
switch and a tuning knob or channel
selector. Use them if you don't like
what you hear or see. Nobody
FORCED you wo watch Janet
Jackson bare her shapely breast,
after all. (snip)


Unless I carry a remote with me throughout the house whenever the
television is on (living room, kitchen, dining room, and so on), I am indeed
forced to see this garbage - on commercials, within programs, on news
broadcasts, and so on. For example, I can't even guess how many times I've
seen the sleazy "Tripping the Riff" commercials, with the fart jokes and
cartoon sex scenes, on the Sci-Fi channel. I certainly didn't sit down to
watch that show. Instead, the commercials were placed into the show I was
watching (without warning, parental or otherwise).

Likewise, I can't even guess how many times I've started watching a movie
only to be confronted with a gratuitous sex scene which has nothing to do
with the subject of the show (not to overlook the endless foul language).
The Janet Jackson breast incident was repeated over and over in news
broadcasts, again with no warning whatsoever. The latest "Hollywood" fad
over the last year or so is more explicit bathroom toilet scenes.

Indeed, it's almost impossible to find a movie today without incredible
levels of violence, foul language, gratuitous sex, and so on. In reality,
the only possible way to not see this stuff is to turn off the television
entirely.

"In reality, the only possible way to not see this stuff is to turn off
the television entirely."

Yes that's the answer. You won't miss much. All you will miss is the
lowest common denominator entertainment. No great loss.

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Telamon
Ventura, California