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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:41 pm   Reply with quote

Like on comedy central, they'll censor comedians.

But why? You know they're saying shit, ass, cock, bitch, and tits... the beeping really does nothing.

And if you're offended by my language, then tough. The world is full of foul language and foul people. Grow up.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:48 pm   Reply with quote

rawrskey wrote:
Like on comedy central, they'll censor comedians.

But why? You know they're saying shit, ass, cock, bitch, and tits... the beeping really does nothing.

And if you're offended by my language, then tough. The world is full of foul language and foul people. Grow up.

I have to agree with you on this. It's not like it makes a difference. Also, if you don't want kids to see it, send 'em out or block the station...
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:31 pm   Reply with quote

YES!

They are just words is all I have to say.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:15 pm   Reply with quote

I can't put my feelings in words.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:32 pm   Reply with quote

Actually hearing certain word triggers real reactions in your brain. Which triggers certain responses. That response is interpreted differently by different people, so to avoid offending anyone, it is bleeped out. The bleeping basically flattens out any huge sensory spikes you would experience.

The real reason words are censored is because a majority of the American public wants them to be. A family has a right to watch television and not hear words they dont want to hear. Private television channels like HBO are not censored because they are opt-in.

Now in this day and age, there should be technological capabilities to turn the bleeping on or off at will.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:04 am   Reply with quote

True, eneryone knows what they're saying.
But the fact that they censor makes it "acceptable"
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:42 am   Reply with quote

I'm undecided on that part - I do think that, when your kids watch TV, they shouldn't accidentally hear them swear words and then say them all over, and although we do have freedom of speech, we don't have to let people say anything. It is a question of niveau, it's worse enough that people start every sentence with a swear word and address each other with the aforementioned swears (In my school, if there was a censor device attached to every student, there'd be more bleeping then conversation.)
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:07 pm   Reply with quote

Zelnor wrote:
I'm undecided on that part - I do think that, when your kids watch TV, they shouldn't accidentally hear them swear words and then say them all over, and although we do have freedom of speech, we don't have to let people say anything. It is a question of niveau, it's worse enough that people start every sentence with a swear word and address each other with the aforementioned swears (In my school, if there was a censor device attached to every student, there'd be more bleeping then conversation.)


Same here.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:55 pm   Reply with quote

Hmm I agree with Francis on that censor on-off machine.But it would be quite annoying sometimes.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:40 pm   Reply with quote

And beyond the subject of KIDS MIGHT SEE THEM.

They're KIDS.

They're not suppose to be on this forum.

Teenages are.

Oh and being called a nerd, noob, or any form of that insults me. On the internet.

Why?

Hell if I know.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:15 pm   Reply with quote

Well, if there's a TV program that has language like that, I don't really think little kids should be watching it anyway... so instead of censorship, parents should be trying harder to keep their kids away from that.

I guess bad parenting isn't uncommon, though.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:29 pm   Reply with quote

Francis wrote:
Actually hearing certain word triggers real reactions in your brain. Which triggers certain responses. That response is interpreted differently by different people, so to avoid offending anyone, it is bleeped out. The bleeping basically flattens out any huge sensory spikes you would experience.

The real reason words are censored is because a majority of the American public wants them to be. A family has a right to watch television and not hear words they dont want to hear. Private television channels like HBO are not censored because they are opt-in.

Now in this day and age, there should be technological capabilities to turn the bleeping on or off at will.

Amen, brotha.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:28 pm   Reply with quote

Francis wrote:
Actually hearing certain word triggers real reactions in your brain. Which triggers certain responses. That response is interpreted differently by different people, so to avoid offending anyone, it is bleeped out. The bleeping basically flattens out any huge sensory spikes you would experience.

The real reason words are censored is because a majority of the American public wants them to be. A family has a right to watch television and not hear words they dont want to hear. Private television channels like HBO are not censored because they are opt-in.

Now in this day and age, there should be technological capabilities to turn the bleeping on or off at will.

Interesting this hasn't been put into effect. We definitely have that ability.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:29 pm   Reply with quote

I've been around swear words since 6th grade (I'm in 10th grade now), so they don't really bother me anymore.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:30 pm   Reply with quote

Troo fax. -nod-
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