Once upon a time, when I was in junior high, one of my fellow students was taking a poll for class. It was about the TV habits of preteens, and she asked me what shows I watched on a regular basis. I told her I don't really watch TV. All I watched in those days were reruns of THE TWILIGHT ZONE (and cartoons, of course, but those were usually on VHS and didn't count). Truth be told, I thought everything on TV was complete garbage, so I didn't watch it.
Fast forward more than twenty years, and I'm watching TV every night, at least for one hour. Don't get me wrong, I still think there's a lot of garbage on TV. I think Sturgeon's Law might be a bit too generous for what's being broadcast these days, but I do have my shows. Now, with so many shows taking a break for the holidays, I don't watch TV EVERY night, but when I was a kid, I would have never thought I'd have ended up like this.
Mondays are for GOTHAM. Tuesdays for Marvel's AGENTS OF SHIELD. Wednesdays are for AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAKSHOW. Thursdays are for WHITE COLLAR. Fridays are for CONSTANTINE. Saturdays are for HELL ON WHEELS. Sundays are for THE WALKING DEAD, THE TALKING DEAD and COMIC BOOK MEN. Repeat.
It's a marvel I get anything done. What happened? What changed me?
I actually don't think I'VE changed. I've always eagerly consumed excellent content, be it from books or movies. I think TV changed. The quality is better (which doesn't say much, but still). When they upped their game, I took interest, that's all.
But I am glad that great TV isn't in the majority. If every show was good, I would probably have dedicate a lot more time to watching TV, and I shudder to think of that as a good thing.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
SHIT ON TV by Dr. Jonah Chaos
Recently, the FCC reduced the Seven Words You Can't Say on Television to six. You can now say "shit" on TV, and CHICAGO HOPE took advantage of this.
In Elmhurst, citizens are up in arms about this, going so far as to picket City Hall. Mayor T--- M------- said at a press conference that he is indeed pissed off at the FCC, especially if it will win him votes in the upcoming election. "What if children hear it on TV?" M-------- said. "Fuck the FCC! FCC stands for Fuckin' Cocks and Cunts!"
In fact, many children who overheard M--------'s speech have adopted his cry of, "Fuck the Fuckin' Cocks and Cunts!" They shout it gleefully in the streets.
"Fuck those bastards!" said Thomas Finn, 8. "How dare those cocksuckers expose us to the s-word!"
My question is, what's the problem? There should be nation-wide celebrations. One down, six to go. As much as I despise the poison semen of Satan's crusty, wart-spotted, AIDS-infected cock (the mayor), I have no choice but to agree with him. Fuck the FCC! Not because they let "shit" slip by, but because they put so many regulations on TV in the first place.
Words are words. Some may be powerful, some insulting, but is it wrong to say certain things just because they imply something dirty? "Shit" describes something emitted from every human being. It's perfectly normal to excrete a hunk of brown, stinking matter. In fact, your bodies rely on the act of shitting. Why, then, is the word "shit" considered immoral?
To "fuck" is for one being, be it male or female with a strap-on, to insert a cock-like object, be it dick or dildo, into the hole of another human being, male or female, cunt or asshole. This act is also perfectly natural and quite pleasurable to boot. In other words, not only do people do it, but people do it a lot. Not only should it be allowed to say "fuck" on TV, it should also be allowed to fuck on TV, or at least have some sex scenes that show nudity besides some guy's wrinkled ass.
These are only two examples. There are many more. The question remains, then, why allow the existence of the FCC? The argument that certain words are dirty does not hold.
The only possible answer is to lie to children, to maybe deter them from fucking by keeping them stupid. Why keep them from fucking? Teenage pregnancy, so-called decency, sexually transmitted diseases, and most importantly, fear. God help them if these kids ever experience pleasure!
I implore you to stop lying to our future. While you're at it, how about giving them some freedom, too? Take age requirements off tobacco and alcohol. It means nothing anyway, except to earn the city money when kids get fined for under-aged smoking or drinking. To restrict something is to restrict thinking. To restrict thinking is to restrict evolution. To restrict evolution is to restrict intellectual growth. Thus, to restrict kids from having a choice about anything is to reduce them to the level of morons. Maybe if you start treating kids like intelligent human beings, with dignity, they might surprise you.
Think about it, if you're capable.
In Elmhurst, citizens are up in arms about this, going so far as to picket City Hall. Mayor T--- M------- said at a press conference that he is indeed pissed off at the FCC, especially if it will win him votes in the upcoming election. "What if children hear it on TV?" M-------- said. "Fuck the FCC! FCC stands for Fuckin' Cocks and Cunts!"
In fact, many children who overheard M--------'s speech have adopted his cry of, "Fuck the Fuckin' Cocks and Cunts!" They shout it gleefully in the streets.
"Fuck those bastards!" said Thomas Finn, 8. "How dare those cocksuckers expose us to the s-word!"
My question is, what's the problem? There should be nation-wide celebrations. One down, six to go. As much as I despise the poison semen of Satan's crusty, wart-spotted, AIDS-infected cock (the mayor), I have no choice but to agree with him. Fuck the FCC! Not because they let "shit" slip by, but because they put so many regulations on TV in the first place.
Words are words. Some may be powerful, some insulting, but is it wrong to say certain things just because they imply something dirty? "Shit" describes something emitted from every human being. It's perfectly normal to excrete a hunk of brown, stinking matter. In fact, your bodies rely on the act of shitting. Why, then, is the word "shit" considered immoral?
To "fuck" is for one being, be it male or female with a strap-on, to insert a cock-like object, be it dick or dildo, into the hole of another human being, male or female, cunt or asshole. This act is also perfectly natural and quite pleasurable to boot. In other words, not only do people do it, but people do it a lot. Not only should it be allowed to say "fuck" on TV, it should also be allowed to fuck on TV, or at least have some sex scenes that show nudity besides some guy's wrinkled ass.
These are only two examples. There are many more. The question remains, then, why allow the existence of the FCC? The argument that certain words are dirty does not hold.
The only possible answer is to lie to children, to maybe deter them from fucking by keeping them stupid. Why keep them from fucking? Teenage pregnancy, so-called decency, sexually transmitted diseases, and most importantly, fear. God help them if these kids ever experience pleasure!
I implore you to stop lying to our future. While you're at it, how about giving them some freedom, too? Take age requirements off tobacco and alcohol. It means nothing anyway, except to earn the city money when kids get fined for under-aged smoking or drinking. To restrict something is to restrict thinking. To restrict thinking is to restrict evolution. To restrict evolution is to restrict intellectual growth. Thus, to restrict kids from having a choice about anything is to reduce them to the level of morons. Maybe if you start treating kids like intelligent human beings, with dignity, they might surprise you.
Think about it, if you're capable.
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