Hollywood leaders are trying to set what we can watch

[2ndAmendment]

2/1/05

Steve Spielberg, MGM and Warner Brothers and many other Hollywood leaders are trying to tell you and I what we can and cannot watch with our families in our homes!

These Hollywood leaders have filed a major lawsuit to block new technology that gives families the option to automatically skip offensive scenes on DVDs.

I just joined 254,492 citizens in signing Grassfire's Broadcast Decency petition to send Hollywood a strong message and secure our right to Family-Safe viewing of movies.

For more information and to join me in signing:

http://www.grassfire.org/39/petition...=5031835&NID=1

Thanks!


2A

P.S. A bill called the Family Movie Act is currently being
considered in Congress (H.R. 4586). This bill will secure our right to Family-Safe viewing and keep Hollywood elitists from dictating what we can view in our homes. Please sign the petition and take action by calling Congress.

+ + Backgrounder on the Family Movie Act of 2004

http://www.grassfire.org/39/petition...=5031835&NID=1

[aps45819]

Are they trying to tell you what you can watch or or they trying to maintain the integrity of their work?
Do you think Michaelangelo's David would be better suited for viewing if his pecker was chiseled off?
Every time I walk into the video store, the choice of what I chose to watch is up to me. Every DVD has a rating on it and a description of why it was given that rating. If I want to see a chopped up, censored version I can just wait for it to be shown on network TV.
The government is not my mommy.

Wow... It is not they, that are guilty of censorship....

[vraiblonde]

Are you two stupid or something? They're talking about distributing "family-friendly" versions of the filth that comes out of Hollywood IN ADDITION TO the original version. Nobody's trying to take away your titties and cusswords - distributors are just trying to offer an alternative for those who might want to watch the movie but not have to put up with all the offensive garbage that these lazy effers call "entertainment" these days.

What the Hollyweirds are afraid of is that more people will buy the cleaned up versions and their little plot to poison American minds with filth and degeneracy will fail. Why else would they object? Is nudity and profanity THAT important to the plot of their "stories"?

[aps45819]

This crap burns me up.
I'm a single adult male and if I buy a new TV I have to pay extra for a "V" chip because some chip salesman convinced a bunch of whinny azz losers that government regulation is a better solution to protecting their kids than parents actually paying attention to what they are doing.

Don't these idiots know that if you press the + channel button on a remote running a DVD it goes to the next scene?

[aps45819]

The Petition States:
As a concerned citizen and television viewer, I am calling on the FCC and our leaders in Congress to adopt strict and enforceable regulations that restore decency to network television—especially during the family-viewing hours!

The recent rash of trash on television and subsequent public outcry should serve as a wake-up call to our leadership that the vast majority of Americans want decency restored to the airwaves. I am calling on our elected leadership to support the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 (HR 3717), and any other legislation that seeks to bring responsibility and accountability back to network television, motion pictures and other media.

I also support measures like the Family Movie Act (H.R. 4586) that affirm the right of citizens to purchase and use in the privacy of their homes technology that allows them to skip or mute over objectionable content in legally purchased or rented DVD movies.

Why can't they do this now? I can.

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

Are you two stupid or something? They're talking about distributing "family-friendly" versions of the filth that comes out of Hollywood IN ADDITION TO the original version. Nobody's trying to take away your titties and cusswords - distributors are just trying to offer an alternative for those who might want to watch the movie but not have to put up with all the offensive garbage that these lazy effers call "entertainment" these days.

What the Hollyweirds are afraid of is that more people will buy the cleaned up versions and their little plot to poison American minds with filth and degeneracy will fail. Why else would they object? Is nudity and profanity THAT important to the plot of their "stories"?

I'm sick and tired of stroking the jones's It's BS! If The movie is inappropriate don't pick it up idiot! Why should we cater to you? It's ignorance and will eventually be the down fall of America if allowed!

Take responsibilty for your families Jerk Off!

[Tonio]

Originally Posted by aps45819

Are they trying to tell you what you can watch or or they trying to maintain the integrity of their work?
Do you think Michaelangelo's David would be better suited for viewing if his pecker was chiseled off?
Every time I walk into the video store, the choice of what I chose to watch is up to me. Every DVD has a rating on it and a description of why it was given that rating. If I want to see a chopped up, censored version I can just wait for it to be shown on network TV.
The government is not my mommy.

And 2A, I would advise you to not use a phrase like "Hollywood elitists." I don't think you meant it as code, but plenty of people use phrases like that to invoke ugly myths about supposed Jewish cabals in entertainment and academia. Even "Hollywood Versus America" author Michael Medved has objected to that kind of code talk. Just my 2 cents.

[Sharon]

What's so bad about it? There's nothing wrong with having a device to automatically fast-forward/skip scenes you don't want to see (for whatever reason). It sounds to me like they are trying to take back the responsiblilty of family viewing.

From the article:

I also support measures like the Family Movie Act (H.R. 4586) that affirm the right of citizens to purchase and use in the privacy of their homes technology that allows them to skip or mute over objectionable content in legally purchased or rented DVD movies.

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by Tonio

And 2A, I would advise you to not use a phrase like "Hollywood elitists." I don't think you meant it as code, but plenty of people use phrases like that to invoke ugly myths about supposed Jewish cabals in entertainment and academia. Even "Hollywood Versus America" author Michael Medved has objected to that kind of code talk.

Just my 2 cents.

I'll give ya 3¢ to shut up with your wacky comments. Are you trying to censor him?