Swearing on Television Up 69%

[Ldude893]

Though I disapprove of the PTC dishing so much trash on video games, I do believe that there's a lot more swearing on TV than in the past and I've not a clue why it happened. Personally, I think television can do with a little less profanity.

But that of course doesn't permit the government or third parties to attack shows for having profanity in their episodes, it's against the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

 

[Danpascooch]

The Parent's Television Council sat down and noted every swear word that aired during prime time on the five major television networks

lol, Jesus Christ, here's a tip "PARENTS Television Council" spend less time watching tv and MORE WITH YOUR KIDS!

 

[holographicman]

why does that number sound familiar...

 

[tkioz]

err so what? People swear in real life, it really ticks me off when I'm watching TV and they say things like "darn" or train off with "Oh Sh...." it breaks the immersion.

These moralistic freaks need to keep their morals out of my bloody life.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

This is why I hate organizations "that care," they always are hypocritical, run by morons, and cause more harm then good.

Peta, why go after Cabela's 3000 hunting games when we can go after the animal harming evil that is COOKING MAMA!

Uhhhh...

 

[Hollock]

Well, that explains the rise in pre-schooler satanic cults recently. Thanks pretty neat.

This is why I hate organizations "that care," they always are hypocritical, run by morons, and cause more harm then good.

Peta, why go after Cabela's 3000 hunting games when we can go after the animal harming evil that is COOKING MAMA!

Uhhhh...

moviebob, did you make a seperate profile for posting in forums?

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

This people are utterly hopeless. What I want to know is when can I have my cable television be uncensored? Sure, fine, give the option for this standard, censored television, but what about the rest of us? As it stand, I hate watching television just to have my ears bleed from obnoxious *bleeps* blaring through the speakers because someone said, dare I say it? "Shit." I 100% understand the desire to keep that sort of language away from young children, but I am not a young child, so those like the PTC can shove their sententious folderol down their whining throats or start footing my bill to cover the compromised service. Try watching a show like South Park on TV, then on the internet where it is uncensored; it is very hard to go back to the ear-bleeder-bleepers.

 

[lacktheknack]

Guys. Stop talking about the PTC. We're rapidly turning into those twats who obsess over every little thing something does so we can hate on it.

 

[lacktheknack]

And 23% of that is from Sopranos alone.


Bear in mind. This is part 1 of 3 and each are 10 minutes long.

I've never watched "The Sopranos", but I think I can give a basic plot analysis of it based off of this video.

Too much language, producers.

 

[Tiswas]

Silly Americans.

Ass is a Donkey.

 

[Koruzagi]

"It's also interesting to note that the PTC does not seem to regard slurs based upon race, sexuality, etc., as profane"

Yeah, so much for giving a damn about children. These people need to just give up and return to monitoring their own children. This "study" only consist of five networks and doesn't represent an entire network. Really this study is just pointless. I'm for making sure children grow up to be as civil and proper as can be (yeah right...like that would happen) but, that's something that's mainly up the parents. Really, just let the parents be parents and let them monitor there own children (provided the parents give a damn to monitor them).

Not that it matters much. If the kids don't pick the "curse" words up from television, they'll pick them up from their peers or some random people off the street.

On a unrelated note: I'll admit...I chuckled when I read 69 bit in the article's title.

 

[RMcD94]

As I've always said, just words. If someone says, "Well have a fucking pleasant day" in a nice tone then it's just stronger than "Have a pleasant day"

Tell you what I found odd, on Black Ops, the subtitles have the swear words censored, but the speech still swears.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

Did anyone even look at the list of swear words?
"Crap," "damn," "bastard," "suck," "screw," "hell." ...

Those are Sunday School Swears.

How old are these people? And where is this cloistered convent they live in?

That makes it less awesome in my mind.

 

[WaderiAAA]

I find it fascinating how few of the English swear words are actually linked to religion. What the hell is no longer as much used as what the fuck. In Norway, I think the five most common swear words are based on Christian religion (though I don't know the statistics).

In case there are any other Norwegians on this thread, I am refering to those words:

Faen (som betyr fanden, altså djevelen)
Helvete
Jævla
Satan
Herregud

 

[Little Duck]

Stragely, since 1995, tv is 69% better.

 

[SmugFrog]

And then they blame Video Games, seriously get your act together before blaming ANOTHER industry while you can't even control your own.

It's a conspiracy to point fingers in other places before they take the blame.