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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Number of indecency complaints to FCC in 2000: 350.
In 2001: 350.
In 2002: 14,000.
In 2003: 240,000.
Percent of such complaints in 2003 that were submitted by a single conservative group, the Parents Television Council, a self-appointed media watchdog: 99.8%.
Amount by which, following discovery of this fact, Michael Powell felt compelled by candor to qualify his sworn congressional testimony that there has been "a dramatic rise in public concern and outrage about what is being broadcast into their homes" in connection with his request for increased indecency fines: 0%.
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I'm getting very irritated with the indecency complaints lately. The
Governor of Vermont is thinking about removing a nude statue from his office in part because he's worried he'll break it (legitimate) and in part because he's worried that "there was concern that school children would see the nude."
Jesus Christ. Nude does not equal sex. Seeing nude statutes isn't going to kill kids or turn them into serial killers or over-sex them or hurt them in any way. Parents freaking out because their kid saw a boobie in a piece of art, on the other hand...
The new governor's press people did see the error in the "it will hurt the children" defense. "Gibbs said the governor was not concerned about school children seeing the statue. He said his comments last week that it might be hard for the governor to explain a nude statue to schoolchildren were an attempt at levity."
I'm seriously considering wearing a burka to protest every single time one of these complaints are made.
