Just a Suggestion

A friend writes in to note that on the Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Information homepage, in which we are informed (among other things) that "Education is a key tool to prevent consumer injury," if you look down the left-hand column under the heading "Hot Topics" you'll find a graphical button encouraging you to "File a Complaint About Media Violence." I think I'll start with Radar's annoying pie-fight with Nick Denton….

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[phocion]

And they have "Send a Mother's Day E-Card" a couple buttons away from reporting spam.

[David]

Do you wish that you could file a commendation in support of media violence? It seems the only options that people have is to complain and demand regulation, ignoring the wishes of those who enjoy such programming.

[phocion]

David,

That's kinda what I thought when I heard the executive director of the PTC talking on NPR a couple weeks ago. We really need a group to counteract the PTC and other nanny groups. I have no doubt freedom lovers, violence lovers, and sex lovers could overwhelm their letters.

"Dear CBS,

Keep showing [whatever show]. In fact, could you add more sex and violence? The cutaways from the sex scenes and the stabbing last week really screwed up the flow and the realism of the show. And could you move it up to 8 o'clock? I'm trying to go to bed earlier these days. And stop bleeping out 'fuck', we all know what the guy is saying anyway.

Thanks."

[Lowdog]

I'm down. How does one go about forming one of these organisations?

[David]

What would we call it?

[Bobster]

Fully Uncensored Coalition Team?

We at FUCT believe in allowing all the cussing and killing to be seen as it would happen in real life!

[TakeMeHome]

It's funny, I went to see COMEDY "the Longest Yard" w/Adam Sandler and Chris Rock (you go boys!) last weekend and in a scene where Rock trips the trap that was supposed to be for Sandler and a BOMB goes off and he DIES in comedic drama (prisoners at the bars, mouths big wide "O"s amid a chorus of teary "OH NO!"s) I laughed. it was funny! but when they cut to the next scene, prisoners holding hands in a circle around a Cross-topped PINE BOX I lost it, laughing out loud. The inmate football team just lost their coach -- their very Mojo at the most inopportune moment, nite before the big game.

I think there was maybe two other people in the packed theater that shared my humor. What the hell! I thought. Are we so traumatized that we're stunned to silence by images of bombs and coffins -- no matter the context? Come ON, folks! You know there's something crammed up yer ass when you can't laugh about it. Maybe it's the Constipa- oops CONSTITUTION they've got shoved up there. Live a little! More blood! More guts! After all, don't you know there's a WAR going on!!?!