an open letter to supporters of the FCC

if you are a supporter of the FCC, you are seriously deluded.

before this becomes too heated a discussion, let me say that I DO see where you're coming from. you don't want to have to hear other's inappropriate/offensive language, and you want to protect not only yourself from it but your children as well. clearly that means so much to you that you've made the effort to set up the FCC as a way to help restrict the language (and sex, violence, drug use, etc) in movies and radio, and especially on tv.

the problem is, that in this motion to protect yourself from offensive things, you are forcing your opinions and morals on others, who may not share your views on censorship. clearly you can see the problem here. the rest of us- who aren't bothered by language, etc and honestly dont even think twice about it- can only enjoy our programs after they've been deconstructed to meet YOUR FCC standards. we don't force you to watch OUR shows, but you do anyway then censor them? how is that fair?

i know you'll retaliate saying that if we don't care so much about the language, why bother adding it in there to begin with? well, the answer is because we don't want to spend every day watching a damn Disney movie. to us, swear words can make situations funnier or extra dramatic. sex and violence and drug/alcohol use are common, naturally occuring things so why do you care if they're depicted? because the bible told you so? life isn't a fantasy fairy tale, so why should our entertainment be? the rest of us- we are not fooling ourselves. we are mature enough to acknowledge these things are HUMAN, and that they've been around forever; we can deal with seeing them in our entertainment, so that's why we add it in there. it's human drama. we are not so tempted by naked people in a sex scene that by merely watching it we'll feel unclean. we are not so tempted by drugs and alcohol that after watching a fictional character partake of them in a movie that we will also have to go partake after the show's over. we are not so easily deluded by fictionally violence that we will become violent warmongers. and if YOU feel you could be tempted or mislead from viewing these things, then that's YOUR problem, and YOU need to stop watching shows that have that big of an effect on you. you do NOT need to ruin entertainment for the rest of us because you are weak-minded and easily influenced.

i think the bigger problem here is that YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYONE ELSE BUT YOURSELVES.

instead of ruining tv and movies for the rest of us by means of censorship through the FCC, why don't you make more interesting movies that meet your own standards?!! all i hear from pro-FCCers is bitching over how no means of entertainment nowadays is clean or family friendly. well, the truth is, that some of us DO NOT WANT everything to be family friendly. we LOVE our violence and we LOVE our swear words and we LOVE our alcohol and drugs and we LOVE our sensuality, and if YOU don't like it then don't watch it. we are Constitutionally protected, and we will get rid of your FCC. you need to not be so lazy, and do more than just censor everything. make your own movies. write letters to your tv stations to make a better variety of shows to match your self-imposed standards, and to your video game creators to make more kids games, and so forth.

the FCC slightly aside, THIS is why i tend to look down on most conservatives, probably above any other reason. because rather than creating healthy feasible solutions for your own problems, you instead choose the path of least resistance which, 9 out of 10 times involves trampling others' rights. i hate that. i would hate it even my rights weren't involved. i know YOU all would hate if YOUR rights were dismissed and trampled. so don't trample ours- either leave our entertainment alone, or reconsider your politics, values, and priorities.