Formerly known as "I'm a Hoe" but times and people change. It was a fun and productive metaphor that I enjoyed extending too far. Now it is done. The tool shed is retired, but the vicious momma is still here. I will be making adjustments to this blog as time allows.
The Emmy's are shown on network television during prime time. The government and networks both (rightly) assume there will be children watching. Consequently, there are limits placed on what can be shown and said, to protect children. It's arrogant of people like Griffin (I've never been a fan of hers...simply don't think she's funny) to assume what they have to say supercedes those restrictions. If the television industry did not want children to watch the show, or they wanted the freedom Griffin and liberals insist upon, they would put the show on cable where restrictions are less stringent. But children are the next generation of the 18-34 demographic, so there's an incentive to cultivate these viewers. Hence, prime time on the network.I may be a dinosaur, but I wish television were still more restrictive. Frankly, I don't like to listen to the curse words now allowed on TV, I don't need to see two people "wrestling" under the sheets, etc. Bring back the days of classic television when quality programming was the goal, not sensationalism and sex.
Dear Rae Ann,I yesterday read a review about Pinker's new book 'The Stuff of Thought' - the relations between language and our way of thinking, the seven words one allegedly can't use on TV, etc. Here is an online reviewhttp://www.nysun.com/article/62490That was not the one I read, but anyhow, it will give you an impression. Just thought you might be interested. Best,B.
Dh, thanks. I do agree with you.Bee, thanks too. That does sound like an interesting book. But they didn't say which seven words are forbidden. ;-)
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The Emmy's are shown on network television during prime time. The government and networks both (rightly) assume there will be children watching. Consequently, there are limits placed on what can be shown and said, to protect children. It's arrogant of people like Griffin (I've never been a fan of hers...simply don't think she's funny) to assume what they have to say supercedes those restrictions. If the television industry did not want children to watch the show, or they wanted the freedom Griffin and liberals insist upon, they would put the show on cable where restrictions are less stringent. But children are the next generation of the 18-34 demographic, so there's an incentive to cultivate these viewers. Hence, prime time on the network.
I may be a dinosaur, but I wish television were still more restrictive. Frankly, I don't like to listen to the curse words now allowed on TV, I don't need to see two people "wrestling" under the sheets, etc. Bring back the days of classic television when quality programming was the goal, not sensationalism and sex.
Dear Rae Ann,
I yesterday read a review about Pinker's new book 'The Stuff of Thought' - the relations between language and our way of thinking, the seven words one allegedly can't use on TV, etc. Here is an online review
http://www.nysun.com/article/62490
That was not the one I read, but anyhow, it will give you an impression. Just thought you might be interested. Best,
B.
Dh, thanks. I do agree with you.
Bee, thanks too. That does sound like an interesting book. But they didn't say which seven words are forbidden. ;-)
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