I posted this earlier today on Blogspot, but I liked it so much I'm reposting it here.
War Liberal: Singularly dim!

Lee Ann objects to my post of a few days ago about profanity on TV. The short answer is that I have no objection to the PTCPWHWTMTOTHYTYBATKEOTKT exercising their free speech rights. I was just exercising my free speech rights to make fun of them, because I think they're upset over nothing. It's just words.

The long answer is that of course they have a right to complain about what's broadcast. At the same time, I have a right to complain about being shown bland garbage like Seventh Heaven, and the other shows targeted to the PTC demographic. My opinion is that there's plenty of room on the dial for everyone to have shows they like; the PTCPWHWTMTOTHYTYBATKEOTKT thinks that there's plenty of room on the dial for 100 different varieties of bland garbage.

The PTC crowd was instrumental in getting the V-Chip installed in all new television sets, and getting a ratings system in place for all shows. And then they ignored them and went back to calling for self-censorship.

There's a poll up at the PTC site. These are their candidates for favorite prime-time show:

Seventh Heaven [sucks], Sabrina The Teenage Witch [sucks, should have been cancelled years ago], Who Wants To Be A Millionaire [bor-ing!], My Wife And Kids [ditto, only added to get a "black show" on there], Touched by an Angel [sucks, bad theology], Doc [stars Billy Ray Cyrus, enough said], Malcolm In The Middle [outstanding], Other.

I'm sorry, Lee Ann, but I don't see how the PTC is fighting for "serious thought in an eloquent, mature manner" at all. It looks to me like they're trying to foist bland garbage on us. Throw in that their "current campaigns" include attempts to get the critically acclaimed "The Shield" and my favorite program of recent years, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" thrown off the air (and will probably succeed in the former), and who is advocating censorship? How about when I add that the first thing you see when you go there is their campaign against a video game? There are lots of video games to choose from; they want to limit everyone else's choices, not add to their own.

Happy TV Turn-off Week, y'all. Is this what it feels like to be Gena?