i’ve written about this before, but the list of things that are considered ‘indecent’ by the fcc in the united states really does surprise me.
i’m flying from los angeles to nyc as i write this, and there’s an in-flight movie wherein hundreds of people are being killed.
and no one bats an eye.
there goes another person, killed in a gruesome manner, and businessmen and parents and senior citizens and kids are all watching happily.
but if one of the female characters were to show a breast, or if one of the characters said ‘fuck’, or if two of the characters were to have sex, then it’s safe to say that almost every person on the plane would be outraged and the airline would be boycotted by right-wing groups and the right-wing media pundits would talk about the lack of decency and values in hollywood.
so let’s look at this objectively, ok?
the right-wing in america(bill frist, tom delay, etc)are obsessed with the sanctity of life, right?
but no one bats an eye when movies or tv shows are made that show thousands of people being brutally killed.
and if a movie that might be seen on television or by a general audience shows a breast(whose primary anatomic purpose is to give life, mr frist and mr delay), fines are levied and people become apopleptic with righteous indignation.
and the two worst things, according to the right-wing and the fcc, that could be shown on television are 2 people having sex(again, which is what people do when they want to create or celebrate life) or saying
the word ‘fuck'(which is a word that describes the act of procreation).
so the right-wing claim to be the guardians of ‘the sanctity of life’, but they’re not bothered by the cinematic representation of brutal killing and at the same time they’re enraged by: naked people, people procreating, and words describing procreation(fuck)or bodily functions(shit).
isn’t there a logical disconnect here?
and why doesnt anyone in the media ever ask the bill frists and tom delays of the world some simple questions, like:
if you believe in the sanctity of life then how can you be pro-death penalty and pro-war and allow kids to have access to automatic assault weapons?
and if you believe in the sanctity of life then why are you offended by cinematic depictions of life(breasts, genitalia, sex) but yet you’re not offended by cinematic depictions of gruesome killing and torture?
you know that i like the show ’24’. and on 24 they routinely show people being killed and tortured. it’s safe to say, however, that if a single bare breast or naked penis were shown on 24 that the fcc would fine the networks and the show would be cancelled.
go figure.
-moby
