Big Ass Idiots
Every morning on my train ride into the city I always enjoy sitting back and reading the paper. I am not sure why I enjoy this since every time I do, I read something that just gets my blood boiling. In the last week I have read about three similar stories that just continue to infuriate me.
The first one happened on Veterans Day. ABC planned to air an un-edited version of the film Saving Private Ryan. Including all of the language and violence that is depicted in the movie. Over sixty affiliates decided not to air it fearing a backlash from the FCC, and in fact some overly sensitive misguided morons actually did file complaints with the Nazi, I mean FCC over the broadcast claiming it was indecent.
The second incident happened before last Monday night’s football game between the Cowboys and Eagles. It seems that ABC in a pathetic attempt to plug Desperate Housewives, ran a two minute spoof in which one of the stars of the show dressed in only a towel comes on to a player and in the end drops the towel and hugs the player. Mind you we see no nudity.
The last incident is the most ridicules. It seems Antioch, Illinois is all up in arms because a new store is opening. The name of the place is the Bad Ass Coffee Shop. Some members of the community, with obviously way to much time on their hands have complained calling that name offensive.
Is this what we have become? This is the type of nonsense that happens when religious fanaticism takes over the thinking in this country. With people losing jobs at an alarming rate, our economy in the toilet, more and more people without health care, and a war that continues to drag on costing more lives this is what people want to focus on?
Saving Private Ryan is a film everyone should see. I am not a Tom Hanks or a Spielberg fan, but this was a film that moved me. If it doesn’t get some reaction out of you call a doctor because you have no pulse. Over sixty stations were afraid they were going to be fined, and you know what I don’t blame them. After the FCC fined each individual CBS affiliate over the Janet Jackson four-second-nipple exposure, there is no predicting what the FCC might do. These boobs (figurative not literal) who complained were not pissed about the violence just the language.
As for the Football debacle, it is just plain and simple hypocrisy. To hear the NFL tell it, you would have thought that that they aired a full on golden shower on public TV. What nauseates me about this one is the NFL talking out of both sides of their mouth. Has anyone seen an NFL cheerleader? They are wearing 3 pieces of thread they call outfits shaking their ass the whole time. That is OK, but the backside of a female covered by a towel is not. Huh?
To the IQ challenged yokels offended by the coffee shop I have a suggestion. Don’t shop there. To be offended by language is so pedestrian and suburban. The word ass is not offensive. They say it on free TV, and has become accepted like it or not.
I grew up in a wonderful time called the 80’s. I grew up watching soft porn on cable and George Carlin records where he told me what the seven dirty words were. And, you know what, I turned out to be a productive member of society. The human body, (epically a woman’s) is a beautiful thing and nothing to be ashamed of. We have demonized breasts. But, you know what, the more you tell a kid not to look at them the more they are going to do anything they can to do just that.
As for language, IT”S JUST WORDS! Again we demonize the word fuck or shit and forbid kids to say those them. But really what kid over the age of seven hasn’t heard that language? What bad could happen by using that language? With all the temptations kids have if that is the worst a child does than you’ve done a good job as a parent. So, please get your priorities straight and aim your mortal outrage at the people and things that truly deserve it.
The first one happened on Veterans Day. ABC planned to air an un-edited version of the film Saving Private Ryan. Including all of the language and violence that is depicted in the movie. Over sixty affiliates decided not to air it fearing a backlash from the FCC, and in fact some overly sensitive misguided morons actually did file complaints with the Nazi, I mean FCC over the broadcast claiming it was indecent.
The second incident happened before last Monday night’s football game between the Cowboys and Eagles. It seems that ABC in a pathetic attempt to plug Desperate Housewives, ran a two minute spoof in which one of the stars of the show dressed in only a towel comes on to a player and in the end drops the towel and hugs the player. Mind you we see no nudity.
The last incident is the most ridicules. It seems Antioch, Illinois is all up in arms because a new store is opening. The name of the place is the Bad Ass Coffee Shop. Some members of the community, with obviously way to much time on their hands have complained calling that name offensive.
Is this what we have become? This is the type of nonsense that happens when religious fanaticism takes over the thinking in this country. With people losing jobs at an alarming rate, our economy in the toilet, more and more people without health care, and a war that continues to drag on costing more lives this is what people want to focus on?
Saving Private Ryan is a film everyone should see. I am not a Tom Hanks or a Spielberg fan, but this was a film that moved me. If it doesn’t get some reaction out of you call a doctor because you have no pulse. Over sixty stations were afraid they were going to be fined, and you know what I don’t blame them. After the FCC fined each individual CBS affiliate over the Janet Jackson four-second-nipple exposure, there is no predicting what the FCC might do. These boobs (figurative not literal) who complained were not pissed about the violence just the language.
As for the Football debacle, it is just plain and simple hypocrisy. To hear the NFL tell it, you would have thought that that they aired a full on golden shower on public TV. What nauseates me about this one is the NFL talking out of both sides of their mouth. Has anyone seen an NFL cheerleader? They are wearing 3 pieces of thread they call outfits shaking their ass the whole time. That is OK, but the backside of a female covered by a towel is not. Huh?
To the IQ challenged yokels offended by the coffee shop I have a suggestion. Don’t shop there. To be offended by language is so pedestrian and suburban. The word ass is not offensive. They say it on free TV, and has become accepted like it or not.
I grew up in a wonderful time called the 80’s. I grew up watching soft porn on cable and George Carlin records where he told me what the seven dirty words were. And, you know what, I turned out to be a productive member of society. The human body, (epically a woman’s) is a beautiful thing and nothing to be ashamed of. We have demonized breasts. But, you know what, the more you tell a kid not to look at them the more they are going to do anything they can to do just that.
As for language, IT”S JUST WORDS! Again we demonize the word fuck or shit and forbid kids to say those them. But really what kid over the age of seven hasn’t heard that language? What bad could happen by using that language? With all the temptations kids have if that is the worst a child does than you’ve done a good job as a parent. So, please get your priorities straight and aim your mortal outrage at the people and things that truly deserve it.
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