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From rssfeeds@jmason.org Thu Sep 26 16:41:29 2002
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From: "hyatt@mozilla" <rssfeeds@spamassassin.taint.org>
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Subject: More fun with the PTC
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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:27:52 -0000
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URL: http://www.mozillazine.org/weblogs/hyatt/#85378428
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Date: Not supplied
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I received some feedback in email (from several of you actually) regarding my
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earlier blog about the Parents Television Council[1], which recently published
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a report in which they labeled Buffy as the worst show on television for
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children. Let me clarify why this organization bothers me so much.
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Buffy as a show is clearly inappropriate for children under 12, and a game like
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GTA3 is as well. The PTC, however, has a clear agenda that goes beyond simply
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warning parents about the dangers of television shows or video games. There is
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a belief on the part of the PTC that the hour from 8-9pm (the first hour of
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primetime) must be designated a family hour, and that no offensive shows should
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air during that time. I don't believe that it's the networks' responsibility to
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restrict the kind of content aired during a particular hour of television. The
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shows that air during primetime run the gamut; some are family-oriented and
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some aren't. There is, however, no shortage of suitable content should parents
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and children wish to watch TV together during this hour.
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It should be the parent's responsibility to police a child's television
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viewing. If you don't want your kids watching _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_, then
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don't let them, but don't campaign to have the show removed from the air or
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shoved into a late hour that would only result in its cancellation just because
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you don't like its content. If you don't think a show is appropriate, don't let
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your kids watch it.
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The PTC also seems to find shows offensive that are family-oriented. An example
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of one such show is _Malcolm in the Middle_. I would hardly call this show
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inappropriate for kids. Apparently the only shows that the PTC deems
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appropriate are those that have been sanitized to match their
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ultra-conservative agenda. Even then, I wouldn't really mind, but the idea that
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all other shows must be relegated to some later hour is just ludicrous.
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[1] http://www.parentstv.org/
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