FCC okays use of F-word on TV!!!

Umm...whats the big deal? We were al kids and we grew up where theres was no F-word on tv. Yet we all learned it eventually. I don't get it...Lemme bring up an example to illustrate my point that the F word is just something done to express feeling. Its coincidentally one of the most used words in our language and can be used in a variety of ways.

Many years ago...hinting at sex was a taboo...now look...but anyways my example...

A while back we were watching the Blair Witch Project in class as some sort of critical study on how tv can make things seem real. I was shocked by how much profanity there was and how our teacher was allowing us to watch it. I asked her and she replied:

"It's an act of realism. Its done to give credibility. Think of it like this, if you were in their situation, wouldn't you be swearing too?"

Guys, how many times have you been watching tv and seen someones reaction and thought "Man, I would be cursing till I was blue in the face?"
 
I agree I mean i might throw in one profanity but after 2 or 3 it just seems like you're trying to get attention
 
Originally posted by BJammzz@Dec 24, 2003 @ 10:12 PM

can it be used as a verb?
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Actually the ORIGINAL meaning of the word fuck IS a verb. It was basically used to describe sexual intercourse. Of course the slang term has since taken over the predominant meaning.

As for it being said on tv. Up here in Canada we pretty much have no restrictions on language we see (some extremely vulgar stuff is regulated but we don't get censored bits in movies). Heck watching TBS Superstation when they play a R rated movie with all of their "censoring" is just hilarious. I sometimes watch the movie just to see how they can make the lines seem funnier. I also like the crappy voice actors they get for the job.

Up here we also allow full nudity on tv, both male and female. The only thing that has to be restricted is visible penetration.
 
that sounds fun in theory... but i think it a fair tradeoff if we dont get bush but in return we also dont get shlong
 
Actualy, the term dates back to the Victorian era, and referred to the crime of For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (hence the Van Halen album title). Basicaly, if a man was caught looking at any part of a woman that was covered by those long-sleeve, full body length dresses they wore back then (other than her hudsband, anyway), he could be charged and placed in the stockcade for rather excessive lengths of time. IE: the driver of a carriage is caught staring at a woman's ankle as she lifted her dress to climb down to the ground, he's FUCKed.
 
It's kind of amusing to see that this upsets people. :D

In my opinion it's more harmfull to see murders and gore on TV than swearing and nudity. I'm just glad we don't have those kind of regulations in Sweden, we're things are decided by moral instead of laws. <- as far as for TV that is. ;)

You could be swearing in a childrens show if you wanted, but morally it's wrong (and parents would probably be somewhat pissed), nudity isn't blurred or censored, but the "regular" channels don't show any hardcore porn. And the Osbournes isn't censored either. ;) ;)
 
Originally posted by VertigoXX@Dec 25, 2003 @ 11:57 PM

Actualy, the term dates back to the Victorian era, and referred to the crime of For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (hence the Van Halen album title). Basicaly, if a man was caught looking at any part of a woman that was covered by those long-sleeve, full body length dresses they wore back then (other than her hudsband, anyway), he could be charged and placed in the stockcade for rather excessive lengths of time. IE: the driver of a carriage is caught staring at a woman's ankle as she lifted her dress to climb down to the ground, he's FUCKed.
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I did not know that. That's pretty interesting.

The whole language/nudity thing is an ignorance issue imo. Words never hurt anybody and we all got the same stuff under our clothes. Though there is an obvious difference between seeing hot naked women and hairy man ass lol.
 
According to my sources, "fuck" comes from a weird mixture of germanic and latin words that happened to be similar enough that their meanings kind of congealed several centuries ago. As far as I've heard pretty much every "it was an acronym from 2 centuries ago" explanation for word origins is complete crap.
 
I'm sick of fcc. Why do they think they can dictate what's good for us? A word never hurt anyone. Right, you can't say fuck, but you can say nigg3r? What ass-backwards logic is that?

And I wouldn't have worked my way around the word if I didn't feel like it was important to the material.
 
Why do they think they can dictate what's good for us?
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The purported authority comes from the idea that the airwaves are a shared public resource and are thus subject to government regulation. Personally, I think the FCC, as a federal executive agency, should only be able to regulate interstate transmissions, but I'm a filthy TheTwoMajorPartiesAreJustIntertwinedSocialAndFinancialNetworksNotBasedOnAnyClearPrinciplesican so clearly my opinion is biased.
 
Personally, I'm glad the government is finally doing something about this. Too many TV and Radio shows are simply abusing it. Trying to top each others off simply to get better ratings, etc.

Mind you, I don't really care about fou languages as I can tolerate it, but I wouldn't want children to have to listen to it.
 
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