tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10697975.post7593377355795807634..comments2024-01-13T07:01:37.544-06:00Comments on I Am A Child Of Television: A ResponseBrent McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10697975.post-26019186100418959412012-07-17T06:28:08.286-06:002012-07-17T06:28:08.286-06:00We down here have RomneyCare. And Romney really ne...We down here have RomneyCare. And Romney really never has cared. As the Greens have a decent-enough candidate this time out for US Pres, I know how I'm likely to vote.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10697975.post-63061717856361475902012-07-14T12:25:18.355-06:002012-07-14T12:25:18.355-06:00Oh, and don't get me started on the US healthc...Oh, and don't get me started on the US healthcare system. I applaud Obama for getting something done, but the result is a horse designed by a committee. Canadians have a real horse. Not necessarily a great horse but a horse nonetheless.Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10697975.post-11268642219529361322012-07-14T12:22:03.102-06:002012-07-14T12:22:03.102-06:00To Mike: Go ahead.
I think I might run up a few s...To Mike: Go ahead.<br /><br />I think I might run up a few sentences (me? a few sentences??) on the PTC's reaction to the Supreme Court decision. Somehow they've turned the overturn of the fines into a victory for (their) truth, (their idea of) justice, and (their vision of) the American way. They can turn a loss into a win which is at least a bit self-deluding. But then the PTC has always been about deluding themselves, as in their belief that they can act as "nanny" to the entire country, children and adults alike.Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10697975.post-83441952656711147462012-07-14T02:48:45.302-06:002012-07-14T02:48:45.302-06:00Huzzah, Brent! Well said, indeed, but then you...Huzzah, Brent! Well said, indeed, but then you've always presented very articulate arguments against the PTC complaints over the years. Not that it will make a damn bit of difference to Anonymous. There'll be no persuading those of its ilk to change their minds.Toby O'Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999037844031101965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10697975.post-66739907617029598002012-07-13T09:31:38.649-06:002012-07-13T09:31:38.649-06:00I visit the PTC site once a week or so, in direct ...I visit the PTC site once a week or so, in direct defiance of my acid reflux, but I usually don't stay very long. <br />Mostly I end up being bucked over to the Media Research Center's site, where L. Brent Bozell's column awaits to churn my colon even more.<br /><br />But anyway, back to the PTC: still the dirtiest site on the web, with Great Big Warnings about how you Will Be Offended if you dare to look at the clip they've imbedded for you.<br /><br />The PTC's main argument has always been that when Offensive Material is shown, <i>all viewers are paying for it</i>. This takes several forms:<br /> -Buying the sponsor's products on a broadcast network show.<br /> - Subscribing to a cable service, thereby supporting <i>all</i> channels, whether you watch them or not.<br /> - Even the so-called Premium Channels are being at least partially kept in business by the regular stuff, so you the ordinary viewer are paying for that too, so there.<br />(They call this last crusade of theirs Cable Choice.)<br /><br />The PTC atrguments bear a remarkable resemblance to those mounted by the farRight against the healthcare bill here. It goes "We don't wanna pay for what we don't want, and nobody's gonna make us!"<br /><br />Try explaining that all they have to do, if they don't want it, is simply <i>not have it</i> - think they'll listen? (... and break the habit of a lifetime?)<br /><br />A little later today I'll be going over to Roger Ebert's blog, wher this healthcare debate has been raging hot and heavy for some while.<br />Okay if I mention this flap of yours, and its connection (tenuous though it may be) to that one?<br />At least I might get you some new readers ...Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10697975.post-6621870536093781532012-07-13T07:54:56.984-06:002012-07-13T07:54:56.984-06:00I don't much like Family Guy (I'm a little...I don't much like Family Guy (I'm a little older than you), I sure don't want my 8 y.o. daughter watching it. And I wouldn't want her to watch The Wire; Breaking Bad; The Sopranos; or the evening news when they're talking about Syria or Jerry Sandusky.<br /><br />I think the writer singled out Family Guy because it's a cartoon, and cartoons are "supposed" to be funny and family friendly. (You know, like Fritz the Cat.) <br /><br />Sly Stone said it best: "Different strokes for different folks."Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.com