Profanity on TV

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I had Casino playing in the background on AMC earlier and heard Sharon Stone shout at Bobby De Niro "Freak you Sam! Freak you!" It was so obviously out of place and goofy that it really got me thinking, "Do we really care about bad words that much?" Why do we as a society put such a stigma on this select group of words?

If it's because of children potentially watching then why do we not care about violence as much. They showed Joe Pesci and his brother get beaten to death with baseball bats and tossed into a hole but can't say fuck you? It just seems so strange. Would society really be any worse off if they didnt censor bad words on TV?

What are your thoughts?
 
Its cable tv so I don't even know why they bother. They show some gory shit on The Walking Dead and shit that would be deemed unsuitable even on cable tv 20 years ago yet they still censor profanity
 
Watch "This Film Is Not Yet Rated".

It's about the shady, strange, and hypocritical ratings system for movies.

While the MPAA doesn't rate/censor television products, I'm willing to bet the FCC has the same problems. There is a list of "banned" words that is outdated and ridiculous, especially considering the amount of violence and subject matter they allow to be shown.

Words are the least of our worries.
 
As an observation I think Americans generally seem to get a bit more offended about the word "cunt" than people in Oz, it's practically a term of endearment over here.
 
ookii said:
Its cable tv so I don't even know why they bother. They show some gory shit on The Walking Dead and shit that would be deemed unsuitable even on cable tv 20 years ago yet they still censor profanity
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Yeah good point about the Walking Dead. The practice just seems so antiquated to me. The idea that there's this group of no-no words that are off limits is almost laughable.
 
I do kind of understand them censoring language, since that has the lowest bar for an impressionable kid to replicate in the real world. Fictional violence is generally obviously fictional, where as words take no effort or risk to replicate. Why some words are proscribed is an entirely different discussion.

What I hate worse than network TV prudishness is when you have an R-rated movie and they feel the need to drop an F-bomb every five seconds. Because, hey, you paid for it and gosh darnit it, you're going to get it!
 
So I don't censor my children's words because I think there is something inherently wrong with these words.

The problem I have is with society. If My kid goes and repeats this shit at school he can get into trouble. If he is somewhere and he says these words an adult may put some type of stigma or have an idea about him or her that isn't necessarily true.

I wish I didn't have to censor shit like this and make a big deal about it because I truly don't give a shit. I do it to protect my children from other idiots out there who will judge and punish my kids for doing saying these stupid words.
 
Organic Damage said:
I do kind of understand them censoring language, since that has the lowest bar for an impressionable kid to replicate in the real world. Fictional violence is generally obviously fictional, where as words take no effort or risk to replicate. Why some words are proscribed is an entirely different discussion.
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That's a good point and I considered that, but ultimately is it really a big deal? I probably knew all the major cuss words by the time I was six, I didnt walk around cussing constantly or turn into a bad kid. I can't imagine it would have affected my development in any meaningful way if I had been exposed to these words at a later time as opposed to when I was.

I'd imagine the taboo/off limits aspect of them is what makes them so appealing to kids in the first place.
 
Dogstarman said:
So I don't censor my children's words because I think there is something inherently wrong with these words.

The problem I have is with society. If My kid goes and repeats this shit at school he can get into trouble. If he is somewhere and he says these words an adult may put some type of stigma or have an idea about him or her that isn't necessarily true.

I wish I didn't have to censor shit like this and make a big deal about it because I truly don't give a shit. I do it to protect my children from other idiots out there who will judge and punish my kids for doing saying these stupid words.
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I totally understand, great post.
 
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I've had it with these monkey farming snakes on this monkey farming plane
Mutha trucka
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FX, TBS, & USA network were notorious for bad editing.

 
I can't watch movies on basic cable anymore only on premium channels or netflix
 
lion paw said:
Yippie Kay-yay mr. falcon
I've had it with these monkey farming snakes on this monkey farming plane
Mutha trucka
slug in a ditch


FX, TBS, & USA network were notorious for bad editing.

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" Do you see what happens Larry, do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the alps."

That's too good.
 
I remember the first time network TV tried to air Pulp Fiction, they didn't bother replacing words, they'd just cut the entire segments out. Made for an amusingly disjointed film.
 
id rather hear the swears than a string of BEEP BEEEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEEEP oh my fucking god its so damn annoying WHO THE FUCK THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA IT PISSES ME OFF SO MUCH HOW DO PEOPLE WATCH THIS@!!!!!!!AAGGHGH!!!!!!H%YU%YH#
 
Seraldo Babalu said:
I remember the first time network TV tried to air Pulp Fiction, they didn't bother replacing words, they'd just cut the entire segments out. Made for an amusingly disjointed film.
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omg lol, i remember this happening to other movies and it was so weird lol. like there was so much that made no sense xD
 
Seraldo Babalu said:
I remember the first time network TV tried to air Pulp Fiction, they didn't bother replacing words, they'd just cut the entire segments out. Made for an amusingly disjointed film.
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They must have had to cut down to like 45 mins then.
 
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By far my favorite.
 
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