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Lone Activist Group Submits 99.8% of FCC Complaints

  

jeremycobert

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Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at 10:41 PM

these people are a real pain in the arse, heres the whole article
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000731656

jeremycobert

  

no! cannot have!

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 12:05 AM

that sickens me. here's another good one. i specifically hate that they bitch about the hardees bull riding commercial, which is hardly offensive, although it is sexual.

http://www.onemillionmoms.com/IssueDetail.asp?id=167

here's a great quote, "Another member said, '[The] woman is moaning and simulating sexual arousal.'"

The only problem, is that the whole commercial is dubbed over in the slow ride song. They're wasting our time, money, oxygen, etc. And since they have no real argument, i guess they have to resort to lying and/or second/third/fourthand hearsay.

no! cannot have!

  

no! cannot have!

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 12:09 AM

oh, and for all of the dumbasses who think their online petitions actually mean something...

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.htm

no! cannot have!

  

gouranga3221

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 12:13 AM
Edited Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 12:14 AM

The thing I don't get is, if a person is offended by a particular radio show, TV program, etc. Wouldn't they just listen to or watch something more up their alley? It seems in later years, everyone's numero uno priority has become making everyone the same as they are.

The fact that such a small cross section of the public is controlling what everyone can do is proof that the structure needs to change.

Eff Michael Powell!

gouranga3221

  

Juanus

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 8:54 AM

The thing I don't get is, if a person is offended by a particular radio show, TV program, etc. Wouldn't they just listen to or watch something more up their alley?

I look at it like trauma survivors. We all know from listening to the show that trauma surviors try to reinact the trauma. That is how they feel "normal". Instead of watching something else, these people watch shows that they know will offend them. Then they feel "attacked" and complain.

Juanus

  

Dark Laith

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 10:54 AM
Edited Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 10:55 AM

I hate the PTC. Useless intrusive bastards.

Dark Laith

  

ZT

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 3:19 PM

Reading this article it occured to me that there should be some kind of counter organization to the PTC. Basically, it would do what the PTC does, but make complaints more from a free speech and "FCC is poorly managing spectrum resources" perspective. Implicitly, however, it would also aim at slowing down the FCC. For each complaint there's probably some obligatory paperwork to be filed. I wonder how much would it take to clog up the system enough to make them ineffective?

Maybe a 2:1 ratio. For every complaint the PTC submits, our organization would submit 2?

ZT

  

gouranga3221

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 4:30 PM

As one member put it, "They have a young women suggestively riding a mechanical bull eating one of their thickburgers in a rather pornographic way."
-http://www.onemillionmoms.com/IssueDetail.asp?id=167

How do you eat a burger in a pornographic way?

gouranga3221

  

steve

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 5:54 PM

"How do you eat a burger in a pornographic way?"

Although in modern times, the term "pornography" is generally thought of as any type of art which portrays people having sex, the actual definition of the term is any type of art that lacks feeling or meaning -- art whose sole purpose is to elicit a response or generate a sense of desire for the object being portrayed. So in this sense, all advertising is pornographic -- it's not a celebration of the object that it portrays -- it's simply a means of generating interest and desire in said object.

steve

  

ZT

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 6:50 PM

Unfortunately, that describes 99.8% of all advertisements.

ZT

  

steve

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 7:43 PM

It describes 100% of advertisements.

steve

  

Dark Laith

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 7:58 PM

I'm pretty sure that's not the definition of "pornographic" they were using.

Dark Laith

  

HazeTrooper

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 10:06 PM

>>How do you eat a burger in a pornographic way?

Put the burger between (a naked) Jenna Jameson's thighs and start enjoying...

Beyond that, it's close to impossible.

HazeTrooper

  

Colin

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 10:16 PM

Guess what I'm doing right now?

Colin

  

Narcissus

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Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 11:05 AM

Colin-

Do we really want to know? Both hands on the keyboard dude, both hands on the keyboard. lol

Narcissus

  

Colin

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Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 12:35 PM

That's an old TLC joke. Do a search for posts by Pan-Pan. You'll see.

But be warned, there's some weird stuff in the archive under that name.

Colin

  

Dark Laith

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Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 1:40 PM

Some of it is funny though.

http://www.dolland.net/loveline/forum/threads/19614.html

Dark Laith

  

ZT

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Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 2:09 PM

My dick is so big it contains the spirit of pan pan.

ZT

  

TortillaFactory

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Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 2:34 PM

Sort of like the roast beef that contains the spirit of Kenny?

Okay, that was a stretch. Sorry.

TortillaFactory

  

Folgers

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Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 2:54 PM

BUT THE HEART IS NOT LOCATED IN THE BUTT.
—G0D

It takes all kinds...

Folgers

  

GooseAss

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Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 9:37 PM

its the goddamn letter writers

GooseAss

  

Dark Laith

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Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 9:41 PM

They should have their hands cut off.

Dark Laith

  

jeremycobert

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Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at 10:14 PM

yeah

jeremycobert

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