Re: the language watch continues

["Brian T. Vita" <brian_vita@cssinc.com>]

At 09:55 AM 9/5/00 -0400, Mike Thomas wrote:

>OK, I thought we weren't supposed to discuss politics on this list.  Or 
>maybe we
>can as long as we don't criticize conservative candidates.  Gee, 
>"W"  sounds like
>the "family values" candidate to me.

Whoa, Mike.  Calm down.  I'm not taking a partisan position or trying to 
get into a deep discussion of politics here.  Both parties tend to talk out 
of both sides of their mouths and give lame, middle of the road answers.  I 
just want a candidate that will take a stand and say what they really mean.

All of the sound bites are so sanitized so as not to offend anyone and to 
be PC that nothing is actually said or done.


> > Wouldn't it be great to see on the 6PM news today...
> >
> > "In international news today, President Bush/Gore (take your pick) called
> > Saddam Hussein an asshole and told him to stop screwing around or we'll
> > send his ass back into the stone age..."
>
>Ah, yes.  Lets just continue to dumb down America even more than it has 
>already.
>This type of stuff caters to the Jerry Springer/Howard Stern/not a Dr. 
>Laura type
>of broadcasting that people on this list and around the country complain 
>about.

It doesn't have to drop to the level of four level words but some serious 
words followed by serious action instead of mere saber rattling would work 
for me.

> > Now that's how to get the Gen-Xers back into watching the news!
>
>More ageism, I guess.  Gen-Xers don't watch the news for the same reason older
>Americans have stopped watching.  Most of it is filled with happy talk and
>lifestyle garbage and less real current event related stories and analysis.

I agree.  Put some meaning behind the words instead of being flowery about 
them.


> > As long as we're on the subject of profanity on the air, what about what
> > the rap stations play as music?  Vulgarity, lyrics glorifying rape, cop
> > killing, attacking white people, etc.  Is this a double standard?
>
>The corporate-owned stations heavily edit rap and hip-hop titles to get 
>rid of the
>profanity before the songs hit the air.  The subject matter may not be to your
>liking, but that was why the First Amendment is in the Constitution--and 
>why there
>is a tuning knob on your radio.

OK, I'll go on the air and rap a song about killing minority leaders, 
raping black women, etc and see how long the station keeps its license.
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