Reversed priorities - ABC faces U$1.4m fine for showing woman's butt

2008-01-26 20:58:56

#1

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,822|6536|eXtreme to the maX

It seems strange to me, that its OK to show someone being beaten, shot, tortured or killed on TV, but almost anything related to sex is a no-no.

US television network ABC may have to pay a fine of $1.4m (£707,000) for airing an episode of NYPD Blue which depicted female nudity.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said the 2003 show had "multiple, close-up views" of a woman's buttocks before the US watershed.

The FCC deems "sexual or excretory activities" shown in an "offensive" way before 2200 as indecent.
ABC has rejected the claims, saying the buttocks are not a sexual organ.

The proposed penalty has been imposed on all 52 of ABC's stations who broadcast the episode.

The scene in the police drama, which ran from 1993-2005, shows a boy surprising a naked woman as she prepared to take a shower.
The FCC said it received several complaints about the sequence, which also showed one of the woman's breasts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7210826.stm

The entire world population has buttocks, half the population has breasts - whats the big deal?

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2008-01-26 21:00:29

#2

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|7146

"half the population has breasts - whats the big deal?"
more than half if you include NFL coaches...lol

Love is the answer

2008-01-26 21:02:09

#3

GunSlinger OIF II: Banned.; +1,860|7074

I would say something along the lines of "Why would you care so much about the US..." But given the fact that American Culture dominates world media, I already know the answer.

2008-01-26 21:03:44

#4

RandomSchl: |\/|€|\/|ß€|2; +52|6874|California

video or it didn't happen

2008-01-26 21:30:07

#5

David.P: Banned; +649|6704

Well since anal has gained alot of popularity i can see why.

2008-01-26 21:39:31

#6

Major.League.Infidel: Make Love and War; +303|6908|Communist Republic of CA, USA

Man, I can't wait until 2200...

2008-01-26 22:04:15

#7

HurricaИe: Banned; +877|6391|Washington DC

RandomSchl wrote:
video or it didn't happen

I'd hit it

2008-01-26 22:37:53

#8

Nappy: Apprentice; +151|6659|NSW, Australia

i want to see it

-just saw it, i think she was hot, i would also hit it

Last edited by Nappy (2008-01-26 22:40:05)

2008-01-27 02:40:17

#9

Ajax_the_Great1: Dropped on request; +206|7077

I want to kill the head of the FCC and show it on TV, because after all, violence is ok to them.

2008-01-27 02:44:33

#10

Reciprocity: Member; +721|7011|the dank(super) side of Oregon

that's a quality ass, every show should be required to have ass like that.

2008-01-27 03:06:45

#11

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,822|6536|eXtreme to the maX

I would say something along the lines of "Why would you care so much about the US..." But given the fact that American Culture dominates world media, I already know the answer.

Correct! The onslaught of Hollywood is changing the moral norms of the world.
But why does the US have this weird prudish anti sex/pro-violence attitude? Its unnatural.

Fuck Israel

2008-01-27 09:21:38

#12

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6841|'Murka

Dilbert is right...it makes no sense.

Snow is falling in hell.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2008-01-27 10:15:46

#13

deeznutz1245: Connecticut: our chimps are stealin yo' faces.; +483|6923|Connecticut

If you look close enough right before the kid walks in you can see her mound. ABC kicks ass.

Malloy must go

2008-01-27 10:28:21

#14

greensprite: awsm; +13|6596|Germany

it's just the same thing like you can't run around in public places with a can of beer without the paperbag around it only because children shouldn't see the beer. -> thats useless because every child knows that you are drinking beer etc. because you have a paperbag around it...
and there are some more things like that in america which are just useless. you can own a gun and shoot everyone who is entering your home ( in some states) but you can't show a womens butt on TV?! here in germany they even show the nipples on midday tv and nobody cares about it.

2008-01-27 10:54:21

#15

Mr.Dooomed: Find your center.; +752|6758

American culture is FUCKED UP. I hate how there is so much violence in movies, tv etc. And yet they play down sex and nudity as if its something worse. It's bullshit. So much for peace and love.

Nature is a powerful force. Those who seek to subdue nature, never do so permanently.

2008-01-27 11:49:50

#16

Dersmikner: Member; +147|6928|Texas

Suh-fuckin-weet. I've been waiting for nudity on broadcast TV because it will force Cinemax to step up its porn from this b-movie crap to some real full-on action...

By the way, as if the rest of you wouldn't, I'd fuck that chick into next month.

2008-01-27 11:52:57

#17

avman633: Member; +116|6794

How come men's asses can be shown on TV but women's can't?

2008-01-27 12:41:41

#18

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6835|North Carolina

Blame the Puritanical dipshits of the American Family Association and the Religious Right.

2008-01-27 15:58:19

#19

Stingray24: Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy; +1,060|6875|The Land of Scott Walker

avman633 wrote:
How come men's asses can be shown on TV but women's can't?

Do you really have to ask that question?

2008-01-27 16:01:53

#20

Lynx14: Member; +41|6401

Rofl listen to the remix "I like big butts"

2008-01-27 16:27:46

#21

PureFodder: Member; +225|6715

It's like the whole Hot-coffee thing. Drugs and mass murder for money or just for the hell of it are fine, but a mini-game of sex is worse somehow?

2008-01-27 17:10:24

#22

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,072|7202|PNW

Where's Berkeley Breathed and his Bloom County comics when you need them?

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2008-01-27 17:11:07)

2008-01-27 17:43:33

#23

TC.Troy: Let the rough side drag; +111|7003

Reciprocity wrote:
that's a quality ass, every show should be required to have ass like that.

agreed.

2008-01-27 18:42:28

#24

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6754|New Haven, CT

Basically, in America, violence>sex, and in Europe sex>violence.

2008-01-27 19:18:42

#25

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,822|6536|eXtreme to the maX

Basically, in America, violence>sex, and in Europe sex>violence.

Exactly, but why?
Sex is natural and normal (except the way I do it, obviously), violence is abnormal and usually subject to criminal sanction.
Why does the US (and other) media have it reversed?

Personally I think wherever religious extremists exert control society becomes perverted and violence is the end product.
Whether its Islamofascists, Zionazis or Christian bigots, the result is the same.
Suppression of normal behaviour and promotion of violence.

I'll just squeeze into my asbestos gimp suit and - ready - flame away!

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2008-01-27 19:20:44)

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