ET>GC>As to programming by time slots, I am just going to have to be shown
ET>GC>that every time a parent goes to leave the house they are gonna sit 
own
ET>GC>with a guide and go through that kind of bull. It just isn't going to
ET>GC>happen.
ET>        They don't have to do that.  They can set a block and leave it
ET>        on as long as they want.  If the parents wish to watch something
ET>        on a channel or time slot that they've set as blocked, they can
ET>        use a password to temporarily disable the block.
That works fine for a XXX channel where everything presented might be
something a parent might want to block. But the networks present widely
varying levels of sex and violence in the same time slot. Parents are
going to have to sit down with that tv guide to weed this stuff out.
ET>GC>Maybe so, but the problem is the same for everyone, whether they know 
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ET>GC>or not.
ET>        To put it bluntly, but as politely as possible, that's
ET>        excrement.  The "problem", as you describe it, of TV
ET>        mind-controlling children into violent psychopaths, doesn't
ET>        exist.
The media influence varies depending upon the child's environment and
the material seen. I'm not suggesting that every child who watches
violence is going to be turned into a "violent psychopath" either. I do
know that some children - rather old children, also - can be inspired to
go lay down on a freeway from watching a movie, and get their heads ran
over. This is a GROSS influence. That subtler influences take place
there is no doubt - and the psychologists agree.
ET>        Leave the judgement call of what things parents shouldn't let
ET>        their children watch...to the parents.  If people making movies,
No disagreement. And the V-Chip allows parents to insure their
judgement calls are followed with a simple procedure.
ET>        TV shows, CDs, computer games, etc., want to create advisories
ET>        to warn parents that they might not want to let their children
ET>        watch a show/listen to a CD/play a game, that's fine.
That's what the V-chip rating system basically is. It doesn't MAKE the
parents lock out anything.
ET>        Legislating that they must do it or be punished is wrong.
I suppose you are against requiring food contents to be labled? Or do
you think that "personal responsibility" should extend to each household
having their own chemistry lab in order to check for bad substances
themselves? Business is NOT going to do the right thing if it COSTS them
a dime and they can avoid doing it.
ET>GC>Think about it again. It is these corrupted minds out there that are
ET>GC>CURRENTLY shooting people to death. There is nothing "likely" about it.
ET>        And your evidence that this has ANYTHING to do with TV is...?
ET>        And for every single psychologist who says that TV causes
ET>        violence, you can find a handful who disagree and one or two who
ET>        aren't sure.  In the psychological field at large, it's an issue
ET>        that is *far* from settled.  Kinda like multiple personality
Even if I agreed with this, why would I want to play Russian Roulette?
ET>        disorder.  Something that's been in the literature for *decades*
ET>        is now being given great scrutiny...  Because a growing
ET>        contingent of psychologists think it may just be delusion
ET>        primarily *caused* by psychiatric treatment.
Lots of idiot, mistaken psychologists out there. No Arguement. There are
also dishonest ones getting paid for saying what the networks want to
hear. One can even find doctors who say smoking does no harm. Guess
who's paying them.
ET>GC>??? I was answering your point where you indicated it was "bad" that we
ET>GC>"force" this on the companies.
ET>        Read it again.  The fact that we already force manufacturers to
ET>        do certain things does not serve as any sort of justification
ET>        for forcing a manufacturer to do other things.  It's a non-
ET>        sequitor.
Only if you are going to make it clear that some things we force
manufacturers to do are "good." You have not done this. The thrust of
your arguements have not been that any kind of rating system is bad, but
that it is bad to FORCE this onto anyone. In that case, it is perfectly
correct to attempt to find out how far you go in NOT requiring anything
from business. The point, of course, being to get you to examine your
own position.
ET>GC> It IS the same people, but the business person has a different
ET>GC> set of pressures to respond to.
ET>        With no disrespect intended, that is one of the more ludicrous
ET>        statements I've recently.  A person who will lie and cheat at
ET>        work will lie and cheat at home.
Why ludicrous? You are probably right to a degree, but I didn't say
that. The business man will always make the decision that benefits the
business. He may not ALWAYS lie and cheat at home. That was the
"different pressures" I aluded to.
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