STORM2K

Well.. lets see if any network tries to make there own version of the Sopranos after this ruling:):):)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,101860,00.html

As we sink further and further into the mire!!!!

That was a f***ing intersting article, thanks for sharing!

Your F***ing welcome:):). Yes I found that interesting and surprising. I wonder if we will see an influx of the F word use or not on T.V.?:):):):)

I hope not. I hate that word. It is the nastiest word in the English language IMHO.

this will be great for the little kids. i dont mine it on the hbo and stuff. but not on reg tv.

wx247 wrote:I hope not. I hate that word. It is the nastiest word in the English language IMHO.

I disagree Garrett...

I think the 4-letter "S" word is much, much worse.

wx247 wrote:I hope not. I hate that word. It is the nastiest word in the English language IMHO.

I second that.

Nowadays, some Middle and High schoolers use that word.

Again, I'm showing my age...

When I was in first grade, the Holy Name Society banned "Hopalong Cassidy" shows on TV (and all the parents dutifully saw to it), because he was heard to have said "HELL" once on one of the weekly horse operas...

Today, anything goes...and usually does.

How low are people going to go? Anyone who has to use that filthy f word and all the others have a very limited vocab if that is all he/she can find to say. No wonder some of our young people are growing up so misled!!!

pretty low sunnyday. this word is widely used with middle and highschool students.

ameriwx2003 wrote:Your F***ing welcome:):). Yes I found that interesting and surprising. I wonder if we will see an influx of the F word use or not on T.V.?:):):):)

Beginning with South Park ...

OtherHD wrote:

wx247 wrote:I hope not. I hate that word. It is the nastiest word in the English language IMHO.

I disagree Garrett...

I think the 4-letter "S" word is much, much worse.

I think the 7 letter G - word is far, far worse than the 4 letter S word or the f word ...

SF

You're right about the F word.. Go onto any middle or high school campus and that is all you hear..

SF, I'm with you. I HATE hearing that seven-letter curse anytime, anywhere. It grates on my nerves and sounds so harsh.

I think I already mentioned in another post earlier this summer that ER was the first network show to have the S word aired. They just stepped over another boundary for the show last week. Top frontal female nudity. I remember a few years ago when the TV show "Civil Wars" showed Mariel Hemingway nude from the back. She turned ever so slightly to the side and the camera caught a glimpse of more than just skin-tone flesh.

In ER's case, it was a 72-year-old female patient with end-stage emphysema. She was on the stretcher and the staff was assessing her, getting her on the monitor, and getting ready to intubate her. Her young granddaughter yells, "No!" then as they continue to work, she screams louder, "Stop! She's DNR!" By this time, the patient's top is open and off and her chest is in full view while the monitor cables are getting attached. Then, everyone stops and Kerry looks up and says, "Sweetie, do you know what that means?" And the girl replies, "She doesn't want to be naked." So Luka quickly lays a blue surgical drape over part of her chest, covering her breasts but still giving them access to what they need to work on.

I know it doesn't seem like a major thing since it was a 72-year old character and/or actress in a medical setting. But it is blurring the line just a bit. There was once a time when a couple wasn't shown in bed together. Then that line got crossed. They couldn't say "pregnant." Now they say that or any other of a slew of colloquialisms. It's not that some things aren't realistic and necessary to the plot. But standards and ethics put in place long ago are gradually getting swept under the rug.

A couple of years ago, the ABC drama "Once And Again" showed the first teenage same-sex kiss on network television. It was a simple, sweet kiss between two clothed, female actresses. It was just a kiss, right? But the actress were both 13 at the time. That's where I have a problem. Daytime soaps have already begun to cross the lines with "teen" characters having implied sex (heterosexual) although many "teens" are played by actors over 18. How long before they start having love scenes between actors under age 18 in the bedroom under the covers? Again, IMO, the kiss was not the actual problem. But where it could lead is. Could we be pushing the envelope on child exploitation and network TV?

Oh please SF. The 7-letter "G" word is nothing compared to the word "sn*w".

Please forgive me for sounding completely stupid.. But what is the 7 letter G word.. I have a pretty good idea lol but what is it..

gosh-darned...ahem

In all seriousness, here is my take on the curse word situation...

Being in high school, I definately hear where Stooge and others are coming from. I actually have no problem with teenagers cursing, as long as it's among their peers. It does get somewhat irritating when the F word is used seemingly every other word, as if that's the only adjective these kids know. But if used for emphasis, as the article suggests, it is fine with me. Again, it depends on where and when the word is being said. If you have common sense enough not to use it around adults, around the job, to your parents, to teachers, etc., then more power to you.

I disagree with the idea that if you use those words, you are somehow dumber, or not as refined as someone who doesn't. That's absurd. I curse around my friends, and yet my GPA is 4.5, I am top of my class, and I have never made below a B...EVER. I also have the decency not to do it around adults and ESPECIALLY not my family. If saying the F word around friends makes me uncouth or stupid in your eyes, then whatever. At least I know better.

As for airing the F word on network TV...I have no idea LOL...I guess we will see.

The "F" word's true defination is an extremely explicit word, why would it be "okay to say"???