Comments on: POLL: Decency Standards http://www.thealley.org/2010/02/05/poll-decency-standards/ Follow Jesus, Live Love Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:26:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amber http://www.thealley.org/2010/02/05/poll-decency-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Amber Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:30:34 +0000 http://www.thealley.org/?p=1459#comment-209 Doug and I have this conversation quite often...I can't say I watched enough of the game on Sunday to comment on those, so I'll comment as a whole. I certainly fear what my kids will be watching when they are old enough to stay home alone with a night of TV. Where will decency be by that point as media continues to push the limits? As I'm mentally debating the appropriateness of something I'm watching, I often picture my father watching TV next to me. Would I have that uncomfortable, uneasy feeling that I used to get as a teenager watching a PG13 movie that contained a scene or 2 that stretched the limits of "1990s PG13"?? My answer is: YES, OFTEN!!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('209','Amber'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('209','Amber','Doug and I have this conversation quite often...I can\'t say I watched enough of the game on Sunday to comment on those, so I\'ll comment as a whole. \r\n\r\nI certainly fear what my kids will be watching when they are old enough to stay home alone with a night of TV. Where will decency be by that point as media continues to push the limits? \r\n\r\nAs I\'m mentally debating the appropriateness of something I\'m watching, I often picture my father watching TV next to me. Would I have that uncomfortable, uneasy feeling that I used to get as a teenager watching a PG13 movie that contained a scene or 2 that stretched the limits of \"1990s PG13\"?? My answer is: YES, OFTEN!!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Doug and I have this conversation quite often…I can’t say I watched enough of the game on Sunday to comment on those, so I’ll comment as a whole.

I certainly fear what my kids will be watching when they are old enough to stay home alone with a night of TV. Where will decency be by that point as media continues to push the limits?

As I’m mentally debating the appropriateness of something I’m watching, I often picture my father watching TV next to me. Would I have that uncomfortable, uneasy feeling that I used to get as a teenager watching a PG13 movie that contained a scene or 2 that stretched the limits of “1990s PG13″?? My answer is: YES, OFTEN!!

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]]> By: Tina Strelau http://www.thealley.org/2010/02/05/poll-decency-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Tina Strelau Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:35:48 +0000 http://www.thealley.org/?p=1459#comment-200 From an early age television served as a primary form of enjoyment for our family. Whether it was an award show or the super bowl, we'd get into our pjs early, pop some corn in the airpopper and set ourselves up in front of the tv to root for our favorites. I wasn't a bengals fan, but I liked their helmet so I rooted for them. As we got older we also watched for the commercials...mostly for the humor or something that was clever. I'm not sure that the current arguments of fairness over one ad being accepted and another being rejected are truly looking at it from an apples to apples standpoint. Particularly in the Tebow vs. ManCrunch debate. While the family viewing hour for the FCC was declared unconstitutional back in the 1970's they still have decency rules. However if you read the rules on their site, even they are able to apply their own standards of decency. http://www.fcc.gov/eb/oip/FAQ.html Sadly, I probably wouldn't have to explain to my 11 year old neighbor what ManCrunch's message is about. I probably wouldn't even have to explain to them what having an abortion meant either. Our children are being exposed to these topics at an earlier and earlier age. But if you apply which might be more offensive or indecent, mancrunch is more about the sexual nature of the hookup between packers fans and Tebow is more about the love between a mother for her son. Sure to cover their tracks they also said they had issues with the credit of the mancrunch people but really every time I even type mancrunch I cringe just as much as I do when any godaddy.com commercial comes on. There are just some images that no one really needs to see.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('200','Tina Strelau'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('200','Tina Strelau','From an early age television served as a primary form of enjoyment for our family. Whether it was an award show or the super bowl, we\'d get into our pjs early, pop some corn in the airpopper and set ourselves up in front of the tv to root for our favorites. I wasn\'t a bengals fan, but I liked their helmet so I rooted for them. As we got older we also watched for the commercials...mostly for the humor or something that was clever.\r\n\r\nI\'m not sure that the current arguments of fairness over one ad being accepted and another being rejected are truly looking at it from an apples to apples standpoint. Particularly in the Tebow vs. ManCrunch debate.\r\n\r\nWhile the family viewing hour for the FCC was declared unconstitutional back in the 1970\'s they still have decency rules. However if you read the rules on their site, even they are able to apply their own standards of decency. http:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/eb\/oip\/FAQ.html\r\n\r\nSadly, I probably wouldn\'t have to explain to my 11 year old neighbor what ManCrunch\'s message is about. I probably wouldn\'t even have to explain to them what having an abortion meant either. Our children are being exposed to these topics at an earlier and earlier age. \r\n\r\nBut if you apply which might be more offensive or indecent, mancrunch is more about the sexual nature of the hookup between packers fans and Tebow is more about the love between a mother for her son. \r\n\r\nSure to cover their tracks they also said they had issues with the credit of the mancrunch people but really every time I even type mancrunch I cringe just as much as I do when any godaddy.com commercial comes on. There are just some images that no one really needs to see.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> From an early age television served as a primary form of enjoyment for our family. Whether it was an award show or the super bowl, we’d get into our pjs early, pop some corn in the airpopper and set ourselves up in front of the tv to root for our favorites. I wasn’t a bengals fan, but I liked their helmet so I rooted for them. As we got older we also watched for the commercials…mostly for the humor or something that was clever.

I’m not sure that the current arguments of fairness over one ad being accepted and another being rejected are truly looking at it from an apples to apples standpoint. Particularly in the Tebow vs. ManCrunch debate.

While the family viewing hour for the FCC was declared unconstitutional back in the 1970′s they still have decency rules. However if you read the rules on their site, even they are able to apply their own standards of decency. http://www.fcc.gov/eb/oip/FAQ.html

Sadly, I probably wouldn’t have to explain to my 11 year old neighbor what ManCrunch’s message is about. I probably wouldn’t even have to explain to them what having an abortion meant either. Our children are being exposed to these topics at an earlier and earlier age.

But if you apply which might be more offensive or indecent, mancrunch is more about the sexual nature of the hookup between packers fans and Tebow is more about the love between a mother for her son.

Sure to cover their tracks they also said they had issues with the credit of the mancrunch people but really every time I even type mancrunch I cringe just as much as I do when any godaddy.com commercial comes on. There are just some images that no one really needs to see.

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