gauper_kid Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Who here has seen the show Weeds? F-bombs and nudity aren't censored which is odd for a TV show in America. Isn't that show on HBO? Because for some reason HBO doesn't get censored as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmcannibalism Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Who here has seen the show Weeds? F-bombs and nudity aren't censored which is odd for a TV show in America. Isn't that show on HBO? Because for some reason HBO doesn't get censored as much. I don't know the specifics but that has to do with the fact that HBO isn't part of "basic" programming. Television is looked at sort of like a utility; the government regulates the basic level; but if you want to buy television+ they don't regulate the +. Orthodoxy is unconciousnessthe only ones who should kill are those who are prepared to be killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gauper_kid Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Who here has seen the show Weeds? F-bombs and nudity aren't censored which is odd for a TV show in America. Isn't that show on HBO? Because for some reason HBO doesn't get censored as much. I don't know the specifics but that has to do with the fact that HBO isn't part of "basic" programming. Television is looked at sort of like a utility; the government regulates the basic level; but if you want to buy television+ they don't regulate the +. I figured it was something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenrir321 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 7 words can't be said on Us television by law. Anything else, you just need to slap on a "ESRB" like rating on thetop left hand corner and you're safe. You might lose views with different demographics, but it's legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepole Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Weeds is on Showtime actually but it is what you call Pay or Premium television and they don't have to follow the strict guidelines of the FCC.. Also the ESRB is not the US television rating system it is called "TV Parental Guidelines". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furah Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I was kinda sad when they censored the c word on Good News Week one week. :( Still, I kinda like them not censoring as much, I really hate watching a show and hearing that beep. It kinda ruins the fun. Steam | PM me for BBM PIN Nine naked men is a technological achievement. Quote of 2013. PCGamingWiki - Let's fix PC gaming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Even Nickolodeon's laying down some things...I was watching George Lopez and a GI Joe commerical came up. In the song it said "American Bad[wagon]". On Nick. Wow. :lol: Stretch that. They've changed it. Now you only near "American Bad-". :lol: "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furah Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Well I live in the UK and the censorship has always been more loose than America and many other countries and I haven't noticed a change here recently so I guess all of you are finally catching up with us! ;-) I believe I saw a German Axe ad where two girls in bikinis started rubbing it all over each other and giggling. Gotta say, I'd love to see more of those in America. :\ To Germany then? *packs bags* Steam | PM me for BBM PIN Nine naked men is a technological achievement. Quote of 2013. PCGamingWiki - Let's fix PC gaming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barihawk Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 For some reason in America you can say "God damnit", but the "God" part is censored. Not to be an [wagon]...but did you really just ask why god would be "protected" in America? Yes, I did. You can have characters shout "Jesus Christ!" and other stuff like that that would be considered "blasphemous", but you can't say that one thing in particular? It's for the Jewish. Saying God is considered blasphemous (instead you see them type "G-d." With the above mentioned profanity being more heinous than the F word could ever be. That's why. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 For some reason in America you can say "God damnit", but the "God" part is censored. Not to be an [wagon]...but did you really just ask why god would be "protected" in America? Yes, I did. You can have characters shout "Jesus Christ!" and other stuff like that that would be considered "blasphemous", but you can't say that one thing in particular? It's for the Jewish. Saying God is considered blasphemous (instead you see them type "G-d." With the above mentioned profanity being more heinous than the F word could ever be. That's why. <3% of the World's population are Jewish, yet they still keep a loud voice. :lol: "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riku3220 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Please tell me I wasn't the only person to think "What the hell is heart percent?" when I read Nick's post. :wall: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Please tell me I wasn't the only person to think "What the hell is heart percent?" when I read Nick's post. :wall: :lol: :lol: :lol: That was funny. :lol: "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Look at the skit preformed by george carlin "The 7 words you cannot say on TV" (Warning. Bad language. Obviously.). He was arrested for proforming that becuase he "broke the peace". Now, those words are used all over TV. So, censorship is changing, slowly but surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1roddad1 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 IMO, censorship isn't needed if people can respond to it in a mature and correct matter. Example: My dog is a (Cabbage). the "B" word, by definition, means ugly female dog. :| There are three sides to any argument: your side, my side and the right side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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