(14-02-2011 15:16 )StanTheMan Wrote: (13-02-2011 03:30 )nailpouchofmine Wrote: ...people getting blown to pieces...kicked to death,being pushed over the edge of a cliff...being disintregrated by an alien weapon,cut in half by a light beam,having their eyes gauged out...beheaded,whipped,eaten by sharks,run over by cars,shot to death by gunfire......
This just sums up Ofcom and I find it incredible that they've never been asked to justify their stance on violence Vs consentual pornography.
Christ almighty!! What sort of person is happy for rape scenes to go out on fta channels, but not consentual pornography???
My widowed grandmother watches almost nothing
but cop shows, detective dramas and murder mysteries. Pretty much all day long (apart from a bit of Ken Bruce in the morning, and that's only cos Alibi hasn't got anything really juicy on at that time).
So, every concievable violent crime (especially sex-crimes and crimes against minors in 'Law & Order; SVU' - a particular favourite) and many of the crime scenes and "vics", if not always the actual crime, shown in fairly graphic detail.
To be fair, she used to leaven it out with a bit of medical drama (horrific accidents, people dying before their time, dying, dying, mutilation with heavy machinery, more tragic death) and some soaps (massive rows, illicit affairs, beatings, theft, arson, incest, rape, murder, murder, murder...), so it wasn't
all murder, murder, murder.
And what has been the effect of all this acceptable, family-friendly, Ofcom-approved bullshit? She is a paranoid delusional, quite convinced that the world is an insanely dangerous place (see Ep1 of Charlie Broooker's excellent 'How TV Ruined Your Life', for a better rundown of the mechanics of 'Mean World Syndrome') and that very little happens outside the house that isn't bad. She almost never smiles or laughs.
So, thanks a lot Ofcom; we can depress and frighten ourselves all we want with sanctioned televised negativity, but for those of us who want a bit of titillation to take the edge of this miserable heap of shite we universally refer to as Modern British Life?
Well, no, we can politely f### off.