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RE: Ofcom Discussion
(13-02-2012 19:35 )Scottishbloke Wrote: Ofcom's argument could be used in the same way that it is for an over 18 to buy alcohol and cigarettes and then take it home to give to their kids, infact underage smoking and drinking causes more harm such as death than a minor accidently stumbling upon the adult channels, so what if they did, would it actually cause them any widespread harm, no certainly not, all Ofcom's theories and beliefs are built on what if scenaria's with absolutely no concrete evidence to support there conclusions one bit
a minor accidentaly coming across adult material is part of growing up and i think i speak on behalf of the majority when i say that every school boy used to either search for their dads mags or pop round their mates to watch a porno on a manky old video some one had chucked out, its hardly relavant in what harm it causes ,there has not been a case what i know of where sexually explicit sex being seen has provoked a rape or assault ,if widespread nudity is available be it educational or not a teenage boy will watch it for the same reason ,the opposite sex naked is a turn on which ever way it is portrayed ,only if its entertainment ofcom and them alone find it offensive ,a twisted bunch or rustlers who"s depraved childhood reflects their views on censorship !
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blackjaques
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RE: Ofcom Discussion
(13-02-2012 19:35 )Scottishbloke Wrote: Ofcom's argument could be used in the same way that it is for an over 18 to buy alcohol and cigarettes and then take it home to give to their kids, infact underage smoking and drinking causes more harm such as death than a minor accidently stumbling upon the adult channels, so what if they did, would it actually cause them any widespread harm, no certainly not, all Ofcom's theories and beliefs are built on what if scenaria's with absolutely no concrete evidence to support there conclusions one bit
I think we all accept, though, that whatever Ofcon say about protection of children in their code, the truth is that it's not, nor has it ever been, a case of them looking to protect kids. That is just the justifiable smoke screen to carry on censoring explicit sex on UK tv.
One of their senior figures, not that long ago in a newspaper interview, said that R18 was "inappropriate". No mention of protecting kids; none at all.
They don't want it but there's nothing we can do about it as they must be being supported by central govt.
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Ofcom talk about a gradual transition after the watershed but really are guilty of confused thinking. The News and documentaries can show mutilated corpses from the latest tragedy a few minutes after 9pm, Channel 4 can show topless pole dancers in a documentary within seconds of 9pm, action adventure movies and the occasional gruesome horror movie are generally clear from 10pm. South Park liberally uses phrases like Motherf**ker shortly after 9pm as well as making endless antisemitic jokes.
The film Antichrist featured full penetration in the opening minutes and was shown, repeatedly, at 10pm.
Dexter glamourises serial killing and vigilante action. Also the police work shown sometimes features gory body parts. It is shown at 10. The Walking Dead (also 10pm) features animated corposes.
So, broadly speaking, the supposed clear dividing line is more of a smudge extending from 9 to 10pm, which is bad news for shift workers who are efectively denied an adult life, but after 10 anything goes.
Except adult content.
For adult content there is 3 hour transition, up to midnight.
Apart from adverts for subscription sex channels. They can show breasts, mild lesbianism, knickers, non explicit copulation in trailers before 10pm because they are adverts.
Its not even clear before 9pm. Ofcom has an expectation that younger children go to bed from 6pm on, so content at 8 or 9pm can be teen friendly and a little raunchy, but unsuitable for 10 year olds. Unless its enjoyable, like Christina Aguilera on XFactor, in which case content can be inside the guidelines for prewatershed content, and still get the channel into trouble.
The original idea from early BBC and ITV days was that the watershed was a sharp dividing line with hard hitting news and controversail plays starting on the dot of 9.
These days there is a transition lasting between 30 seconds and 3 hours and it seems Ofcom recognises different grades of 18, unlike the BBCF and Tescos.
Gone fishing
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RE: Ofcom Discussion
what so channel 4 can open leg no other channel can itwa caled enbrassing bodies they up close of women vagina
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Scottishbloke
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I think one of the problems we have with Ofcom is that SKY TV themselves are partly to blame for the censorship shambles that we now find outselves in. Why well first of all a total lack of European Channels other than TV5 MONDE which eccles has allready highlighted is more or less focussed on such things such as a group of pissed off French farmers, hardly erotic now is it and also to broadcast on the Eurobird 28.2 degree satelite which nobody else in Europe uses apart from us and Ireland or broadcasts from as they use either Astra 1 at 19.2 degree's or Hotbird at 13 degree's. This is turn makes it so much easier for Ofcom to rule with an Iron stick. If we used the same 19.2 satelite that SKY used to broadcast from prior to going digital in 1998 it would just make Ofcom regulation very difficult and they'd have to accept defeat and instead do exactly what there predecessors the ITC (Please come back all is forgiven) done and simply turn a blind eye to the rest of the channels apart from the mainstream ones, but in saying that the ITC compared to Ofcom were fair, only coming down hard on any channel that didn't obey the watershed rules. Most notably TFI Friday on Channel 4 when it used to go out live on channel 4 at 6PM. Oh how society and censorship has gotten worse in the last 10 years from the liberal 90's to the victorian 2000's.
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blackjaques
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(03-03-2012 22:58 )fedup Wrote: Freeview channal 20 called Reality has just shown "My penis and i"..It has been on channel 4 and is about a man and his small penis,its full of reall mens penises full and close up..This is real life NOT PORN. Anyhow what got me was the inclusion of photos of his genatalia when he was young just like "DADDY CARE"screened on channel 4 these past few weeks has done..So this sick fucks are resorting to kiddie porn now in this world of indecent images and peadeophilia..I have done usual complaints and want to see ofcoms outcome but have wrote to my MP on this sick matter..So this year ive seen over 200 real not porn penises on freeview tv and not one vagina..Ed richards is looking decidely turning to child pornographic images to irritate us ,ha well no comment on these forums.
I think the situation fits nicely into my theory that Ofcon have a pathological fear of the UK's male heterosexual population becoming out of control in relation to porn usage.
They are not too worried about gay porn as this is a minority pastime.
Hetro porn, on the other hand, is another matter. Needs to be controlled, see.
Well done for continually fighting the cause, sir.
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