How voting is done

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a05ze6bV0saA&refer=us
This article leaves a few questions unanswered. For example, who decides what is decent and what is indecent? How is it that "the expletive for excrement" is indecent but "excrement" is decent? Why is it unacceptable to use a word for dietary waste products, yet to take the name of God in vain is perfectly acceptable...and I am willing to bet that certain other words that might be "unacceptable" are perfectly fine if you use the euphemism...which means the same thing.
I found it interesting that when complaints are declining 86%, fines are rising in both quantity and amount. Maybe it would be better if instead of complaining but continuing to watch, people voted with their remote and changed the channel. That would actually accomplish something. Instead of coercing people into changing something you don't want changed (the rather hypocritical message sent by complaining about something you continue to do), try changing yourself.

2 comments:

Riot Kitty said...

I totally agree with you about voting with the remote. Censorship is the road to government control!

Unknown said...

I would vote with the remote, except I can never find it... is that it... no. Just an old cookie. I wonder if it's toxic. Well based on that previous post I don't think it'll kill me. If I can just find a spork, it's down the hatch with that sucker.