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Comcast Promoting "Adult" Programming
- Thread starter MarcB
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I noticed that too !!!
Comcast isn't the only one though, I have seen Direct TV doing the very same thing in the past. I guess the attitude is that if channels like Spike TV can air ads such as for those "Girls Gone Wild" DVDs or "Jerry Springer...Too Hot For TV', not too mention the number of local radio stations promoting strip clubs and other forms of "adult entertainment", then Comcast might as well do the same as well with their adult programming.
Comcast isn't the only one though, I have seen Direct TV doing the very same thing in the past. I guess the attitude is that if channels like Spike TV can air ads such as for those "Girls Gone Wild" DVDs or "Jerry Springer...Too Hot For TV', not too mention the number of local radio stations promoting strip clubs and other forms of "adult entertainment", then Comcast might as well do the same as well with their adult programming.
Charter does it too where I am. But it's very limited to where adults would obviously be watching (Comedy Central and Adult Swim), and only after 10pm. The commercials they have are awful though and have not convinced me to watch at all (well, the $15-per-show price did that to begin with 
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One of them has a man and women so invested in watching their programming that a demolition crew tears down a house as they watch. This is wrong on so many levels;
1. The obvious "the electricity should be turned off already" problem.
2. They're both watching fully clothed as if they're both sitting down to an episode of "24".
3. The woman is a bit too invested in those shows to be believable.
4. Um, sorry folks, we're not watching The Erotic Networks for their award winning film plotlines that would shame Shakespeare like you are :.
).One of them has a man and women so invested in watching their programming that a demolition crew tears down a house as they watch. This is wrong on so many levels;
1. The obvious "the electricity should be turned off already" problem.
2. They're both watching fully clothed as if they're both sitting down to an episode of "24".
3. The woman is a bit too invested in those shows to be believable.
4. Um, sorry folks, we're not watching The Erotic Networks for their award winning film plotlines that would shame Shakespeare like you are :
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DToTheJ said:
I do but looking back now a lot of uprorar was due to the Jerry Falwell types who were telling their flocks about Playboy "coming to your TV" , of course when they told such stuff it was done without the mentioning of the word CABLE.
Of course this was during the days of rumors that nudity and actual sex would be coming to regular over-the-air TV such as that so called "deal" between Larry Flynt and ABC that would give Hustler Magazine total control over "Three's Company". I still remember my best friend at the time telling me about a "future" scene of that show he had heard about where Jack, Chrissy, Janet AND THE ROPERS were all going to get into bed naked together and have group sex. As stupid as that sounds, a lot of people believed it since they heard it either from their pastor at church or from a friend of a friend's mother-in-law's sister's ex-husband or whatever.
Of course in the end Hustler did come to TV...through the sale/rental of home video tapes.
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FreddyE1977
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MarcB said:
Comcast is in the process of changing it's name to Xfinity.
I guess we all know what the "X" stands for now...
FreddyE1977 said:
We don't really have to worry until they change their name to XXXfinity. ;D
On a more practical note, I can't believe anyone actually buys porn anymore. You can find anything you want--with as much specificity as you crave--on dozens and dozens of free streaming sites.
Not that I would know about such things... ;D
Not that I would know about such things... ;D
raptusregaliter said:
Even in this day and age I am pretty sure there are still a few places in the US where porn is illegal, even including the downloading of porn. I would imagine if one lives in a place where porn is not allowed then the ISP addresses of those who live in such an area, the porn would be blocked. I believe there are a few counties even today where even the receiving of mail order porn is a big no no. For those people who live in those areas, if they want porn then they have to drive a ways to get it.
Also despite I am sure the tons of internet adult sites out there there are some porn which still isn't available online such as a good many of the Ron Jeremy films for example and Ron's a big star in the world of X. Wouldn't surprise me if Jeremy does this on purpose just to keep those dirty book stores open .
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FreddyE1977
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I remember that Warner QUBE did not end up bringing cable to my neighborhood in Pittsburgh until very
late in 1982. That was partly due to the rough terrain around here, but mostly due to a nearly endless
series of public hearings and meetings regarding the awarding of the cable franchise. Those hearings
went on for years. One of the members of the committee was a Catholic Monk who was bound and determined
that whomever got the contract would be contractually barred from offering any porn channels. I believe that
the 1984 rewrite of the telecom laws stripped that power away from the locals. A whole lot of fuss and bother to
come up with a contract to keep porn off the cable for two years.
late in 1982. That was partly due to the rough terrain around here, but mostly due to a nearly endless
series of public hearings and meetings regarding the awarding of the cable franchise. Those hearings
went on for years. One of the members of the committee was a Catholic Monk who was bound and determined
that whomever got the contract would be contractually barred from offering any porn channels. I believe that
the 1984 rewrite of the telecom laws stripped that power away from the locals. A whole lot of fuss and bother to
come up with a contract to keep porn off the cable for two years.
bk77 said:
I seriously doubt there is any state, county or municipality anywhere in the United States that blocks internet content - regardless of whether or not purchasing or possessing pornography is illegal there. It would be too complicated. This isn't China.
Even businesses that try to block content on their servers to their employees run into problems. I remember an ABC newsman complaining a few years ago that he was unable to do internet research on breast cancer because the ABC servers had software installed that blocked access to 'adult' content...and apparently anything associated with "breasts" was included.
And even if you're living in the most conservative county in Utah or Kansas - people don't access the internet through government servers, so there's no easy way for the government to block, even if they wanted to.
It's called the Worldwide web for a reason. There is a lot of extreme porn that is frowned upon in the U.S.A. (good taste prevents me from being specific) that is nevertheless available to anybody with a computer and internet access. Most of these extreme sites are offshore - usually in Europe.
Er...not that I would know about such things... ;D
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FreddyE1977
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Lkeller said:
Even businesses that try to block content on their servers to their employees run into problems. I remember an ABC newsman complaining a few years ago that he was unable to do internet research on breast cancer because the ABC servers had software installed that blocked access to 'adult' content...and apparently anything associated with "breasts" was included.
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I worked for a company a few years ago who brought in a paid consultant to train us all how to use social networking
sites like MySpace and Facebook for recruiting and business development. Within five minutes somebody put their hand up and told him that our company blocked access to all of those sites through our network. Needless to say it was probably the World's Shortest Seminar.
VCR's and the Internet- the two best things to ever happen to pornography. Its almost comical in 2010 that there was ever debate about what consenting adults should have the right to view in the privacy of their homes.
Pornography, especially in the internet age, has become so mainstream that it does seem funny that someone would pay to watch something that is free and readily available on the internet. With that said, I think cable providers have done a decent job at policing themselves as far as keeping the tabs on what children can access as far as "adult" entertainment, probably far better than most parents do at monitor their children's internet usage and exposure to pornography online.
For all of the ranting and raving that far-right political and religious groups created over pornography, it was obviously a losing battle. These groups like to think that exposure or even the possibility of exposure desensitizes us to obscene material. As any sociologist would point out, though, the rate of incidence for sexual assault, rape, molestation and other sex crimes have all decreased since the advent of readily available pornography in American homes. Prohibition always leads to depravity.
Pornography, especially in the internet age, has become so mainstream that it does seem funny that someone would pay to watch something that is free and readily available on the internet. With that said, I think cable providers have done a decent job at policing themselves as far as keeping the tabs on what children can access as far as "adult" entertainment, probably far better than most parents do at monitor their children's internet usage and exposure to pornography online.
For all of the ranting and raving that far-right political and religious groups created over pornography, it was obviously a losing battle. These groups like to think that exposure or even the possibility of exposure desensitizes us to obscene material. As any sociologist would point out, though, the rate of incidence for sexual assault, rape, molestation and other sex crimes have all decreased since the advent of readily available pornography in American homes. Prohibition always leads to depravity.
It never seems to amaze me with the religious groups who think sex is bad. Um. How do you think you got here? Hatched from an egg like a chicken?
There was also an uproar when a "big-box" adult store announced it was opening in Southington, Connecticut across the street from Walmart along the main route through town. People were fighting it and fighting it. I personally never got what the issues was. The store sells Lingiure, t-shirts, adult gag gifts, and only a small amount of dvds. The store finally opened about a month ago and one woman who claims she lives across the street from it still complaining about it. The people leaving comments about the article about her have nicknamed her "No Sex". She lives across from the store? Where does she live? The Walmart Parking lot? There are apartments across from the store, but you can not see the store from the apartments.
As for myself if I had girlfriend or wife I'd gladly go there. Since I don't, I have no reason too. Furthermore I'd rather see that store there than have the store sitting vacant. It was formerly Ethan Allen Furniture Store.
There was also an uproar when a "big-box" adult store announced it was opening in Southington, Connecticut across the street from Walmart along the main route through town. People were fighting it and fighting it. I personally never got what the issues was. The store sells Lingiure, t-shirts, adult gag gifts, and only a small amount of dvds. The store finally opened about a month ago and one woman who claims she lives across the street from it still complaining about it. The people leaving comments about the article about her have nicknamed her "No Sex". She lives across from the store? Where does she live? The Walmart Parking lot? There are apartments across from the store, but you can not see the store from the apartments.
As for myself if I had girlfriend or wife I'd gladly go there. Since I don't, I have no reason too. Furthermore I'd rather see that store there than have the store sitting vacant. It was formerly Ethan Allen Furniture Store.
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