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The word you can't say on "i" is "God"...

jal41

jal41

...at least if you are not refering to the Creator.

On this past weekends showing of "WarGames", one of the characters says "For God's sake" in the movie. But "i' muted the "God" part.

This is totally rediculous. I don't understand why they did that. It was not profanity. Even though they air local and national church services in the mornings, they are not a religious outfit that specializes in catering to evangelicals.

This is like the time The Family Channel (under Pat Robertson's reign) in the mid 90's bleeped out the word "hell" in several movies when characters would say "What the hell are you doing here" or such. Given who owned them at the time, I could understand where they were coming from (but I didn't like what they were doing one bit).

If I were Sony (who owns the "WarGames" copyright) or anyone who licenses content to networks, I would have put in a clause in the license agreement saying that you cannot edit the work for any reason without the copyright owners permission, and then I would enforce it when it comes to matters like this. Steven Spielberg was good at this when he licensed "Saving Private Ryan" to ABC (only to have 60 FCC-fearing stations preempt it).

If it is not profane, it it is not indecent, if it meats FCC requirements (which I don't agree with), then DON'T EDIT THE DAMN THING!

I'll save my rants for time compression for later.
 
Many religions you can't say God. I know of some faiths where you must write GOD not God.

Why do you think there are so many names for Jesus? Some faiths prefer to refer to him by the Greek equivilent of Emmanuel.

It's kind of odd "white" people don't name their kid Jesus but Latinos do.

There was God, Jehovah, Yahweh (actually spelled YHWH). Some faiths take the commandment "Though shalt not take the lord's name in vain," literally and do not use it except in direct prayer.
 
Very interesting.

Sounds like my Grandma is doing the editing over there. "Darn, Drat, Shoot, Heck, Crud, Drat, Doggone it, Gosh, Golly, Sheesh, Gee Whiz, and Geeze" are all Curses and indecent to be uttered according to her. The only difference between her and the FCC is that she won't complain unless the person who spoke is actualy present. She doesn't care about the verbage on TV. She could care less because she can't lecture the actors on the tube.
 
"This is like the time The Family Channel (under Pat Robertson's reign) in the mid 90's bleeped out the word "hell" in several movies when characters would say "What the hell are you doing here" or such. Given who owned them at the time, I could understand where they were coming from (but I didn't like what they were doing one bit)."

It seems in the last year or so The Family Channel was under the watchful eye of Pat Robertson one of their offerings included the movie "Caddyshack". Of course much of it was edited but one line slipped through. During the scene where Rodney Dangerfieid's character was haulin' across the harbor a plane flew overhead. Rodney's reaction was, "I almost got head from Amelia Earhart!", and The Family Channel aired it just like that. Whoops!
 
GOOD LORD!

"i" is adding Mama's Family, which has some choice words in every episode. This isn't going to be pretty.

"The neighbors are just gonna love this".
 
jal41 said:
...at least if you are not refering to the Creator.

On this past weekends showing of "WarGames", one of the characters says "For God's sake" in the movie. But "i' muted the "God" part.

This is totally rediculous. I don't understand why they did that. It was not profanity. Even though they air local and national church services in the mornings, they are not a religious outfit that specializes in catering to evangelicals.
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I find the use - or misuse - of God's name in television shows offensive and profane, so if "i" wants to respect my values, then I say more power to them.

And if they wish to cater to evangelicals, why do you care? Change the channel. Or turn the TV off. You have that choice. You have umpteen TV choices that cater to your tastes; I have 1 that caters to mine. If you want the movie with all the curse words, rent the video. It's gotta be cheap enough. And you don't have to sit through all of the commercials which IMO are even more annoying than a bleeped-out word.
 
I know i saw Wargames on I and was disgusted by all the spam on it!! (Commercials) and i noticed they blocked out certain words......

Its funny,they are a christian station and they are AFRAID OF THE WORD GOD???

I turned it off after 5 minutes outta disgust..I'd rather watch my VHS copy which is unedited.....
 
Bozell and his Parents Television Council must be proud..."i" is their favorite network.

Then again, to their credit, taking the lord's name in vain is probably the most broken commandment...
 
It's funny you should mention the evanglists, because many of their contracts with "i" are not being renewed. Live Prayer and Morris Cerullo have already been shown the door.
 
radiorob2.0 said:
So it's safe to assume when the day comes when "i" airs "Pulp Fiction" that their will be lots of editing :)
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I remember a few years ago when MAD TV did a spoof of what would happen if PAX aired the Sopranos. Basically the show aired from 9 P.M. to 9:03 P.M. because of all the editing ;D.
 
The Dude said:
I know i saw Wargames on I and was disgusted by all the spam on it!! (Commercials) and i noticed they blocked out certain words......

Its funny,they are a christian station and they are AFRAID OF THE WORD GOD???

I turned it off after 5 minutes outta disgust..I'd rather watch my VHS copy which is unedited.....
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No, they're not afraid of the word "God". They just realize that misuse and abuse of the name is offensive to many.
 
aarontabr said:
radiorob2.0 said:
So it's safe to assume when the day comes when "i" airs "Pulp Fiction" that their will be lots of editing :)
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I remember a few years ago when MAD TV did a spoof of what would happen if PAX aired the Sopranos. Basically the show aired from 9 P.M. to 9:03 P.M. because of all the editing ;D.
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Funny, that same thought crossed my mind as well.

And for those that missed it, here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_5XYmALfVs&mode=related&search=MAD TV Sopranos skit

Robyn
 
dhett said:
jal41 said:
...at least if you are not refering to the Creator.

On this past weekends showing of "WarGames", one of the characters says "For God's sake" in the movie. But "i' muted the "God" part.

This is totally rediculous. I don't understand why they did that. It was not profanity. Even though they air local and national church services in the mornings, they are not a religious outfit that specializes in catering to evangelicals.
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I find the use - or misuse - of God's name in television shows offensive and profane, so if "i" wants to respect my values, then I say more power to them.

And if they wish to cater to evangelicals, why do you care? Change the channel. Or turn the TV off. You have that choice. You have umpteen TV choices that cater to your tastes; I have 1 that caters to mine. If you want the movie with all the curse words, rent the video. It's gotta be cheap enough. And you don't have to sit through all of the commercials which IMO are even more annoying than a bleeped-out word.
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I'm sorry but this made me laugh...thats what we say to the holly rollers that want every thing cut out of all the secular stuff, and file complaint after complaint to the FCC and lobby congress for higher fines for indecency (but whats indecent)but you better not say anything about their programming (if you don't like it change the channel..haha). Sorry I just find it funny...thank GOD for grey market (aka unedited, non pc broadcasting).
 
Steve said:
dhett said:
I find the use - or misuse - of God's name in television shows offensive and profane, so if "i" wants to respect my values, then I say more power to them.

And if they wish to cater to evangelicals, why do you care? Change the channel. Or turn the TV off. You have that choice. You have umpteen TV choices that cater to your tastes; I have 1 that caters to mine. If you want the movie with all the curse words, rent the video. It's gotta be cheap enough. And you don't have to sit through all of the commercials which IMO are even more annoying than a bleeped-out word.
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I'm sorry but this made me laugh...thats what we say to the holly rollers that want every thing cut out of all the secular stuff, and file complaint after complaint to the FCC and lobby congress for higher fines for indecency (but whats indecent)but you better not say anything about their programming (if you don't like it change the channel..haha). Sorry I just find it funny...thank GOD for grey market (aka unedited, non pc broadcasting).
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I suppose that would be funny if you were one to stereotype all "holy rollers" as complaining to the FCC about everything. You probably also find it funny that not all Black people like fried chicken and watermelon or that not all Mexicans in the US are here illegally.
 
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I'm sorry but this made me laugh...thats what we say to the holly rollers that want every thing cut out of all the secular stuff, and file complaint after complaint to the FCC and lobby congress for higher fines for indecency (but whats indecent)but you better not say anything about their programming (if you don't like it change the channel..haha). Sorry I just find it funny...thank GOD for grey market (aka unedited, non pc broadcasting).
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I suppose that would be funny if you were one to stereotype all "holy rollers" as complaining to the FCC about everything. You probably also find it funny that not all Black people like fried chicken and watermelon or that not all Mexicans in the US are here illegally.
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No I don't and I didnt say All
 
dhett said:
No, they're not afraid of the word "God". They just realize that misuse and abuse of the name is offensive to many.
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If they realize that, then why do they broadcast Satan's Infomercals (pay for pray)?
 
Satan's infomercials? If you're talking about the televangelists who actually preach the Word of God, you have to go to TBN and Daystar for those. Pay for pray? I don't sign off 100% on what they're doing, but if you know any that would refuse to pray for someone who didn't make a donation, I recommend that you gather up the evidence and out them at once. I'll be right by you demanding their head. OTOH, I was in Wilkes-Barre PA over the weekend and passed by plenty of Catholic churches advertising the hundreds of thousands of dollars they've raised in their "appeals". This in an area of mostly poor and elderly. I guess different groups have their own ways of raising money. Both should read the Bible sometime and find out how they're supposed to take care of church business.

But back to the original topic, there's nothing wrong with "i" removing offensive references to God.
 
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