Re: *OT* Re: [Swprograms] DOUBLE STANDARDS!

[jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

....which is amply demonstrated by the fact that some of those most appalled by the Janet Jackson fiasco are eagerly bringing their elementary school children to see Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" (which some critics have characterized as a two hour slow motion snuff film).

    As the saying goes, there's no accounting for some people's taste.

John Figliozzi

Keep in mind that "nipplegate" was really a microcosm of, and a lightning rod for, a broader hullabaloo over obscenity and indecency.  By the standards of some, lasciviousness is objectionable for different reasons than gore.

 

Some folks find one more objectionable than the other.

 

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Paul David

To: Shortwave programming discussion

Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 2:06 PM

Subject: [Swprograms] DOUBLE STANDARDS!

CBS TV is being rightly crucified in the UK by no less a person than Tony Blair for showing pictures of Princess Diana dying after the car crash in Paris in 1997.  The people who watch American TV are clearly operating double standards here.  Firstly, they round on CBS for daring to show Janet Jackson's breasts, an incident so trivial it hardly deserves comment.  Yet a couple of months later they sit in front of their TV screens watching many of the same CBS stations showing the sickening pictures of Princess Diana.  I hope and trust that those of you in the USA reading this message did not stoop so low as to watch your local CBS affiliates last night.

 

Certainly if I was a watcher of CBS TV in the States I would be writing to my local affiliate leaving them in no doubt that they should not have shown such pictures, which surely go beyond the pale!

 

Now, back to the short-wave wireless.

PAUL DAVID,
Wembley Park, United Kingdom

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