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I saw on the news this last week that some people in Michigan were protesting against a local access show that appears on their cable station in wee hours of the morning. This show may be vulgar and disgusting, but that still gives them no reason to remove the show. The government has no right or reason to remove a show due to its content. The people who make the show may be disgusting but they do have a right to perform the crap. The government may not have the power to remove the show, but the viewers do. The most powerful TV programing tool invented was the remote control. If viewers are not watching the show then the executives of the station will remove the show because it will not be profitable. The particular show in question is being aired after midnight. Small children should not be seeing it. If they are then their parents should be sending them off to bed because kids should not be up that late. I am sure that most of the people protesting the show have never seen it. I know that my mother always told everyone how disgusting and inappropriate Married With Children was, but she had never seen the show. How could she know? If the few people that are up in the wee hours of the morning want to see raunchy television then they should be allowed to watch raunchy television. That is how America works. If the majority of the people want something then that is what they get. The bottom line is, if you don't like something that is on television then you have the right to turn it off. If television gets to the point that there is nothing that you want to watch then you can stop watching television altogether. It will probably be better for you because you can get off your duff and actually do something. You're probably also the kind of person that tells us how good the world was before we had TV. Enjoy yourself with your television and don't forget that the viewers ultimately control what is seen on TV. |
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