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Some People just love there censorship.
Me, I live in Canada, so such things are usually viewed from a distance. When TSN edits stuff out, it just looks like bad camera work, and while it would have been fun to watch to have watched Hall and Nash fight 3 loose women, it was IMO no big loss(Also admitedly it was 4:45 PM locally).

I see so much about the PTC and after reading some of your columns here I had to check out what they are all about.

>From the way I understood there press conference release (http://pwbts.com/press.html ) according to Mr Bozell they seem mainly to be concerned with....well they think the US Military shouldn't be associated with something violent. (Gee Hope he doesn't start watching John Wayne Films, or Saving Private Ryan).

He also refers to a Mockery of U.S. Presidents, which the Press Release later clarifies (Some people missed this point in there comments) as something that happened on the Fox Show The Family Guy. (They also complained about some other Fox show, Action...I never heard of it, but what do I know?)

I personally did not see the Episode of Family guy where this terrible scene was shown, but knowing the show, I am sure it was both Funny and clearly NOT presented as an accurate histoical portrayal of Your President Lincoln, and General's Grant and Lee naked with Prostitutes.

Also if you read one point in that Press Conference, they throw in The Late Owen Hart's Death as WIndow Dressing.
It has no real leading up to comment. It was clearly done to make the them sound they were addressing a very serious issue. The Fact that His Death was not a result of VIOLENCE was not mentioned of course.

Also I think the U.S Military showing Recruiting ads during a show that has young people watching violent confrontations might not be all that bad? I mean would the PTC be happier if the U.S. Armed Forces consisted of individuals recruited from ads run during "Winning at Chess Weekly"?

Point is, I agree that these shows (WWF Raw etc, even the family guy) may not be appropriate for children, and if I had kids, I likely would NOT let them watch such shows unless I was sure they were ready for them....

But as I don't, (And even if I did) I don't see where they have the right to decide that a little harmless SIMULATED violence Is something I can't watch.

I wonder what the PTC thinks of the fact that last Friday, a HOLIDAY WEEKEND, when kids across the country were home watching TV, TBS played 24 hours of Movies Starring Clint Eastwood, where he played quiet, mean characters that beat up, injured and Killed a whole Whack of guys? Or what of TBS' 15 days of 007? Here we have a secret agent who kills, sleeps with various women, as well as drinks, smokes, and is involved with many big explosions, and we get to see at least 2 movies a night and more on the weekends of this?

How is the WWF so much worse than this?

Heck I love Eastwood Western's. If I have the Time, I'll watch every Bond Film ever made.

What next, Will they prevent us from watching Hockey games where Tie Domi (Known for fighting, famous for having a Head that feels like hitting a bowling ball) is present? Or will NFL games edit out QB Sacks?

Let us all imagine the PTC's Perfect world one fine Sunday afternoon

Announcer: "Bottom of the Third, Here's the Pitch..OHHHH He hit the batter who is coming to the mound and....at this point folks, I will start reading chapters from the bible.
"And he looked upon his creation, and it was good...."
Now things are ....starting up again after that..uh...rain delay that saw the batter ejected.

Okay maybe I'm being a little extreme, but the whole Idea that people who might be watching violence on wrestling will have a lesser opinion of the Military for advertising on this show is ludicrous. In fact if anything, the content is perfect for the fact that Wrestling draws such high ratings (Implying people are watching it) that it is the perfect time to advertise anything.

All in all If one looks deeper, and reads Mr. Bozell's Columns you get the sense, he is against Liberal Media, He considers Jesse Ventura a political embarassment and "Knucklehead".
Truth be told, I only skimmed a few things from his articles, and I can't claim he has no good points, but there are certain beliefs of his character that I currently hold.
I wouldn't go as far as to call him Hitler or Joe Stalin, maybe Joe McCarthy. While I can respect his apparent wish to make things better, his methods leave me somewhat dismayed to his character.

Well Like it or not, that's what I got to say.
The Bad, the Good and the Indifferent.
Feedback is always Welcome

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