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Language values are consistently changing as weather fluctuates during the seasons. It’s inevitable and sometimes those values may stick around longer than other values, but the point is, we’re not in Kansas anymore. Trying to censor language is not a way to keep protect children or keep them from learning bad habits, they have their peers for that.
I remember watching an episode of Family Guy called PTV and it is during this episode that the Federal Communications Commission invades Peter’s home and censors him in his own home. This invasion prompts Peter to sing a song about his opinion of the FCC along with his dog Brian, and son Stewie (which I found courtesy of YouTube and Hulu.com, you can see it below). However, if the FCC does not do this type of thing in real life, then why should they censor things on television? Okay I understand that some language is just too racy, but that is why ratings are put in place.
Obviously, Barney and Friends is not rated TV-MA, meaning the show is for mature audiences only, nor is True Blood rated TV-Y for all children. I am simply making a point because everyone knows that Barney is kid friendly and True Blood, well not so much. I am not in favor of some of the things the FCC has done, but the ratings are the only thing they've done right. If so many people worry about television hurting their children they should probably worry more about what they learn in school, who their friends are, and what music they listen to. The subjects in school are more important than what they watch in a thirty minute episode on TV considering a child is in school longer. When it comes to friends a child will copy not what they watch on TV but what their friends consider cool. And music, well, that is a little more delicate.
Music is a good and bad thing for kids. For example, classical music will have a different effect on children than punk music. But the fact is that whatever music, people will almost always try to sing along; and even if those lyrics are vulgar or pleasant, choruses are made to be catchy. Even if a child does not realize what the words mean, merely repeating them can be a negative influence. Let’s say a child sings a song with vulgar lyrics and repeats the song’s lyrics, that child is not understanding the words but still repeats them and if they were to repeat those words in the wrong place, serious consequences could result. Like I said, parents should worry more about other things than TV.
Television is just a form of escapism and most of what they show is not even relatable to real life due to the censorship of the FCC! Nothing is going to stop the language from developing, so why is the FCC trying to do so through television? Times are changing and we can either go with it or stay stuck in the past like those good ol’ folks over at the FCC. Let’s hope my blog is still up the next time I write something and not censored like everything on TV.