Re: Fringe group is dictating what we watch

2004-12-25 Thread JDG
At 02:28 AM 12/25/2004 -0500 JDG wrote: Apparently though, having leftist-liberals (i.e. the ACLU) speak out is a good thing - having believe who believe that Jesus Christ is their Lord and Savior is a bad thing. Errr that should be: -having people who believe that Jesus Christ is their

RE: Fringe group is dictating what we watch

2004-12-25 Thread Andrew Paul
From: JDG [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] At 11:06 PM 12/24/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: This would be democracy at work, would it not? Is it democracy when some miniscule portion of the electorate wields disproportionate power? What is miniscule? And what is disproportionate? I am sure

Re: Fringe group is dictating what we watch

2004-12-24 Thread JDG
At 01:50 PM 12/19/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: -- I hope this e-mail offsets another from the Parents Television Council. I hope you get a lot more just like this. Because I want the PTC out of my living room. I've got a sneaking suspicion they're going to end up in my bedroom. This would

Re: Fringe group is dictating what we watch

2004-12-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 23, 2004, at 8:50 PM, JDG wrote: At 01:50 PM 12/19/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: -- I hope this e-mail offsets another from the Parents Television Council. I hope you get a lot more just like this. Because I want the PTC out of my living room. I've got a sneaking suspicion they're

Re: Fringe group is dictating what we watch

2004-12-24 Thread Doug Pensinger
JDG wrote: This would be democracy at work, would it not? Is it democracy when some miniscule portion of the electorate wields disproportionate power? And aren't you the one that keeps insisting that the U.S. _isn't_ a democracy? Or are we only a democracy when you like the results? -- Doug

Re: Fringe group is dictating what we watch

2004-12-24 Thread JDG
At 11:06 PM 12/24/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: This would be democracy at work, would it not? Is it democracy when some miniscule portion of the electorate wields disproportionate power? What is miniscule? And what is disproportionate? I am sure that the PFTC believes that they are

Fringe group is dictating what we watch

2004-12-19 Thread Doug Pensinger
Activists Dominate Content Complaints http://tinyurl.com/5fhoy In an appearance before Congress in February, when the controversy over Janet Jacksons Super Bowl moment was at its height, Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell laid some startling statistics on U.S. senators.