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lostfan

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http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/07/erec...too-hot-for-tv/

 

So the gist of this is that Rep. Moran from VA wants to push legislation that would make ED ads considered "indecent" so the FCC can ban them. Now, I'm not a social conservative, and certainly not a prude, but I can see where he and the people asking for this are coming from. The ads for the most part are tastefully done (with the exception of Extenze, a blatant scam that I'm surprised is allowed on TV), but at certain times they are EVERYWHERE and it's kind of obnoxious after a while. Plus the ones on the radio are much more explicit, which is awkward as hell when I'm driving a car full of 6th grade girls to the mall or whatever.

 

edit: Not banned, but restricted from being shown between 6 am and 10 pm.

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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 7, 2009 -> 06:23 AM)
I don't know about banning them but maybe restricting them to certain times of the day and/or TV and radio stations.

i.e. not once per quarter during a football game, maybe.

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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 7, 2009 -> 05:23 AM)
I don't know about banning them but maybe restricting them to certain times of the day and/or TV and radio stations.

 

Yeah, I am not exactly looking forward to the day when my three year old asks a question about one of them during a game of some sort.

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An actual Footnote in Justice Stevens's dissent on the recent Court/FCC ruling stating that networks could be fined for random expletives broadcast over their channels:

It is ironic, to say the least, that while the FCC patrols the airwaves

for words that have a tenuous relationship with sex or excrement,

commercials broadcast during prime-time hours frequently ask viewers

whether they too are battling erectile dysfunction or are having trouble

going to the bathroom.

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QUOTE (bmags @ May 7, 2009 -> 07:53 AM)
They gotta make their money before their patent runs out and you can get 200 for $5 and America will be renamed BONER LAND

I actually lol'ed at this.

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