Um... why does anyone still give a crap about this?
First, it's cable-access--next to no one watches it anyway. Second, the dude is right when he says cable-access channels are for programming that is outside of the mainstream. Third, shutting his show down would technically be a violation of his freedom of speech--in theory.
On the other hand, there are reasons to nix it. First, pornography is defined by the Supreme Court as sexual content that is offensive to the local community. So, if Seattle generally thinks porn at 1am is bad, then it should be yanked. Second, this dude's freedom of speech is only being abridged partially--he still has his poorly designed website filled with pics of young women in various stages of sex acts (What? I was there for research!) all of them clickable links to pay porn sites. There's his freedom of speech.
That said, anyone who is offended by sex acts at 1am needs to realize the absurd dichotomy that exists in today's western Society (or at least America). Violence on TV is fine--men, women, even violence against children is shown on TV in the US. Yet actual nakedness is shunned. Sex is prohibited. Yet, sex is one of the most pleasurable and fun things you can do in the world. It's also something (hopefully) most of us will do at some point in our lives.
I never want to kill some one, but I hope to have sex some time this week--maybe even within the next 24 hours!!
MY GOD, HOW OBSCENE!
Whoa--didn't God, Himself, tell us to "Go forth and procreate?"
Of course, He also said "thou shalt not kill." The Bush Admin loves to blow off that one.
Of course, Adelphia cable, here in Los Angeles, has added pay-per-view hardcore porn to its line-up. The following is from an article at LATimes.com:
"People want it, so we are trying to provide it," Adelphia spokeswoman Erica Stull said. "The more Xs, the more popular."
Stull stressed that the programming, supplied by Playboy Enterprises Inc., would not be advertised and could be blocked to prevent children from watching. It will be delivered through video-on-demand technology, available now to about two-thirds of Adelphia's 1.2 million Southern California subscribers.
The move is a radical departure for Adelphia, the largest cable provider in Southern California and the nation's fifth biggest. Five years ago, Adelphia stirred a local controversy by dropping Spice — a popular soft-porn channel — from newly acquired cable systems here because Adelphia founder John Rigas considered X-rated programming immoral.
Today, the 80-year-old Rigas and one of his sons are facing prison terms after being convicted last summer for looting the company and engaging in fraudulent accounting.
So, video of people having sex is immoral, but stealing from your own company is, what, God's Will?
It must be nice not feeling the need to stick to one's own morals!
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