Really? Writing to someone in the government to try to get the show pulled off the air? If this were even a viable option (which I really doubt it would ever do any good), would you WANT to live in a country where that kind of censorship was allowed to go on? Thank God for free speech, eh? :rolleyes:

although i'm not enthusiastic about this show because of the stereotypes it's going to support, i don't think getting it pulled off air is the answer. i really doubt it'll have much of an audience (other than us, watching so we can bash it, lol).

I offered the suggestion because I know of numerous government officials who are also members of GLOs--in particular, Kathleen Babineaux-Blanco (Governor of Louisiana, KD) and Christine Gregoire (Governor of Washington, KD) who would probably not appreciate the negative stereotype of Greeks portrayed in these shows. :rolleyes: I was agreeing with a previous poster who felt there were probably better ways of approaching this situation. Contrary to popular belief, government officials DO deal with other situations, aside from the War in Iraq. And in case you have forgotten, censorship is a regular part of our society--think television show ratings, cd ratings, no nudity on tv, etc. Give me a break.

Wow, I cannot hardly wait to not watch it!:rolleyes:

Typical tripe and half truths about what is really going on and I am sure as usual it will not give Greeks a good glow!:(

Kyle, hang in dude!!!!!

It sure got a lot of posts in a short time and you are the one being picked on this time!http://clicksmilies.com/s1106/grinse...smiley-027.gif

Keep a s smile!http://clicksmilies.com/s1106/grinse...smiley-003.gif

Sure, they edit things that actually matter. But they're not going to say "Hmm, this subject matter may be slightly offensive to a handful of members of a particular sub-culture of American society. Better jock it from the air." Give ME a break.

no personal offense to you, but trust me, blanco has more important things to worry about than some tv show. she's on her way out anyway.

If people want to sign the petition then sign if you don't want to sign it don't.

I hope Al Gore runs in 2008 as a Green Party Candidate. I always love when liberals split their base. If Gore ran as a Green Party member he will only help the Republicans win a third straight term.

I didn't say she'd personally care, I was just throwing her out there as an example. ;-)

There are a LOT more than a handful of people that would be offended, but it's pointless for us to argue about this. I'm going to agree to disagree.:D

Any elected official worth paying attention to has many, many better things to expend political capital on. They wouldn't waste time on a silly ABC Family series.

And in case you didn't know, TV show ratings and CD ratings are not censorship. Censorship means that the government or someone else with authority (such as a religious leader) is actually suppressing content deemed by the goverment (or religious body) to be objectionable for whatever reason, thus preventing people subject to their authority from seeing the "offending" material or imposing penalties for defying the censor's decision. That's not the case with TV show or CD ratings.

Recording companies themselves decide whether to put Tipper Stickers on CDs and what warning to give, and the sticker doesn't keep anybody from buying the CD. Similarly, networks themselves decide what TV Parental Guidelines to put on their shows, and those guidelines don't keep anyone from watching the shows. The only possible censorship involved with TV or CD ratings is parental censorship.

With nudity on broadcast TV, you might have a point. But the reality is that nudity broadcast on airwaves that are legally considered to be publically owned does not receive the same First Amendment protection as, say, a lame show on ABC Family (which is cable, not broadcast) purporting to be about Greek life.

I think that the negative that will come from this show are the idiots that try to rush because they think that it is going to be like what they have seen on the show. It is the responsibility of chapters to weed out the bad seeds. We all need to have faith in our abilities to recruit new members and ensure that new members are not initiated unless they uphold the ideals of our fraternities and sororities.

Keep in mind that the President of ABC Entertainment is a Phi Delta Theta from Cornell, Steve McPherson. I can't believe that he would make a show that he felt was truly going to harm the Greek Community.

The show is what we make of it. Any publicity is good publicity I think that this may cause people who never considered rushing a Greek Letter Organization to come by and check it out. Like I said before we will have to weed out the bad seeds but this may lead to finding some Brothers or Sisters that would have never considered your organization previously.

This show may drive some of the people on the fence about Greek life to not rush but in the end we will have to bring them back and show them the good that is behind our organizations.

Mysticcat, are you familiar with the term, 'oh snap!' or 'pwned!'?

For the right advertising dollar and ratings price, I'm pretty sure he would.

And a fat lot of good that will do the entire nation. Not that it's going to happen.

We'd all like to think that our politicians have "better things to spend political capital on" but in most cases, that isn't true. Have you heard of pork barrel spending and pushing one's own agenda? Are we now going to say that politicians are all honest, good people, who only spend time on issues that are "worthwhile"? Does Terry Schiavo ring a bell to any one? And I beg to differ on your definition of censorship. Ratings are censorship, insomuch as they seek to prohibit certain people in society from viewing or listening to certain material... I don't know about being "owned," either, to a later poster.