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Originally Posted by kathykd2005
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.
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Ratings are not a type of censorship......they are pieces of tape on the cover of cd's and little black boxes in the corner of TV's to let the viewer or buyer know that there is a possibility that you may see or hear "offensive" material. If I want to hear Marilyn Manson sing about being the Anti-Christ (not that I actually do)......a little sticker isn't going to "prohibit" me from doing so.