Wednesday, November 10, 2004
So This Is What It's All About
You have to love the new crackdown on bad language and inappropriate material by the FCC, it's now led to this.
Yes, there are profanities and extreme violence in Saving Private Ryan, but that's what the movie is about. War is not a pretty, clean, sterile thing and shouldn't be portrayed that way. The material in this film is all in context, it's not meant to titillate or for shock value, but that may not matter to the FCC. The film is a tribute to those who sacrificed for others, it's what Veterans Day is supposed to be about, but then again maybe Veterans Day is really about shopping and sales since I see a whole lot more about that than I do about Veterans.
As with every other holiday that was supposed to remember a certain incident or group this one too has been hijacked, over-commercialized and obfuscated. Kids get the day off, instead of spending the day talking about the day itself. So we can all hope that while they are shopping with their parents and buy Halo 2, they look at the soldiers on the box and maybe ask what veterans day is all about...though since they're shopping they'll probably have already surmised that it's about 35-50% off and half-yearly sales.
By the way, since this isn't regulated... Fuck you FCC.
Yes, there are profanities and extreme violence in Saving Private Ryan, but that's what the movie is about. War is not a pretty, clean, sterile thing and shouldn't be portrayed that way. The material in this film is all in context, it's not meant to titillate or for shock value, but that may not matter to the FCC. The film is a tribute to those who sacrificed for others, it's what Veterans Day is supposed to be about, but then again maybe Veterans Day is really about shopping and sales since I see a whole lot more about that than I do about Veterans.
As with every other holiday that was supposed to remember a certain incident or group this one too has been hijacked, over-commercialized and obfuscated. Kids get the day off, instead of spending the day talking about the day itself. So we can all hope that while they are shopping with their parents and buy Halo 2, they look at the soldiers on the box and maybe ask what veterans day is all about...though since they're shopping they'll probably have already surmised that it's about 35-50% off and half-yearly sales.
By the way, since this isn't regulated... Fuck you FCC.
