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Its completly ridiculous. The best way to star chipping away at the FCC is with special order Cable/sattlite channels, where uncencored programing is aired. Since you have to specifically order these channels, theres not much chance of anybody being offended by the content. Next would be de-censoring equipment, which would take regular, censored programming and un-censor it. Again, you would have to buy and use this equipment, so not much chance of anyone being offended. The third step would be promotion of V-chips and other devices that place censorship back into the parents hands. The final step would be to abolish the FCC's power to censor progtramming, arguing that with the completion of step three, everyone will be able to censor any programming they think innapproriate. With a clear, consise battle plan, we can beat governemnt censorship once and for all.

I myself think that if i had kids (i probably never will; can't stand people making noise in my house) I'd let 'em watch whatever the hell they wanna watch. Encourage them to be open. hell, if they wanna watch some porn i'd be like "ok, here's my own collection (point them to a completely NOT hidden folder on my computer)" and tell 'em if they want the playboy channel or something like that, they'd have to do some extra chores or, if they're old enough, get a job... you know, to pay that part of the bill. and stuff. Aside from cost factor, i don't think i'd be too concerned. paranoid parenting leads to weak, sheltered children.