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by Doug MataconisApparently, every major social and political problem in the state of Tennessee has been solved, so they can now move on the really important stuff:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee state senator is tired of girls going wild on raunchy late-night TV ads, so he introduced a bill to fine cable companies up to $50,000 for airing ads for obscene products.Sen. Doug Jackson, D-Dickson, said he got the idea after seeing commercials for “Girls Gone Wild” videos that show young women baring their breasts and acting out other sexual situations.
“This is being interjected right into our living room,” Jackson said Friday. “People feel like, as they sit in their living rooms, they just have to surrender; there’s nothing that can be done.
“The more I thought about it, I said, ‘You know, it’s time to draw the line,’” he said.
The bill would make it illegal to run advertising for “any obscene matter” and would apply to any station that knowingly accepted the ads.
Three points. First, if you don’t like it, turn off the television ? Second, as far as I know, those ads don’t meet the legal definition of obscenity. Third, at least we know what Senator Jackson has been doing with his late nights.
I believe those adds are shown only on cable networks.
I wonder if Mr Jackson considered calling his cable company to protest the ads? Called the programs being shown at the time the ads were made?
Or did he just decide to resort to violence first as is implied by his statement?
Incidentally, I loathe those ads. Thank God for the fast forward feature on the DVR.
Comment by tarran — January 14, 2007 @ 7:16 amI despise those ads, and yes, they are on satellite also. Guess what? When I see them, I turn the channel.
I have never thought about outlawing something cause I disapprove. I know, they will say “children should not see these ads”, Ahh, yes, maybe you should take on some parental responsibility?
And if the “children” have a computer and internet access, guess what? They have seen a lot more than these ads, and we are not banning the internet, yet anyway.
I am sure Sen. Jackson is a “Deacon” or some other ridiculous “pretend” position in his church and thinks this is ant-Christian to show these ads, even though killing and bombing seems to be welcome in most Christian religions these days.
You know the “religion” card is behind this, and I make no apologies for bringing it up. That’s the way is these days.
Comment by Ron — January 14, 2007 @ 9:21 amDoug,
I thought the Democrats were the party against censorship and the party of individual freedom. I’m shocked that this legislation is coming from such a freedom loving party.
Comment by Kevin — January 14, 2007 @ 10:43 amThis is Tennessee. Most famous for one pornography trial in the seventies and the first criminal prosecution of distributing pornography though a computer network. The Feds just love those Memphis juries. Don’t forget the law preventing the teaching of evolution for 43 years. After that law was repealed, another put in place to say you can only teach evolution as a theory and not fact. It is not Democrats or Republicans, it is the Tennesseans. This is place where they arrested students in the sixties for cohabitation. This proposal of Senator Jackson is no surprise to me.
Comment by VRB — January 14, 2007 @ 12:36 pmI grew up in Tennessee and have watched the bible belt’s influence on politics.
A thought: if the law makes it illegal to show obscene commercials, what is the definition of obscene. This law has potentially even more implications than just stopping Girls Gone Wild commercials. This law could easily be used to target just about anything the nanny state doesn’t like its kids seeing.
Comment by Ryan — January 14, 2007 @ 4:31 pm