Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Pete King: Moral Crusader Part II

Peter King, fresh off his ripping of LT over a video game, is at it at again. Yep, the same lover of diversity and understanding goes into a diatribe against the critically acclaimed Nip/Tick

I watched an episode of Nip/Tuck the other day. The nicest thing I can say is that, for a straight cable channel, it was disturbingly vile. My first thought: How on God's green earth can this show be on cable TV and not on, at least, a pay-cable tier? Is anyone at the FCC watching a cable show that has graphic sex scenes? I'll get off my prudish high horse, but that show belongs on TV only after midnight on HBO or Showtime.
Guess what Pete, some of us don't schedule our lives around over-priced corporate coffee. Not all of us live in some gated white community. You want to be walking suburban stereotype, knock yourself off out Pete. However try to avoid throwing yourself into some puritanical tizzy because maybe you can see someone's bare ankle or back. Maybe you missed the headlines that a lot of tv networks refused to air Saving Private Ryan because they feared FCC fines. Maybe you've missed the fact that show after show is being self-censored for fear that the government will shut it down. Obviously not Peter King, since he's not so subtly advocating the FCC be even more of a Talibanesque nanny.Yeah thats the America I want, a place were creative freedom and diversity is regulated by a guy that thinks the sun rises and sets on 5 dollar coffee. Listen here Ayatollah King, you prove that your able to comprehend concepts more complicated than opening a door and I'll consider letting you comment on the world outside of your white white world. In the meantime stick to Boston sports since its apparently the only thing your qualified to comment on.

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