Last week the FCC announced that they’re considering
relaxing the decency standards governing what’s shown on television. In
essence, they’ll no longer get their knickers in a twist over
full frontal nudity, the S-word or the F-word, even during times of the
day
they know there will be children watching. It’s a mystifying decision.
Were
they bombarded with calls and emails from viewers complaining that there
wasn’t
nearly enough smut on TV? I was too young to watch the Dick Van Dyke
Show when
it first appeared on television, but I’ve seen plenty of reruns. I know
Rob and
Laura had separate beds because viewers might have been offended by a
married couple sleeping together. Ten years later the costumes on Star
Trek
couldn’t bare their wearers’ navels. And now pretty much everything
goes. But just
because the FCC says it’s okay doesn’t mean I have to watch it. Neither
do you.
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