5-Second Delay: Bollux!

It has been declared that Sunday's Super Bowl will be on a five-second tape delay pregame, postgame, and halftime.

BOLLUX! It's stupid, it's childish, it goes to show that we are so scared of upsetting the tiny minority, everything is on a tape-delay so we can censor anything that could be considered offensive. Has network television become so scared sh*tless? Ohhh.. the mighty FCC is going to fine us a $1 million. Yea, they have nothing better to do then issuing multi-million dollar fines just to show to the American public that "hey we are doing something!" Rubbish.

Fox did not tape-delay the Super Bowl last year. The half-time performer was Paul McCartney. It's ABC's turn this year so they decided to play chicken and choose to implement the 5-second delay. Yes, so you won't see a streaker running across the field in the freezing weather or seeing on the sidelines a pair of NFL cheerleaders making out. Holy sh*t...that could actually increase ratings! If we are so busy censoring out "sh*t or fu*k," why not get rid of "bitch, bullsh*t, tosser, jerk" too? Oh, we are scared of the f-word...really, we hear it every day as we go to work, during work, and going home.

The Christian Coalition is busy complaining...oh no the Congress did not pass the bill increasing the indecency fines. Aww, boo hoo. Tough sh*t! If you can't take it, then go home. Honestly, if you think it's indecent to say a curse word on television, how about a group of guys fighting over the football? Wow a fight, that's indecent. How about that? Oh wait, it's a national sport, the symbol of America's football... damn hypocritical nonsense.

In the UK, the Brits are just laughing at us. After 9-10pm, you can see naked breasts! You can hear the shows say sh*t or fu*k. You can watch a baby giving birth or see an operation where the doctor install a woman's breast implants. You can even see cosmetic surgery where they show liposuction! Disgusting? Absolutely! But I can change the god damn channel! If you don't like it, change the channel or turn it off and go to sleep.

If you are that worried about what's could happen during Super Bowl, then turn it off, go to sleep, and ask one of your mates who won.

Take that indecency bill and shove it. Next year, let's watch Paris Hilton's sex video during half-time. Or better yet, let's watch the unrated version of GoDaddy.com's commerical.

So sit back and watch the game. Go Steelers!

Update

Ok, the Steelers won 21-10. the Bud Light "Magic Fridge" won best commerical.

The Rolling Stones' take on the censorship... RIDCULOUS!

CNN.com - Stones: NFL censorship 'ridiculous'

CNN.com - ABC stifles some Stones swagger

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It appears maybe ABC is cracking under the pressure of the NFL. See this article about last year's negotiations between NFL and FOX.

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Posted by: Ben
Posted on: February 4, 2006 11:34 PM

Wow! A baby giving birth!


I know what you meant, but that made me chuckle.


too right! (on the bollocks to censorship part, not the go Steelers! part, though I'm a bit late for that anyway).

And if they're going to put a delay in, they could at least have dubbed Mick Jagger's voice so I wouldn't have had to confront the awful reality that he's finally become too old to be good....

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Posted by: adam
Posted on: September 17, 2008 02:55 PM

delays work well sometimes.

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