Comments on: Unnecessary Censorship http://xrlq.com/2007/09/19/unnecessary-censorship/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2007/09/19/unnecessary-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-180402 Xrlq Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:06:16 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2007/09/19/unnecessary-censorship/#comment-180402 Impressive timing indeed. Not only did she perfectly time her "goddamn" to coincide with the mystical point at which "over time" becomes "<i>way</i> over time," she also managed to time the entire incident to coincide with the first time in history that a major network has bleeped anything for reasons unrelated to decency, tort liability, or anything else the network has reason to give a rat's <i>[censored because it's dirty, not because I droned on too long]</i> about. What's next? ESPN bleeping and blurring all plays in which a player violates a rule of the game but the ref doesn't catch it? Get real. Impressive timing indeed. Not only did she perfectly time her “goddamn” to coincide with the mystical point at which “over time” becomes “way over time,” she also managed to time the entire incident to coincide with the first time in history that a major network has bleeped anything for reasons unrelated to decency, tort liability, or anything else the network has reason to give a rat’s [censored because it's dirty, not because I droned on too long] about. What’s next? ESPN bleeping and blurring all plays in which a player violates a rule of the game but the ref doesn’t catch it? Get real.

]]> By: Mark L http://xrlq.com/2007/09/19/unnecessary-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-180162 Mark L Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:03:19 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2007/09/19/unnecessary-censorship/#comment-180162 Actually, it might not be. It would be interesting to find out if Field was looking at a countdown clock when making her speech. She is an actress -- and has timing down. Actually, it might not be. It would be interesting to find out if Field was looking at a countdown clock when making her speech.

She is an actress — and has timing down.

]]> By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2007/09/19/unnecessary-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-180153 Xrlq Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:55:45 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2007/09/19/unnecessary-censorship/#comment-180153 If going over time was the reason for the bleep, why did the bleeping just happen to start with the word "goddamn?" Coincidence? If going over time was the reason for the bleep, why did the bleeping just happen to start with the word “goddamn?” Coincidence?

]]> By: Mark L http://xrlq.com/2007/09/19/unnecessary-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-179428 Mark L Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:07:50 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2007/09/19/unnecessary-censorship/#comment-179428 Yup. Field was getting the hook, when she threw in her statement with the profanity. She did it you get more Hollyweird street cred by being able to claim you got pulled off the stage for expressing an anti-war statement (on Fox!) than you do by fessing up that you got pulled because you were bloviating. And you might even fool some dumb bloggers into believing that the issue is one of free speech rather than one of rudeness in going wa-a-ay over your time limit. Yup. Field was getting the hook, when she threw in her statement with the profanity. She did it you get more Hollyweird street cred by being able to claim you got pulled off the stage for expressing an anti-war statement (on Fox!) than you do by fessing up that you got pulled because you were bloviating.

And you might even fool some dumb bloggers into believing that the issue is one of free speech rather than one of rudeness in going wa-a-ay over your time limit.

]]> By: Sigivald http://xrlq.com/2007/09/19/unnecessary-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-176897 Sigivald Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:14:58 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2007/09/19/unnecessary-censorship/#comment-176897 From what I've seen, Field was way <i>over time</i>, which explains the cut-off much better. From what I’ve seen, Field was way over time, which explains the cut-off much better.

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