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As mentioned, this is Cable and not Network Broadcast, the FCC has no power over them. Cable is a service you pay for knowing that the experience might not be to your liking. If you have problems with it you need to contact your local franchise and/or stop paying for the service.

One of the draws of cable, for both viewers and studios/writers/etc is the freedom. Cable shows (including news) can do a lot more without worrying about being censored by the government or parent groups.

So if "standards" are not enforced then it becomes a numbers game: who does and who does not want mature subject matter, cursing, etc. And if someone doesn't like something, simply don't watch the show or use the V-Chip. Right there they give you the option: you don't want your kids watching something with coarse or vulgar language then set it to avoid shows that are either TV-14 or TV-MA

I pay for quality uncensored TV, or what little of it there is now a days, so:
- Why should my viewing habits be affected by your religious beliefs or opinions on morality?
- Why should your opinion mean more than mine?

At most our opinions should be equal, but the logic below gives me a little more weight

(A) Leave in something that's a little mature offensive, then the offended parties can avoid it (see above methods).

(B) Take it out of one of the few mediums where it exists, and the people that WANT it have NO option.

Just watch the Disney Channel. Maybe the language there will meet with your approval.

I would say the reactions of people who don't mind the foul language have been a lot more offensive than the OP's comments. I'm not necessarily offended by the profanity, but i can agree that it often seems superfluous. The idea that it's necessary for realism is a false flag; as some of the responding posters have already pointed out, TV is generally intended for escapism, so how is realism a reasonable excuse for profanity? If the language is no big deal and it's "just words," then maybe the people who've been ridiculing the OP are the ones who need to relax.

I just noticed this thread and it is quite possibly the single most childish thing on the whole of the internet

If it doesn't appeal to you don't watch it or do but definitely grow a pair and stop forcing your hangups on other people

I personally don't like men who order salads in restaurants(I mean seriously get a rare steak) but I don't complain to management instead I ask him if it's that time of the month and hope he invites me to the parking lot,but I digress, seriously I suspect this thread was started by a troll and kept up by bored people

Profanity is used so much on TV and in movies now that it doesn't have the impact that it does in older movies. Therefore it's not contributing much most of the time. Sometimes a character on a show will throw in the word "Hell," and my gut reaction is "There was no point to that" or "That wasn't necessary." I could just turn off the show, or I could lobby to change it, which is well within my rights as a viewer and not an encroachment on anyone else's rights. Comments like "grow a pair" or "grow up" don't make you sound any more mature than cursing for the sake of cursing does.