posted December 07, 1999 12:25 AM            

What a lovely idea! Now I won't have to put up with all that annoying and value-threatening content that plagued my life
before. Is there any way, however, that you could build a set that would automatically cover any offensive visual content
with, say, a large blue dot? Perhaps it could print a bible verse over any nudity, or replace any violent content with images
of our Lord giving a blessing. How wonderful if we could live in a world where, every time one of those horrible
policemen on the television goes to shoot someone we could see, instead, the smiling face of our Lord. Think of all the
souls that could be saved. Is there any chance of doing the same for violent and or sexually explicit computer games? My
young son is very interested in playing Doom, which worries me. Perhaps if he would have to look into Jesus' eyes
every time he pulled the trigger he would think twice about taking guns to school!

posted December 08, 1999 03:14 PM            

Fascinating technology too.

posted December 08, 1999 07:06 PM            

Wouldn't it be a better world if they would end all the violence and
sexuality on TV? I don't think that will happen though unless this country
experiences a massive revival. The way CFTV works is that it reads the
close-captioned signal that is embedded in the signal of TV shows and movie
rentals. When a curse word is detected, it automatically mutes the volume
and substitutes a profanity free phrase. We would like to have the
opportunity to edit out violence and sexuality, but Hollywood would have to
embed a signal for our device to pick up and edit at the appropriate time.
It may take a while to convince them to do that however. Until then, I
recommend you be careful of rated PG-13 and R movies that tend to cater to
these types of activities. If we can be of further help, please don't
hesitate to contact us via email or call 504-347-8766. Thank you and may
God bless your family richly.

Fritz J. Brown
CFTV

I dunno... do you think Fritz realizes what we're trying to do yet? Maybe we need to kick it up a notch...

posted December 08, 1999 08:13 PM            

(That being said, I do have a problem with the fact they're profiting off of people's stupidity -- it's much cheaper to turn off the television than it is to buy one of these bloody filters.)

posted December 11, 1999 08:49 AM            

Take for example the word 'fuck'. It cannot be seen as offensive in itself as it is only four letters inoffensive in their own right. It cannot be seen as offensive in what it signifies because other words signify the same thing - 'shag', screw' etc.. and are perfectly acceptable in polite conversation. (although the perversity of making the sexual act in any way taboo within a society is another matter). The only reason it is offensive is because of its power to offend.

By censoring the word 'fuck' its power increases. By increasing its power its usage increases. Everyone in communication tries, when making a point, to infuse their sentences with power. This can be done through inventive use of language, be it structure, neologisms or poetry. Those without the language skills can add a cheap punch to an arguement by adding a word that carries the power to offend, such as 'fuck'.

They are just escalating what they want to eradicate.

posted December 23, 1999 02:14 AM            

How relieved I am to see that someone is trying to shield me and my beloved family from the horrors of the outside world. Now, at long last, I can be sure that my precious children will never have their tender pink eardrums viciously raped by the marauding syllables of the Devil's vocabulary. But why stop at mere words? For too long my Christian household has been invaded by degrading images of sickening filth. I certainly don't want to expose my children to anything that could inspire them to think or form ideas in their brains, as it would be far too difficult to sit down and discuss anything with them, since my own value system is based entirely on specious dogma. I would far rather that I could safely steer them through a filtered reality composed of religious propaganda, so that they can develop into another homogeneous servant of Jesus that can carry on your noble work to eradicate anything that doesn't conform to our belief system. God bless.