Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:51:26 -0400
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Some feedback to the Sci-Fi channel
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>,<WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

But unchecked explicit violence will lead to those and other fluids
leaving said yutes entirely.

I need to go re-read "The Marching Morons"....

-- Mike B.

At 6/22/2007 02:57 PM, Michael Walsh wrote:
>Sirah!  Nekkid wimmen on the tv will pollute the precious bodily fluids
>of our yutes!
>
>mjw
>Top poting from MidWestcon
>
> >>> omni at omniphile.com 06/21/07 12:59 PM >>>
>I just sent a message to feedback at scifi.com about their censorship
>practices.  A copy is below.  If you agree with the sentiments, and
>have seen similar things on the channel, you might want to consider
>sending your own feedback.
>
>http://www.scifi.com/help/feedback/
>
>If you disagree, you can still send them feedback if you like, but
>I'd like to find out what screwed your head up enough to think like
>that... ;-)
>
>-- Mike B.
>
> >Dear Sci-Fi:
> >
> >I watched a movie on your channel recently, "Blood Rayne", and was
> >struck by the fact that you chose to censor some scenes.  It wasn't
> >that you censored the movie (though I generally object to the
> >concept and think you should either show it as it was made, or show
> >something else), so much as what you felt needed censoring.
> >
> >You left in extreme violence, including explicit views of body parts
> >being severed, blood spurting, and people being hacked apart,
> >impaled, having the life literally sucked out of them and other
> >horrors, but blurred out some simple nudity.  In my opinion anyone
> >who thinks that violent death and maiming is just fine, but that
> >nude women are obscene, needs some serious professional help, or at
> >the very least to re-examine their world view.
> >
> >That this kind of value judgement is very common in the USA does not
> >mean that it is right, healthy or should be supported.  It just
> >means that we have a very sick society.  Please try to be more of a
> >cure and less of a carrier.
> >
> >Thank you.
> >
> >-- Michael Bartman