Standards...

[H]

In many battles, at least one side's standard starts slipping; if the bearer can no longer carry it, someone else is expected to pick it up.

[Woodlouse2002]

They did bleep out the guy on Top Gear that did 'star in a reasonable car'... he was cursing while doing corners on two wheels

Yes. But what he was shouting really was unsuitable for that time in the evening.

[Ivan]

21:00 is switchtime  ;D

In holland, after 22:00 the floodgates usually open (R16 time) on the commercial channels (they can pull off almost anything past that time)

[TacitBlue]

ever since the boob incident at the superbowl (last year?) they have been extra careful about language and nudity on network TV here. People can't curse on TV, but showing extremely realistic murder scenes in cop shows is ok somehow.

[Woodlouse2002]

but showing extremely realistic murder scenes in cop shows is ok somehow.

Cause it's not real.

[Souichiro]

ever since the boob incident at the superbowl (last year?) they have been extra careful about language and nudity on network TV here. People can't curse on TV, but showing extremely realistic murder scenes in cop shows is ok somehow.

Ah yes the Superbowl incident, Man did I have a laugh of that.....Something like that really wouldn't be a problem here...

[Hagar]

Maybe you young chaps could help out with this. http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=gen;action=display;num=1132642754

I have plenty to say on the subject (as usual) but I'm far too old to qualify.

PS. I always wondered why graphic violence is considered perfectly acceptable on mainstream TV when the sight of the naked human body is not. It's a funny old world we live in.

[Omag 2.0]

Cause it's not real.

Britney Spears' and Jessica Simpson's boobs aren't real too.... We wanna see more of that...  ;D

[Paz]

I mean:

2 MTV hosts smoking weed........

The newest hit....Spuiten en Slikken which translates into spit or swallow about sex and drugs and stuff.... They let a guy have his first joint yesterday and watched him screw up afterwards.....and they had a report about outdoor sex......This is on a government funded network


Frans Bauer

Swearing is allowed on Dutch tv

A fine example was after the US GP "race" when the minardi boss (Ron Dennis??) was told that he could swear on Dutch tv.....needless to say he did....

+ a lot more brilliantly stupid stuff which most certainly would not be tolerated in most other countries....

 Sounds like my kind of programming, Americans really need to lighten up about stuff, I can say that because I'm an American.

[ATI_7500]

Britney Spears' and Jessica Simpson's boobs aren't real too.... We wanna see more of that...  ;D

Can I feel,too?