Hitler miniseries not shown on SOME TX TV

This is the lame excuse used:

Some local CBS Stations (including the one here in CC-land)) did not play the Hitler mini series because they didn't want hate groups gaining more popularity because of this mini series.

How fragging lame can someone get?

 

I agree Carl, that sounds real pathetic. Why dont you write out a letter of complaint or something. Thats a pretty dumb excuse that they didn't want hate groups gaining popularity, how stupid can people get .

Jet

 

I called the local TV station up yesterday morning and tried to inquire why they chose not to air it. I was passed to 6 different people and the best answer I got was: "I don't know?" By the time I hung up the phone--I was very frustrated.

I told them I no longer will watch any programming on their station again--not that I watch anything there anymore anyway. But they don't know that.

I only found out why it wasn't played when I heard it talked about that afternoon--on a radio program. I did find out it was played on cable station 15 (In our area) but--as I didn't know that--I missed it--because I have that station deleted from my menu.

 

Let's go ahead and get rid of all of our history programming and books. Wouldn't want any kids to get any ideas... I can just see the population of rome learning about their history and trying to conquer the world. Impressionable young Japanese gangs would form and try to invade the elutians. Wait, oh my gosh, Carl, you're not going to war with mexico...are you?

Seriously though, this is one of the few things that infurates me. Ignore history. Well, guess I'm preaching to the converted so I'll shut up.

 

Bad! That's a really stupid arguement!!!

Let's burn Marx, More, Rousseau's books so there'll be no communists! Let's burn Plato's book so there'll be no more homosexuals! Let's burn the Bible so there'll be no more incests, evil bets, prostitution and perverted cities!

 

Why are we so suprised at this ? Heck I bet U won't see any materials on the History channel concerning the TR in about 6/7 years.
Military auctions will be a thing of the past and I hate to say this to U militaria guys but those house's with the war goodies will be gone soon......gosh I hope I'm wrong.

~E with two cents of trouble....

 

Actually I think the Green Lantern's ring had something to do with it.

Honestly it does suck how schools and TV are trying to water down history. I was talking with John Michael Priest (he wrote "Antietam: A Soldiers Battle") last week and he was saying how in Japan they don't even teach about WWII. He's a history teacher and he even talks about the way history is being taught to give this feel good attitude. A great comment he made was History has to be offensive that way people won't repeat it.

Greg

 

Hmmm... lemme go refill my tea (and something else) before replying...

OK, first off, I only watched most of the second episode. Missed the first, busy with the woman.

Point two, in my eyes- the excuse give to Carl by the network is just plain pathetic. I mean, it really dosen't even make sense. Now, (and Carl, PzJgr, keep in mind my background and don't bark at me!)- Texas is rather, ummm, how to put this, "excessive" in some aspects of it's "information filtering". Keep in mind that this is the Texas that won't look at textbooks that correlate global warming to fossil fuel. And evolution only made it a few years back...
BUT... that being said...
The station should have simply told Carl that they thought it would offend someone. Or that they got some pre-emptive complaints (more likely). WHy make up some dumbass excuse?

But.. . a bit further, if I may, on the whole idea of what people are exposed to/ what people learn. The way I see it, there's always to (semi) legitimate sides. And while most of us would set certain boundaries (including realistic studies/depictions of war, aimed at teaching the horror and futility)- shouldn't other have the right to set those boundaries differently?

By that same token- I think what Erich predicts would be impossible. By the same rights/methods/loopholes that lets a station hand out jackass excuses for NOT airing a potentially offensive show, people who want to collect militaria, or study controversial subjects, or own guns, or etc. etc. will still be able to do so. And so on and so forth- we always react most strongly to the extremes. In this case, this station not airing a show that was non-offensively aired around the rest of Texas- and the country- seems extremely reactionary and short-sighted.
And Carl- did they air the first part, then pull the second? That makes it even more retarded... and damn... stupid...

I dunno... just some late night thoughts from a local rabble rouser...

(and... don't mean to suggest that studying WW2/Hitler/whatever is or should be "controversial"...)

 

You know -

with all of this "offending someone" because they have different views on what ever given situation in life affects them gets really old with me.

Although not a television show, let me give you another example - flag flying.

Now, being a veteran of the American armed forces, I purchased a flag pole, and wanted to fly an American flag in my yard. Nothing wrong with that right? Ok, so then, figuring that looked pretty good, I put up another flag, the POW-MIA "You Are Not Forgotten" style, regulation size, and respectfully lower than the U.S. Flag. Ok, this looks great, so, to finish off the trio, I put up my German national flag, in honor of my grandparents, and my mother immigrating from Hamburg, Germany after the war. Why not? I'm proud of my ancestry. Looked great.

Ok, so, this next door neighbor comes along, tells me I need to take down the latter two flags. Why? Because the POW-MIA flag signifies to him that we lost the Vietnam war ( not to get in to that thread again ), and that I should "get over it". What ever. Also, I don't live in "Spain", so the "Spanish" flag needs to come down. In his righteous opinion, all I need to fly is the U.S. flag.

Well, after informing him that my property taxes are paid by my wife and I, and that because of this, I am given the right to fly what ever flag I desire, with in reason, these three flags are staying put. And besides, with his concern over who flys what flag, perhaps he needs to inform our other neighbor that a "Ducks Unlimited" flag flown underneath a U.S. flag on the same pole, might be just a bit more disrespectful than my own set up!

And yes, for those of you who might want to know, I am considering giving him a Christmas gift of a World atlas so that he can determine the difference between a German and Spanish national flag. And you know, come to think of it, maybe I should inform him of the appearance of the Belgian national flag so he doesn't think I have the German national flag flying sideways!

Bill

 

Bill, really confuse the bugger, get hold of A falkland Islands flag and put that up in the garden...Its ok its the anniversary this time of year..

Then he can come round and tell you your being disrepectful to your English Cousins by flying a union jack with a sheep....

 

Just for fun, add a Confederate flag, as well!

Bill, just to clarify one thing- personally, I think everyone should be able to express their own views on their own property, so long as no laws are being broken. Right on with all your flags! Your neighbor's objection to the POW/MIA flag is just disgraceful.
My comments above would only apply to public channels, mediums where a wider audience should be considered.

And hell, my above post was made WAY too late nite after one or two or six too many. Crazy must be taken with a grain of salt!

[ 25. May 2003, 01:30 PM: Message edited by: CrazyD ]

 

You know, you guys just might be right!

What with three flag poles, I think I just might begin switching them about.

Urqh - Yes, what with my father having been half German, half Irish/English, by golly, I just might get ahold of somebody, anybody over in the U.K. who would be in a position to locate a Union Jack for me. Put up an Irish national flag too. Then, we the lout complains, I'll tell him my father's side of the family was confused as to just where they came from originally. Couldn't decide, so we just grabbed an example of every national flag our family originated in. German, English, Irish, and why not, even Canadian.

Crazy D - I agree with you. Rather disgusting that the guy bitch*s about something as honorable as a POW-MIA flag. In fact, I just read in the morning paper today that there are STILL over 8,000 MIA's from the Korean War fifty years after its end, and that doesn't even count our British allies who supported us there, or any other allied troops for that matter.

Yes, sometimes folks really have their priorities messed up as to what should offend them. Now, maybe if I were to run my old German War Flag up the pole, I could understand that. But then again, knowing this neighbor, he'd most likely figure that I was flying some Hindi sanskrit logo purchased in a Bombay flea market!

Be good to each other.

Bill

 

In Texas, you can fly the Confederate flag as long as it is flown with the other 5 flags of Texas and there is nothing that anybody can do about it. It drives my yankee wife crazy...hehe.

 

Background taken into consideration and no barking from me....

 

Texas has 5 flags???? And I thought it was the lone star state????

 

A total of six national flags flew over Texas at one time or another.

Spanish, French, Mexican, Republic of Texas, Confederate States of America and US Flags.

[ 25. May 2003, 04:28 PM: Message edited by: PzJgr ]

 

Blimey...does that mean on national holidays etc you can fly all of those flags from public buildings etc?

We have enough problems over here trying to fly just the English flag on St.Georges day....

 

Some places fly them everyday of the week. Also, I believe Texas is the only place where the state flag is flown at the same height as the US flag. All other state flags are flown at a lower height. Part of the Union admission contract I suppose.

That may give you an insight as to our (Texan's) bragging rights.

 

Flag flying over here is far simpler, no one really pays any attention the 'respect' side of things (sadly in some cases) so you will often see Union Flags (it isn't a jack unless it is on a ship) and so on in rediculous arrangements all over the place.

 

Stefan -

Thank you for the clarification of your country's flag description. I shall then call it a Union flag, and defer from describing it as a Union Jack albeit flown from a British merchant or war ship.

Bill