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MONDAY FEBRUARY 28 2005 1:51 AM

Once again, an indecency complaint filed with the FCC by the Parents Television Council, a group of professional busybodies vigilantly saving you from seeing boobies on TV, has been tossed out on its ass. This complaint had to do with the show "Angel".

One scene involved Angel in an intimate moment with a female character in which Angel's hips are seen "moving back and forth," the Parents Television Council said in its complaint.

In the scene depicting the female vampire biting the neck of her partner, also a vampire, both characters had clothes on and "their breathing is heavy," the complaint said.

Oh my god, their breathing was heavy! Won't someone think of the children!

This isn't the first PTC complaint that has been rejected recently, leading to the suspicion that the FCC is tired of hearing from them, since reports have surfaced that this group of prudes is responsible for more than 99% of the FCC complaints filed.

It's also clear from this what these people want: the banishment of anything even suggestive of sex from broadcast airwaves.

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HenryTMensch

New York, NY

December 2004

FEB 28, 2005 02:02 AM

Yeah, it's bullshit. But on the other hand I sometimes think, let them have their precious broadcast airwaves. Congratulations, Christian Right, you've seized control of a medium that's been obsolete for 20 years.

beaky

Miami, FL

April 2003

FEB 28, 2005 02:04 AM

isn't Angel like over and stuff

ian_46_2

Grand Island, NE

October 2004

FEB 28, 2005 02:07 AM

oh those funny prudes

Sniv

I'm lost

August 2003

FEB 28, 2005 03:43 AM

I wonder how these people have the kids they're so hyped about saving? Maybe they're grown in big containers.
They certainly aren't human...

SomeOneUK

United Kingdom

June 2004

FEB 28, 2005 04:13 AM

"Parents Television Council - Because Our Children Are Watching"

[Edited on Feb 28, 2005 12:13PM]

Bastardo

Boston, MA

January 2005

FEB 28, 2005 04:46 AM

someoneUK said:
"Parents Television Council - Because Our Children Are Watching"

[Edited on Feb 28, 2005 12:13PM]

BWAHAHAHAA

Dejajeva

Syracuse, IN

December 2003

FEB 28, 2005 04:49 AM

Uh, what are they trying to do? Shut production down on the show? It isn't on air anymore. And isn't there a teen-viewer advisory before reruns?

PogMoThoin

Jamaica, NY

January 2004

FEB 28, 2005 05:18 AM

While they're off fighting the good fight their kids are jerking off to Hustler in the closet and learning about sex on the street.

Edited because it's too early in the morning to spell right.

[Edited on Feb 28, 2005 8:19AM]

Soulful93

Denver, CO

January 2005

FEB 28, 2005 06:11 AM

Oh you think that's scary,

Christian Spotlight on Movies

What do these people have against Spongebob? Now, Patricks a pervert.

[Edited on Feb 28, 2005 7:12AM]

Noxeos

Fullerton, CA

February 2004

FEB 28, 2005 07:28 AM

I think it had more to do with vampires being on the show than sexual behavior. I think they're trying to use the sexual behavior stuff to attack a show featuring supernatural being. Oh wait, those christian shows aren't talking about a supernatural being? Time to watch christian shows like 7th heaven and find sexual suggestive behavior to attack it.

Wanzenblut

I'm lost

February 2005

FEB 28, 2005 07:33 AM

the FCC did something right? wow maybe they are not a bunch of nazis after all. now if they could just leave everything else alone...

alpha_hazard

Fort Collins, CO

April 2004

FEB 28, 2005 07:39 AM

just another way ratings are skewed by people trying to find something wrong with television...

BabyBlue

Portland, OR

August 2003

FEB 28, 2005 08:26 AM

So how many hours of sex-drenched television are these poor, innocent souls forced to watch, in order to maintain the decency of our society? What a tough job they have.