Feckin BBC moves watershed from 9pm to 10 pm

[the_moss]

In all honesty I can see no reason for this move. There are many diverse words in daily use with many different meanings and if people are so thin skinned maybe they should avoid the real world.

My favourite example....

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La_w1jjKBT0]YouTube - The history of the "F" word[/ame]

[the_moss]

What thinking?? General is a pretty well general term.
From what age do you want to protect kids from everyday langauge?
Fair enough kids shows is another thing but from 9pm till 10pm? Will that make a difference?

Edit. Btw did you notice the tag?

[TradCat]

The problem is having a BBC or an RTE in the first place. When people are compelled to pay for something then there is no fair way of accommodating all the opinions on a subject like this. My own view is that the use of expletives was once edgy funny and artistically necessary but is now boring and lazy.

But that may just be me getting older and being a parent. What we should have is a system where stations make their own decisions about what they want to broadcast and we all make our own decisions about what we will support.

I personally abhor the overuse of expletives in many Irish made films. But the filmmakers must be free to do it their way just as I must be free to support it or not.

Take away the licence fee and you solve the problem. We can all decide for ourselves then.

[the_moss]

Do you accept that kids today know more about adult themes, words, images, of both a sexual and violent nature, than kids of bygone days? The answer is obvious. Television is the biggest instrument for this learning, hence thats why i think its a good idea.

Tbh no i dont. It may be obvious to you but my opinion would be that its just more obvious and noticeable due to better communication and technology and less parochial.
Bygone days are gone. As I stated in the OP, live in the real world.

[the_moss]

The problem is having a BBC or an RTE in the first place. When people are compelled to pay for something then there is no fair way of accommodating all the opinions on a subject like this. My own view is that the use of expletives was once edgy funny and artistically necessary but is now boring and lazy.

But that may just be me getting older and being a parent. What we should have is a system where stations make their own decisions about what they want to broadcast and we all make our own decisions about what we will support.

I personally abhor the overuse of expletives in many Irish made films. But the filmmakers must be free to do it their way just as I must be free to support it or not.

Take away the licence fee and you solve the problem. We can all decide for ourselves then.

Fair point

[the_moss]

Cameleon will shifting the watershed from 9pm to 10pm make any difference?

[mr_anderson]

I'm in favour of this move.
When I stayed at home last (something I do when catching a flight the following morning), I realised my mum was going to bed at the new time of 10pm and not her usual 9pm.

We need to protect parents !

[Nodin]

In all honesty I can see no reason for this move. There are many diverse words in daily use with many different meanings and if people are so thin skinned maybe they should avoid the real world.

They're suprisingly anal about that sort of thing, presumably because they don't want an earful from the Dail Mail/Express people who think swearing is the worst thing to happen since the fall of the Raj. Ross has been bleeped for years and he starts at 10.30 or something. Bollocks, really.

[Parnell]

Moving the watershed is a good idea. I'd like them to move Eastenders to 10pm as well (as should Corrie, Emmerdale, etc. also). The behaviour that's portrayed on these programmes is not acceptable to me, and young kids accept it when they see it dramatized.

Broadcasters have a social responsibility, but that's been abandoned as they chase ratings with more sensational storylines.

Quite a few people I know in my age group (mid 40's) with young families are banning their kids from watching these programmes. It's not easy to enforce and leads to a bit of conflict. If the broadcasters pushed those programmes out to 10pm it would do us all a service.

Saw the comments on Johnathan Ross. I'd ban him because he's crap!

[locke]

I actually think there should be two watersheds - 8pm and 10pm.

The first one should be for when adult themes may be discussed and the second one for when graphical images may be shown. I'm not sure when you'd put a restriction on swear words in; I hadn't really considered that.

Children grow up gradually and can be exposed to different levels of adult behaviour at different ages, so the idea of a one-size-fits-all watershed is a bit crazy.