I'm sorry but you're really not making any sense. My original point to Niamh was that, although there'd be exceptions to the rule, I expect (as I'm pretty sure most people do) that the large majority of those who complain are either elderly or parents who are concerned about the type of content their children watch, not 18 year old guys. What 13 year olds and younger children have to do with that, I have no idea. The point I made was about who was complaining, not who people were complaining about the protection of.

I don't recall insulting you once before that post of yours in this thread :conf:

Keep ontopic please

Flexibility cuts both ways. For those offended by unwarranted combinations of vowels and consonants, coming up to nine should be the time to prepare yourself to switch off or switch over. Most progs do not finish at 9pm exactly, you can expect your show to finish with a few minutes to spare. So use this flexibility to the best of your pre-watershed ability. There are always killjoys telling the rest of us what we should see, hear and what we should think.

A handful of moaners and complainers should not have undue influence.

OTOH, extremists should not hold sway ..... ;)

When you mentioned extremists, I immediately thought of Mary Whitehouse......and of course, others of her ilk. The hypocrisy of faux morality is not for me.

Some morality is better than none at all ..... :idc:

It's odd that it's fine that for Channel 4 to televise full frontal nudity at 8pm yet Ofcom are kicking up a fuss at swearing happening after the watershed

What was the incident of "full frontal nudity at 8pm" ..... ?

How to look good naked & Embarrassing Bodies are always allowed to do it

OFCOM say :

Since I've seen neither of the programs you mention, I can't say whether they stick to the guidelines .....

Yes Ofcom are Odd

Not that bothered what the official Ofcom stance is, but given that those programs still get aired I'd presume they don't consider it a problem, just pointing out a strange inconsistency in their guidelines

same as there is on this forum!, it all depends if your a jay or aaron fan!

Well I'm a Mod and a Jay fan while some other Mods are Aaron fans so I'd say not

I see no inconsistency - nudity is not the same as swearing - nudity can be educational or artistic - swearing can be neither

The raving idiots at Ofcom have generated a broadcasting code that broadcasters have to second guess if or when they are braking it......Ofcom have the intelligence of a rotting rat.

A water shed should be just that clear and defined. It should be the resposibility of parents to ensure a transition time for their children.......But no Ofcom in their usual stupid wisdom creat a set of ifs and buts and what evers for broadcaster to trip over and some moaning half wit that complains to ofcom give the stupid gits the chance to play at being stupid gits......

Ofcom half wits have not yet caught on to the fact of life that young children behind their parents back and some times in front of them swear like bloody troopers.......

The Ofcom silly dick heads are protecting no one from anything........The corruption of the young is already truly embedded in our crazy drug taking knife weilding society.....To late to shut the stable door the horse bolted decades ago.......

First real case of some sense I've seen in this thread.

Nudity is worse for TV as it offers nothing.

its never too late,to learn right from wrong!

That Ciaran Ferguson certainly had something to say. Probably too forthright for BB. Stick on a ****** and a 18 year old with NICE HAIR!

.... and swearing offers ?

It is very insulting and I suspect, a comment purely designed to be exactly that.




Re the complaints: it's after the watershed - so I'm not sure why anyone should have issues either way. If they don't like it - turn it off - the show always comes with a warning.

With regards to all your other comments Jack: it's about time you got rid of this chip off your shoulder you have when it's about anyone who is over the age of 16........ if you were making sexist, homophobic or racist comments: you'd be infracted - but it's fine to make ageist comments right left and centre just because you feel like being a bit contraversial.

You have NO idea of the demographics of those who complain to OFCOM - but I bet there are plenty stuck up younger generations without kids who are quick enough to do it - just because they can - most mothers/fathers of young kids will be too busy working & running their family lives to spend time phoning/writing/emailing OFCOM.

It's about time you grew up a bit - and realised that some of the ones complaining about those reporting to OFCOM - such as yourself - fall into the teenager bracket - and you are in effect: doing the same thing yourself as you are accusing the older generation of doing.

Bit of irony there Jack - given that you are moaning about the older generation moaning. Time you got that chip off your shoulder: the world is a far nice place without having to lug it around. With or without the expletives that you found it necessary to include in your posts.

Well sometimes it can be funny if used in the right context imo,but no overall I dont think it adds much either but it certainly adds more to a show and in real life than nudity does,like I wouldnt be seeing strangers naked in real life would I.:joker:

Depends where you go. :evilgrin: