Just the way to start the morning off right...
I woke up this morning and started my day off with my usual routine of bathroom followed by breakfast. Then I proceeded to the next part of the routine: checking my email. I then discovered that somehow my email address had made its way onto the mailing list of the Parents Television Council. For those of you unfamiliar with the PTC, they are the fine, upstanding folks responsible for 99.9% of all complaints made to the Federal Communication Commission, and the major backers of the law just passed by Congress raising the maximum fine for broadcasting "indecent" or "obscene" materials to ten times its previous level. As some of you may already know, my tolerance for bullshit is rather low during my first hour of conciousness each day. Given this fact you can make an educated guess as to how happy I was to see the subject line " PTC Breaking News: You Spoke, Congress Listened!"
So I clicked on the "unsubscribe" button. And I was still annoyed.
Then I clicked on the "spam" button. Still pretty pissy about it all.
So I wrote an email. And I'm still irked. But at least one person at the PTC will know that I don't appreciate being associated with their happy little group of presumptuous, paternalistic douchebags.*
If you really care what the email said, here it is. If not, just scroll on to the comments. You're not missing much, I promise.
I recently received a bulk email from your organization with the subject line, "PTC Breaking News: You Spoke, Congress Listened!" I do not know how I was placed on your mailing list, but I have sice corrected that matter. However, just in case that was not sufficient to express my views of your group, let me make myself perfectly clear. YOU DID NOT SPEAK FOR ME. I know how to use a v-chip and the on/off button on a remote control, and can even find the button on the television itself if necessary. I don't need you to protect me or my family from television moments that do not fit with your values or delicate sensitivities, and I certainly do not need my government levying outrageous fines against broadcasters who have dared to defy those same values and sensitivities. Make no mistake, these are YOUR values specifically, as your group is responsible for 99.9% of complaints filed with the FCC. You speak for no one except yourselves and people who are either too lazy or too stupid to turn the TV off or change the channel.
Congratulations. You've used a half-second of visible nipple (you know, that thing that millions of babies get food from every day, what a threat to our children!) to turn an entire government agency into your tool to attack anyone who doesn't agree for you. I hope you're proud of doing your small part of perverting our goverment into something that would sicken the Founding Fathers.
Sincerely,
Kristen Turner
*Y'know, I rarely if ever use the word "douchebag", but today it just seemed right.
So I clicked on the "unsubscribe" button. And I was still annoyed.
Then I clicked on the "spam" button. Still pretty pissy about it all.
So I wrote an email. And I'm still irked. But at least one person at the PTC will know that I don't appreciate being associated with their happy little group of presumptuous, paternalistic douchebags.*
If you really care what the email said, here it is. If not, just scroll on to the comments. You're not missing much, I promise.
I recently received a bulk email from your organization with the subject line, "PTC Breaking News: You Spoke, Congress Listened!" I do not know how I was placed on your mailing list, but I have sice corrected that matter. However, just in case that was not sufficient to express my views of your group, let me make myself perfectly clear. YOU DID NOT SPEAK FOR ME. I know how to use a v-chip and the on/off button on a remote control, and can even find the button on the television itself if necessary. I don't need you to protect me or my family from television moments that do not fit with your values or delicate sensitivities, and I certainly do not need my government levying outrageous fines against broadcasters who have dared to defy those same values and sensitivities. Make no mistake, these are YOUR values specifically, as your group is responsible for 99.9% of complaints filed with the FCC. You speak for no one except yourselves and people who are either too lazy or too stupid to turn the TV off or change the channel.
Congratulations. You've used a half-second of visible nipple (you know, that thing that millions of babies get food from every day, what a threat to our children!) to turn an entire government agency into your tool to attack anyone who doesn't agree for you. I hope you're proud of doing your small part of perverting our goverment into something that would sicken the Founding Fathers.
Sincerely,
Kristen Turner
*Y'know, I rarely if ever use the word "douchebag", but today it just seemed right.