Just got a call from "The clean family entertainment council"

[Greybnk48]

or something close to that. He asked if I had childern or grandchildren under the age of 16 (which I don't at this moment). That did not stop the interviewer, who sounded like a recording by the way. He asked if I agreed that more needed to be done in the area of entertainment other than just monitoring by parents and grandparents. In other words, he asked if I would support something (he did not say what) that HELPED monitor T.V. programming, movies, radio, and the internet, so I did not have to worry that my kids, grand or otherwise, would hear or see something that was not "clean" (his word). I of course said no.

I asked if this movement included violence, which or course it did not. So I assume this was the sex police. Anyone else get this call?

[rfranklin]

1. I insist that the porno actors bath before filming each scene...

because cleanliness is next to Godliness.

[Greybnk48]

2. lol! maybe it was "family clean," not "clean family."

but he used the word "clean" repeatedly. Funny.

[fryguy]

3. smells like advocates for thought police censorship

next stop, Orwell's 1984....

[bryant69]

4. That's goofy

They were asking for donations? Or trying to sell you something? If Donations than it's a bit troubling, because it's clear what they would like to do (shut down programs they don't like).

On the other hand, if they were trying to sell some sort of rating service or tv blocking box, well, that's a creepy approach.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[Greybnk48]

6. No donations, or sales

he emphasized that. He was asking if I would accept a follow up call to answer more questions and possibly join in the movement. In retrospect, I should have played along to learn more. But, sadly, he ticked me off and I said I was not interested.

[hobbit709]

5. I already have two censorship options

is what I tell those kind of people
1. Channel Selector
2. On-Off Switch

[Greybnk48]

8. That's what I said, and the V chip

here's the number if anyone knows how to check it out--I don't.

1-877-291-7322. Name came up NOT PROVIDED.

[havocmom]

10. Most newer TVs have the V Chip which parents can use to block show

if they would just stop being lazy and BE PARENTS! The rest of the population should not have to live with their household limits.

Same crowd that doesn't want the government nor anyone else telling them how to raise their kids. What a bunch of wankers.

[carnie_sf]

11. Wankers

that's exactly what thet are

[havocmom]

12. My brothers will tell you I never found that bush everybody else beats

around. ;)

[jean]

7. wonder if he was doubling up and getting info on future draft prospects

[Eric J in MN]

9. If you care more about Free Speech than

fighting indecency, than visit SpeakSpeak News.

I'm one of the writers:
www.speakspeak.org

[Emit]

13. I got a call just like that yesterday afternoon!

He DID sound so much like a recording that I had to stop him several times in mid-sentence to ask if he was a robot or a machine!

He said he was talking through a computer, and that the call was "monitored for quality control." I was suspicious of who he was calling for from the get go.

I do have three children under the age of 16, but wouldn't give him details. I actually said I didn't really agree that there was a problem for me to monitor what my kids watch--I mean, IMO, it didn't require a great deal of effort, so it isn't that much of a problem for me. Despite this, he continued on as if I DID feel it was a problem--that's part of why I felt like he was a recording, because regardless of how I answered, he still kept going on in one direction--as if I WAS agreeing with him. It was at this point, after me asking several times if this was a recording, that he asked "Do I really sound that bad?" and I finally realized he was a live person on the other end!


He also said something about the internet. I drilled him on who funded him--he denied any church funding or political funding. He said the name of his organization was "DOVE"--he said it wasn't an acronym and not related to the soap. Anyway, he asked if this other group, "Feature Films for Families" could call me and survey me---said that's who he was calling for.

Usually, I just say no to these folks, but with all the far-right fanatics pushing for censorship, etc. (I kept thinking of "Focus on the Family", or whatever that extreme James Dobson group is), I was more interested in finding out who these groups were, so I kept the interview/survey going. I figured I'd try to research it more today, before the other group calls me.

I have been approached in the past by the "Feature Films for Families." At the time, about 5 years ago, some "friend" of ours passed on our name to this group as a potential target (I had always thought it was a born-again friend of ours--a family who is very, well, very Christian fundamentalist, but as we don't socialize much with them, I never asked).

The group sold discount tickets for G-rated movies. Not really being all that savvy about the religious right (or, rather, not really understanding it's breadth of involvement with our government, etc. at the time), I did participate in a package of tickets and took my daughter and a couple of her friends to the most boring G-rated movie they had ever seen. We walked out before it ended, and she asked not to go back to "those" kinds of movies.

Kinda' reminded me of some of those old Disney movies--not the hyped up ones, but the Escape from Witch Mountain made for TV type. I don't know, really, but kids who have been exposed to more sophisticated films have a hard time stepping backwards, I guess.

Anyway, I'm very curious how they keep getting my name, and know that I have kids, and I want to find out more about their funding sources, a question this robot-guy couldn't or wouldn't answer.

[Greybnk48]

15. This sounds like the same call

no matter what I said, he just forged ahead. But he said the word "clean" several times, maybe 5, to emphasize his points. Twice I tried to ask a question and he just talked over me so I thought it was a recording. And every response I gave he tried to make it as if I had agreed. Finally, I asked, "may I ask a question" (about violence) and he responded. It was freakish.

[Emit]

16. Yeah, weird. Looks like others have had problems with them

Here's a blogsite that has had enough of their calls:

http://www.antitelemarketer.com/php/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=740&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=03c79c8aca3539e21d5c760c379210e0

And, it does look like the CEO of DOVE is affiliated (at least on a personal level) with fundamentalists Christian organizations:

<<snip>>
Is the Disney Boycott a Proper Response?

A COLUMN BY DICK ROLFE
President/CEO,
THE DOVE FOUNDATION


July 1997

I addressed this issue one year ago, when my own church denomination, The Assemblies of God, decreed a churchwide boycott of the Walt Disney Company, "for abandoning the commitment to strong moral values." The issue was over several corporate decisions that sent a message that Disney was supporting, and perhaps even encouraging homosexual behavior. Disney followed the other major studios by offering gay and lesbian employees same-sex partner insurance benefits typically reserved for spouses. The church also noted the Gay & Lesbian Day held each year at Disney World in Orlando Florida. This year the event, not sponsored by Disney, drew over 60,000 people to the theme park, most of them homosexuals.

The Southern Baptist Church, America's largest Protestant denomination, just declared their intentions to boycott all Disney Company's products and properties. This action caused me to reexamine my article from last year to see if I feel differently about this issue today. My observations are so similar to what they were a year ago, that I decided to reprint my comments from last June in the remainder of this column. Here is what I wrote.

<<snip>>

I call on all Christians from all denominations to rally together and reach out to the Walt Disney Company, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, MGM/UA, MCA/Universal Pictures and every other studio and film production company with encouragement and support whenever they produce wholesome, godly entertainment. Jesus set the example when he encouraged people by saying, "This is the way, walk ye in it."

The law of supply and demand is one of God's laws, too. It's up to us to make it work for the Kingdom.
<<snip>>

Read the rest here:
http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/disney_boycott.htm

[bleedingheart]

14. My mom did, She said, "you mean like when Bush used the word Asshole"

and when "Cheney told Leahy to fuck off on the Senate floor?"...and the guy hung up on her...

So I wonder who they are working with....hmmmm....

[SemperEadem]

17. I got a call similar to that about a year ago

some black church organization was calling to poll about entertainment that was available on cable television.

They went on a tangent about pornography (that's what they call a brief 4 minute sex scene in a 2 hour moive), assuming that because I was a woman, I would be offended by sex on cable--I said to them "you assume that I have a problem with viewing sex when I don't"... then she started stuttering and I said "I am not an 8 yr old who has no experience of the world. I am an adult. If I decide I don't feel like watching sex on cable, I do exactly what I do when I see church services with screaming, sweating ministers--I change the channel". Then I hung up.

This bullshit of treating each and every adult in this country as an 8yr old know-nothing, trying to overly sanitize every single gotdamn thing and make all of life 'child friendly' has got to stop. I don't have minor children--but those that do need to monitor their responsibility instead of infringing upon my rights as an adult to view what I please.

Each television has a channel change button and an off button... and most televisions now have channel locking devices--I use mine to block out religious programming so I don't have to see it while I'm surfing. One would think if these overbearing jerks act like they'd vaporize to the 7th circle of hell if they turned off their television instead of using it to babysit their children.

[JitterbugPerfume]

18. Was it the DOVE foundation?

They called me

I did a GOOGLE search

then I told them I detest censorship in any form