11-03-2011, 15:41
Can I remind everyone that the law says OFCOM are to consider AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS when reviewing their crappy Code.
As we discovered on this forum last year, the majority of AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS of 'adult' channels are hardly ever met let alone 'exceeded' as OFCOM dare to incorrectly pronounce.
Where is OFCOM's research into 'adult' channel AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS? How can OFCOM dare to claim to know when you or I or, indeed, "the expectations of the vast majority of the audience" have or are likely to have been 'exceeded'?
The main point however is this: the law doesn't say OFCOM can assume to know anything about AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS. Indeed, the law states OFCOM's Code is to REFLECT the likely expectations of the AUDIENCE (i.e. regular 'adult' channel viewers).
Of course, what the law allows and demands isn't how or what OFCOM have chosen to implement. The spirit and letter of the law is clear - the AUDIENCE are supposed to direct the bounds/limits based on THEIR OWN EXPECTATIONS. In OFCOM's last survey of general viewer attitudes toward sex and nudity, the majority of viewers expressed the opinion that sex and nudity in a sexy or sexual programme was MORE EXPECTED than in a general entertainment programme. Yet, as we see above, OFCOM's fucked-up view of what the viewers 'expect' allows full frontal nudity and close-up pussy, penis and penetration shots in general entertainment programmes whilst banning exactly the same content from sexual programmes aimed at audiences that EXPECT to see exactly that sort of content.
OFCOM are clearly discriminating on grounds of sexual orientation - i.e. those of us who have no problem watching and enjoying explicit sexual material (the sexually open minded) are having our needs and expectations needlessly refused, censured and banned simply because OFCOM don't seem to understand such material is legally available because it is safe for all and anyone that may view it.
There is NOTHING 'offensive and harmful' in material designed to cause sexual arousal. Indeed, all material produced within the bounds of what is considered legally obscene is in fact, and by law, HARMLESS and SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE THAT WANT TO WATCH IT - so says the High Court of England and Wales.
As we discovered on this forum last year, the majority of AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS of 'adult' channels are hardly ever met let alone 'exceeded' as OFCOM dare to incorrectly pronounce.
Where is OFCOM's research into 'adult' channel AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS? How can OFCOM dare to claim to know when you or I or, indeed, "the expectations of the vast majority of the audience" have or are likely to have been 'exceeded'?
The main point however is this: the law doesn't say OFCOM can assume to know anything about AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS. Indeed, the law states OFCOM's Code is to REFLECT the likely expectations of the AUDIENCE (i.e. regular 'adult' channel viewers).
Of course, what the law allows and demands isn't how or what OFCOM have chosen to implement. The spirit and letter of the law is clear - the AUDIENCE are supposed to direct the bounds/limits based on THEIR OWN EXPECTATIONS. In OFCOM's last survey of general viewer attitudes toward sex and nudity, the majority of viewers expressed the opinion that sex and nudity in a sexy or sexual programme was MORE EXPECTED than in a general entertainment programme. Yet, as we see above, OFCOM's fucked-up view of what the viewers 'expect' allows full frontal nudity and close-up pussy, penis and penetration shots in general entertainment programmes whilst banning exactly the same content from sexual programmes aimed at audiences that EXPECT to see exactly that sort of content.
OFCOM are clearly discriminating on grounds of sexual orientation - i.e. those of us who have no problem watching and enjoying explicit sexual material (the sexually open minded) are having our needs and expectations needlessly refused, censured and banned simply because OFCOM don't seem to understand such material is legally available because it is safe for all and anyone that may view it.
There is NOTHING 'offensive and harmful' in material designed to cause sexual arousal. Indeed, all material produced within the bounds of what is considered legally obscene is in fact, and by law, HARMLESS and SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE THAT WANT TO WATCH IT - so says the High Court of England and Wales.
