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a02632@giant.rsoft.bc.ca (Mike Quigley) writes:

>I was watching a tape I made from Bravo, the new Canadian TV network
>which debuted a couple of days ago. The show in question was KYTV,

All of the promos I have seen indicate that KYTV is on the new Showcase
network, not Bravo.

>But catch this, yet another warning! Obviously these people have been
>given the word from the CRTC, Canada's ass-kissing broadcast regulatory
>authority to toe the politically correct line!!

>"Morals and attitudes in other countries are not always the same as
>they are here in Canada. Please bear this in mind as you watch the
>following program."

More likely they're just trying to stem any complaints from viewers who
might complain to advertisers or drop the service.  Have you seen the 
warnings CBC runs before _This Hour Has 22 Minutes_?  Something about 
it's humour not being for everyone.  How about the warning the Buffalo 
PBS affiliate ran over Prime Suspect 3 EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES.  It took 
up half the screen, obscuring the action.  My new Blockbuster video guide 
(don't blame me, it was a present) goes to great lengths to explain that 
a movie might not be for everybody when it is stranger than the norm.  
It's people, plain and simple.  Your conspiracy theories are showing.

And how is putting up a warning "toeing the politically correct line"?
Toeing the politically correct line these days seems to be shouting down
anything which might have been considered politically correct 5 years
ago.

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