Did Family Guy go too far?

[sandorski]

Thank you for making my point, since the definition includes the phrase "unstated limit". If you're going to ask people if something passed a limit, you should probably tell us what that limit is...

Now you're going too far....again.

 

[spittledip]

Not funny or clever, not that Family Guy ever was clever or funny. It seems strange to me to express oneself in offensive ways just b/c one has the freedom to do so. America suffers from a strange bitterness.

Although some vets may not be bothered by this, I am sure many do find it very disrespectful to make light of all their friends and comrades killed in that war.

When it comes to freedom, America is incredibly backwards. Nothing like progressing forward out of the dark cave to steadily climb down into the cess pool.

 

[techforums]

Did Family Guy go too far?

no

 

[Kappo]

I really don't mind Family Guy expressing views or having sick satire. I personally love watching it sometimes, and I'm just not sensitive enough to really care about a cartoon making fun of literally EVERYTHING.

When it (intentionally trying to offend people) starts creeping into institutions like schools, churches, retail outlets, government, etc.. then it is a problem. There is a line, but it's really not possible for a TV show created to offend to cross it.

 

[ScottyB]

Hilarious. If it offended some twats, all the better.

 

[cubeless]

I really don't mind Family Guy expressing views or having sick satire. I personally love watching it sometimes, and I'm just not sensitive enough to really care about a cartoon making fun of literally EVERYTHING.

When it (intentionally trying to offend people) starts creeping into institutions like schools, churches, retail outlets, government, etc.. then it is a problem. There is a line, but it's really not possible for a TV show created to offend to cross it.

interesting can-o-worms you open... so it's ok in some of the public discourse but not others? And who be the arbiter of where it's ok and where it's not?

 

[2Xtreme21]

I love the double standard in this thread. So many people saying how the damn dirty Muslims deserved to be offended on "national let's be a dick" day, but now their panties are all in a bunch because something they hold dear was joked about on a TV show.

 

[Kappo]

interesting can-o-worms you open... so it's ok in some of the public discourse but not others? And who be the arbiter of where it's ok and where it's not?

The public is ALWAYS the arbiter. The hazard of providing offensive entertainment is that people may stop watching you. The consequences of, say, a politician doing the same thing is much more harmful. He may lose his job, but you have to wait out his term.

Show that lends itself to not be taken seriously losing a timeslot < some entire entity saying offensive things to others.

 

[ericlp]

Hilarious. If it offended some twats, all the better.

Yep.. Esp, the OP! LOL!!!!

 

[Pepsei]

family guy hiroshima

 

[tk149]

First off: I am a veteran.
2nd: My father and several uncles are Vietnam veterans.

Need to say that before I say this.
If you cant take a joke, or stand someone making a political comment you dont like, then you truly dont get America and all those men died in vain. Soldiers fight to defend the constitution, and the most important thing that allows us to do is say things which are unpopular. Popular speech doesnt need protection.
If you didnt like the joke (which is totally understandable cuz in a truly free society people are going to piss each other off) then dont watch the show.

Seth McFarlan is not a bad or evil person or unamerican. He just doesnt fall into the bullshit blind patriotism that some other people do. And he chooses to express himself in a way that gets attention and promotes discussion, as is evident from the news article and this thread right here.

First, my thanks to you and your family for your service.

Second, I agree with you.

Third, I thought it (Family Guy) was funny. I haven't seen that episode, but (scarily enough) I could hear the vietnamese guy's voice in my head complete with accent. If it happened in real life, it wouldn't be funny, but this is a freakin' cartoon!

 

[BurnItDwn]

Offensive ... sure
But ... censorship is much, much, more offensive.

 

[mizzou]

It's the opposite of what should happen at the wall

Opposite things make me laugh

 

[Atreus21]

hi hypocrite.

freedom of speech. learn it. funny how you think it's ok to bash something sacred to the muslim world, yet when it comes to america, it's completely off limits. hypocrite.

next.

In other words, you completely missed the point.

To explain for about the 9th time, the image of Muhammad was censored. That's an assault on freedom of speech, not to mention an indicator that we have been successfully terrorized.

Nothing in Family Guy was censored, nor is anyone arguing in favor of it. That is not an assault on freedom of speech. An apology is in order, nothing else.