CRTC protects rights of French speaking minority

Started by viper37, May 28, 2009, 01:10:05 PM

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viper37

May 28, 2009, 01:10:05 PM
Who says we don't need a CRTC (FCC for Canada)?

Once again, the mighty bureaucrats rule in favor on French Canadians deprived of their most basic right:  subtitled porn.

http://blog.fagstein.com/
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                            We made fun of this a bit when it came out, but there was a serious policy question being asked by Videotron: Should cable companies be required to spend money closed-captioning on-demand pornography and programming aimed at preschool children who can't read?
The month, the CRTC ruled that, well, yes, they should.
While you might think it common sense that such programs should be excluded from closed-captioning requirements, the CRTC said that children should have access to captioning so they can learn to read, and parents should have access to what their children watch. There wasn't much discussion about the porn angle, namely that nobody cares what people are saying in pornographic movies.
In any case, the CRTC said Videotron hadn't made a case that it's so financially strapped that it can't afford captioning costs, so the application was denied.
http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/07/28/crtc-roundup-videotron-doesnt-want-to-closed-caption-porn/
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-276.htm

A great victory for all unilingual francos out there.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

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garbon

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May 28, 2009, 01:14:00 PM
:thumbsdown:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Neil

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May 28, 2009, 01:17:49 PM
Quote from: viper37 on May 28, 2009, 01:10:05 PM
A great victory for all unilingual francos out there.
Do unilingual francos even exist?  We won that war, after all.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

saskganesh

#3
May 28, 2009, 01:39:41 PM
We don't need a CRTC because its vitally important that Quebec Nationalists only watch American, English-language only commercials during the Superbowl.

I thought this was already established.
humans were created in their own image

Malthus

#4
May 28, 2009, 01:39:59 PM
French will die out if one allows unilingual, uncaptioned porn.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

crazy canuck

#5
May 28, 2009, 02:00:11 PM
Quote from: Malthus on May 28, 2009, 01:39:59 PM
French will die out if one allows unilingual, uncaptioned porn.

I hope they make the text screen large enough to cover the action.

Grey Fox

#6
May 28, 2009, 03:04:32 PM
Quote from: Neil on May 28, 2009, 01:17:49 PM
Quote from: viper37 on May 28, 2009, 01:10:05 PM
A great victory for all unilingual francos out there.
Do unilingual francos even exist?  We won that war, after all.

Yes. Especially among those 30+ that don't live in the Montreal Area.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

Neil

#7
May 28, 2009, 03:14:11 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 28, 2009, 03:04:32 PM
Quote from: Neil on May 28, 2009, 01:17:49 PM
Quote from: viper37 on May 28, 2009, 01:10:05 PM
A great victory for all unilingual francos out there.
Do unilingual francos even exist?  We won that war, after all.

Yes. Especially among those 30+ that don't live in the Montreal Area.
Weird.  You have to wonder how such pathetic souls live with themselves.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

viper37

#8
May 28, 2009, 03:19:39 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on May 28, 2009, 01:39:41 PM
We don't need a CRTC because its vitally important that Quebec Nationalists only watch American, English-language only commercials during the Superbowl.

I thought this was already established.
Yes, it has been.
But clearly, the CRTC disagrees with me.  And it desperately want people to think the same.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

Drakken

#9
May 28, 2009, 03:19:51 PM
Quote from: Neil on May 28, 2009, 01:17:49 PM
Quote from: viper37 on May 28, 2009, 01:10:05 PM
A great victory for all unilingual francos out there.
Do unilingual francos even exist?  We won that war, after all.

More than you think.

Many Quebecers who claim to be bilingual can barely speak English, even in Montreal, and would miserably fail any grade school English test if it was ever given to them.  :lol:

Drakken

#10
May 28, 2009, 03:22:26 PM
Quote from: viper37 on May 28, 2009, 03:19:39 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on May 28, 2009, 01:39:41 PM
We don't need a CRTC because its vitally important that Quebec Nationalists only watch American, English-language only commercials during the Superbowl.

I thought this was already established.
Yes, it has been.
But clearly, the CRTC disagrees with me.  And it desperately want people to think the same.

Deaf men aren't to be discriminated. They have to right to jack off to porn as much as we do.  :mad:

garbon

#11
May 28, 2009, 03:37:53 PM
Sex doesn't come with subtitles. Also, I've found it is best when people don't talk.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Habsburg

#12
May 28, 2009, 04:02:11 PM
Quote from: Neil on May 28, 2009, 01:17:49 PM
Quote from: viper37 on May 28, 2009, 01:10:05 PM
A great victory for all unilingual francos out there.
Do unilingual francos even exist?

:yes:

Quebec >>>>>>>>> Alberta

oh wait.

Labrador >>>>>>>>>>> Alberta

Neil

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May 28, 2009, 04:25:28 PM
Quote from: Habsburg on May 28, 2009, 04:02:11 PM
Quote from: Neil on May 28, 2009, 01:17:49 PM
Quote from: viper37 on May 28, 2009, 01:10:05 PM
A great victory for all unilingual francos out there.
Do unilingual francos even exist?

:yes:

Quebec >>>>>>>>> Alberta

oh wait.

Labrador >>>>>>>>>>> Alberta
Don't be silly.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.
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