#93 — If I may, though, offer a suggestion for keeping kids from harmful language on broadcast TV that doesn’t require a big government/federal solution.
No, you may not. It’s stupid. Mom and dad have no idea what will happen in a 7PM broadacast show before it airs. With your “solution” they could be sitting there watching the show with the kids and having the remote does no good. Try a new argument; preferably one that actually addresses the issue. (The intellectually bankrupt KosKiddie regurgitation you *sometimes* engage can be annoying. I like you better when you think for yourself. “Snap out of it, I say!”)
It is sometimes the case where government is either the preferred (most cost effective) or ONLY solution available. This is such a case. So is the military, and so is much of the technological research the US is engaged in.
On the other hand, I’m not a conservative, so I’ve not painted myself into the small government corner. (Note that the remote control argumant the silly KosKiddies promote paints their position as dogmatic, too.)
Recognising that government has a legitimate function other than dictating to gays or pregnant women [and invading Poland after we're attacked by Zimbabwe, of course] would be a good start for many conservatives.
