# Don't Reduce My Television Viewing Down To Little House On The Prairie **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 4, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reduce-my-television-viewing-down-to-little-house-on-the-prairie/227472 "2004-02-04T13:35:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Misery\_Loves\_Co](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Misery\_Loves\_Co](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misery_Loves_Co)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reduce-my-television-viewing-down-to-little-house-on-the-prairie/227472/21 "2004-02-05T15:14:24Z")
sorry for the hijack, but - > [@kabbes](#): > > Still, I think you have a fair point. Americans may be astounded to learn that European society is actually not that different to American society. Even though the television might be. Sure . . . if you mean that Europeans are not wot to roast their babies alive, or use pogo sticks as the basis of their national transportation system. What drugs are you on? 😛 Even if Europeans are covering up more these days, it’s certainly not because they’ve been influenced by 200 years of puritanical doctrine. . . I’m not waging in on the titty-fight, but European Society is quite different from American Society. Different cultural “glue”, different motivations, different sense of history, experience of the past century. . . ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reduce-my-television-viewing-down-to-little-house-on-the-prairie/227472/22 "2004-02-05T18:07:08Z")
> [@Tars Tarkas](#): > > is \*\*CheekyMonkey613 \*\* overreacting again? Just wait until she demands the right to bulldoze over everyone who disagrees that her TV “rights” will be taken away… Pfffffffft! You mean this is a normal thing for him/her? Jeez, a little warning huh? I’ve been away, and am just now settling back in after my “big move” (sheesh, sounds like a kid’s book on how to cope with moving :D). Anyway, I’d not seen this poster before, so was unaware of his/her tendencies. I thought she really WAS this upset over the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reduce-my-television-viewing-down-to-little-house-on-the-prairie/227472/23 "2004-02-05T19:51:44Z")
> [@CheekyMonkey613](#): > > Again, yup. Not enough to get wound up about. Funny how you didn’t quote me on the rest of that line of thinking. Because the quoted part was what I agreed with. If I had agreed with the whole thing, I’d have posted it! Jesus! For someone who accuses other people of getting worked up, it seems you’re the one who’s worked up to me. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reduce-my-television-viewing-down-to-little-house-on-the-prairie/227472/24 "2004-02-05T20:06:28Z")
I find it particularly amusing that **CheekyMonkey** has some kind of belief that this incident will reduce her TV viewing to “Little House on the Prairie” levels when (1) the incident happened in the US, (2) American networks and commentators are the ones in a tizzy and threatening to censor their shows, and (3) **CheekyMonkey** lives in CANADA! I know full well that Canadian networks show a large amount of US network programming, but I also know that they show a large amount of Canadian programming as well, not to mention shows like _The Sopranos_ and _Sex in the City_ on free TV, uncensored (at least in Toronto–don’t know about Montreal). Don’t hold your breath that the Super Bowl will change that. In the meantime, **Cheeky** , rail all you want about alleged American censorship, but don’t pretend it affects you somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reduce-my-television-viewing-down-to-little-house-on-the-prairie/227472/25 "2004-02-05T20:34:17Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Hang on a mo’, some jerk in an office at TiVo knows what you record when you record it? Only if your TiVo unit is hooked to a phone line. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reduce-my-television-viewing-down-to-little-house-on-the-prairie/227472.md?page=1)