programming@nbc.com.
Great thread Futo. IPECAC, hope you don't mind me borrowing some of your letter.
Light these guys up!
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Yesterday I saw a Public Service Announcement on NBC in which one of the actors from the NBC sitcom, "3rd Rock from the Sun" challenges a fellow actor to tell him within ten seconds, "one good thing about guns." Of course, in your cleverly written, highly informative spot, the second actor is only able to give the camera a blank look, implying, ignorantly, that there are no good things about firearms.
This is not a public service at all. Do you wish all LAW-ABIDING citizens to fall prey to criminals (those who DISOBEY the laws)? The police have guns, they carry guns. Are we to assume, then, that police are not, "a good thing"? Over a million LAW-ABIDING Americans per year defend themselves and their families from criminals each year with firearms, but in your opinion, this is not a "good thing".
I could go on to list hundreds of quotes in support of the people having arms from the evil white men who founded this country, but I'm sure your crack research staff has already informed you of those. I could go on to show the work of the vast majority of Constitutional scholars who agree that the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution guarantees (not grants but reaffirms, BTW) the right of the people to keep and bear arms, however, those top-notch lawyers you pay so dearly are well aware that even Lawrence Tribe, the most highly respected Constitutional scholar in the country, holds that view.
Therefore, my family and soon to be all my friends, are boycotting all programming on NBC, and spreading the word on the internet about NBC's attempt to disarm the LAW-ABIDING citizens through a campaign of misinformation.
Ask yourself a question NBC - A criminal breaks into your house or car while you are in it and says, "I'm going to take your 3 year old child with me and have some fun" - what will you do? Quickly, come up with an answer. I suspect you came up with the same answer that your PSA's actor came up with - nothing. Congratulations, your child is dead - but your ratings just might go up if you air this story.
Disrespectfully,
<CMOS>
Houston, TX 77043
P.S. By the way, you might want to read the Bill of Rights. It's that little thing directly after the Constitution. You media folks love to exercise the First Amendment with your trash programming, but it seems you've never read any further. Look at the very next one in line, and get an English professor to help if you have any trouble understanding it. A dictionary may prove essential to understanding the word "inalienable" ...
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