Thud !!! Someone just threw Freedom of Choice in the dustbin

Politicians dont like to keep anything out of their scope of influence.So what do they do in areas where they should not have intervened - they act as "guardians".They poke their noses in matters of individual concern.The latest instance of such "activism" is the banning of a TV channel AXN for airing supposedly "objectionable" content.
(See:The Times of India)

This interventionist attack by the self proclaimed moral police on the rights of a free media comes on the back of action against blogs and websites like Orkut,YouTube and even smoking and bike scenes in films.The government tries all it can to be "remembered" in the minds of the public.While it fails to protect children against serial killers and child labor it tries to take the center-stage as their messiah against "objectionable" content.But what is offensive cannot be determined in quantitative terms , there cannot be a numerical threshold above which something is classified as obscene.It fully depends upon the individual and unique as we are there are numerous ways of interpreting the same content.

And of some who actually find it offensive there are "overenthusiastic" individuals like Pratibha Naithani who will go all lengths to force their opinion onto others.India is certainly not lacking in other such publicity hoggers.Only if they knew that the remote control for their TV is in their hand and so is the option to change channels or switch it off.How will such people feel if we were to block off their favorite channels just because we find it obscene?.

So what happens now is :
Mr A : I want to see a movie xyz.
Channel B : Hey , I have it.You pay up and I will show it.
Mr A : Thats great , here's your money.
Government , Moral Police : Wait, I want to have my say.I think i will block Channel B coz i think movie "xyz" is obscene for the children of C,D and E - so it will be bad for u too.
Mr A : But i dont have any children and i am adult myself.
Government , Moral Police : Just stop complaining and thank us for this wonderful service that we provide(by paying taxes).

The simple solution would be to assign an age rating to the content(this is already done by Star Movies - which i haven't been able to see courtesy the moral police) which can act as a guide for parents to choose programs for their kids.An the parent can then use child lock or in case of CAS - just unsubscribe.

This Vulgar Display should stop - Vulgar Display of Power that is.