tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post3521807477740238943..comments2024-03-01T00:27:42.852-08:00Comments on Hammer Of The Blogs: The ShieldHeywood J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-47999481949711207682010-09-22T09:58:23.991-07:002010-09-22T09:58:23.991-07:00The Shield is such a wonderful show to watch. I li...<a href="http://the-shield.otavo.tv/" rel="nofollow">The Shield</a> is such a wonderful show to watch. I like the plot of this show which is really interesting. And the acting of Michael Chiklis is just amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-64628384469467353242009-01-17T04:59:00.000-08:002009-01-17T04:59:00.000-08:00although its not about to download the shield tv s...although its not about to <A HREF="http://download-the-shield-episodes.edogo.com/" REL="nofollow">download the shield tv show</A> which i was looking for but as i am a huge the shield lover so i enjoyed it as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-5611176333849015742008-11-29T07:04:00.000-08:002008-11-29T07:04:00.000-08:00An American friend of mine had to go do some work ...An American friend of mine had to go do some work in London for Constellation Energy, and he tells me that, during his stay in England, he oddly missed the violence on TV. <BR/><BR/>(It should be pointed out, however, that Britain gave us Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham, two recent contributors to the knuckle-sandwich cuisine).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-61398312856246788312008-11-28T11:45:00.000-08:002008-11-28T11:45:00.000-08:00Part of it is the old Carlin chestnut that "you ca...Part of it is the old Carlin chestnut that "you can prick your finger, but you can't finger your prick", even though there are plenty of more descriptive double-entendres that are perfectly acceptable. And every year or so another word or phrase is allowed in, so a half-dozen or so of the "edgier" shows will immediately jump in, use the new phrase, and start taking the piss out of it.<BR/><BR/>And of course part of it is that 'murkins are weirdly more comfortable with depictions of violence than of sex. Even bodily functions are more acceptable than bumping uglies. I've never understood it, though compared to the violent sexual repression of Islamic regimes, I suppose we can't really complain.Heywood J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-56524027923351935542008-11-28T09:35:00.000-08:002008-11-28T09:35:00.000-08:00It's how you say it, not what you say, that matter...It's <I>how</I> you say it, not what you say, that matters with these guys. You can probably talk about genocide on prime time, as long as you call it something euphemistic -- ethnic relocation, group-downsizing, that kind of shit. I'm beginning to suspect that Americans are OK with a lot of semantic content -- it's only the directness of description that bothers their little puritanical selves. But not what they are a description of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com