For heavens sake, abolish the BSA. It's utterly useless. Simply preserve competition and let the audience vote with their remote.

What always cracks me up is just how many of the complainants to the BSA will sit through the entire program (that they will later decree offended them) just to note which bits did exactly.

For me, it would probably be some incredibly misleading news report under the accuracy standard. I did consider complaining about a public lecture that Radio NZ aired around Waitangi Day (they air a couple each year), but I decided that despite it being mind-blowingly misleading, it wasn't really their fault, but that of the Academic who gave it, so that seemed unfair to them.

On a decency-type thing, I did write to the Censor after seeing The Princess and the Frog, not really to complain, but just asking how it got a G rating. They replied - it got a G rating in Australia, and studios can just copy them over, but we've had a lot of people ask about this, and will look into it more closely for the DVD. Which was rated PG.

maybe that person thought Dr Phil was good childrens TV? I think the complaint should have been ruled out immediately as it came from someone who watches Dr Phil and therefore is suspect from the start.

I don't think I'd actually complain about anything on TV ever. This is for a couple of reasons 1. personal responsibility - if you don't like it, don't watch it, and as you point out Chris parents should take responsibility for what their children are watching. 2. Broadcasters are generally responsible with when they air their content. e.g. the Walking Dead is not on TV at 4.30pm once kids get home from school, its on at 9.30pm once their asleep. I know Sky has South Park (among other shows on other channels) on Comedey Central in the afternoon, but you can set up the parental lock to prevent the kids from watching. That links back to point 1. 3. Its actually too much effort to complain about something to the BSA. seriously who has time to lodge one? Do these people just sit at home all day waiting for stuff to complain about? Even if something did cause me to be concerned, it would simply be a case of 'wont be watching that again' rather than wasting time to complain.

The TV3 promotion of THAT Target episode is about the closest I would have ever come to thinking about talking to the BSA. I've got a pretty liberal thick skin when it comes to TV, but using brief clips of a man obviously masturbating during early evening prime time when children are likely to be watching is line crossing for me, especially as the episode in question was more concerned with titillation than consumer protection. It was just gratuitous and cynical.

Never have complained, and I doubt I ever would. Its totally pointless complaining about any show that isn't made here, and I pay no attention at all to show promos. Unless I pick one up off Youtube, and then the context is completely different.

I've been watching some children's shows recently, and it surprises me how adult they are in some respects. They're also very carefully done. One had a particularly violent rugby match, but it was only narrated from the viewpoint of the spectators. Although you heard some crunching sound effects, you never saw anything. When there was on-screen violence in other parts of the show it was heavily stylised and you always saw the injured parties stand up with "I'm okay" lines.

I can imagine even that sort of thing might be too much for some parents, and I don't think any of the shows have every screened here. They are kiddie horror shows though, and I suspect we work to different standards here.

But look at cartoons..some of them are the most violent things ever created and yet no-one ever worries about them. Or do they? I still have very vague memories of the days long ago when there was a move to declare comics indecent because a "child's medium" started featuring adult plots and storylines.

When they started playing the (endless) Family Guy promos on comedy central the clip they choose referenced getting a ride from Kobe Bryant... and this was around the time of the rape trial. I enjoy family guy but there are tons of funny bits... why use a rape joke in a promo that plays pretty much endlessly?

Anyway, that was the only time I considered complaining.

I'd be more likely to complain about that utter lack of anything decent to watch, particularly on a Wednesday night. Even with Sky.

Well I have never even considered it until last week I was taken aback watching Gyspy Blood where they started hacking up an animals face (a deer they killed) with a machete for fun.. For their children. Thought it was a tad odd was all.