Topic : A annoying practice of this show
This show airs late afternoon. But the audience at the tapings is an adult audience. No children are allowed. The content is adult content. Subjects are adult subjects. Before the show starts, there is a warning about the type of show this is. Children and sensitive adults are not supposed to watch this show.
So why do they beep out some words? If the guests or Dr Phil are not supposed to use them, they should not use them. Period. It is very annoying to have these beeps or these **** and not know what they stand for. Or sometimes the conversation goes like:"So he calls you the A word, the B word, the C word, the D word, the E word, the F word...oh how offensive!". But what are these words? When presented like that, I do no find them offensive because I do not get the point, and I do not understand what all the fuss is about. I find those people are getting offended for nothing.
I most certainly am not the only person whose mother tongue is not English, and who has a problem understanding all the subtilities of these expressions and of specifically English idioms.
Since this is an adult only show, and ample warnings preceed its airing, I find all words used on the show should be left as is in the show. I find that the current practice is condescending towards the public.
