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- jevad0
yep saw that on the news last night.
yay for teh 1st amendment
*waves american flag
* leaves thread
- ricstultz0
miss jones needs a good bitch slappin... who makes fun of something like that?
- adamfinger0
Free speech should DEFINITELY cover racist, bigoted, homophobic, sexist, etc words and speeches. Otherwise, what's the point of having free speech? These sorts of problems don't go away simply because they are censored. They go away on account of dialogue and education.
- grafholic0
i honestly don't think there should be some kind of law or constitution that tells us what we can say and what we cannot say - seems like a common sense to me, except that there are insensitive idiots out there who just don't get it.
- piperboytoy0
how insensitive. bastaards!
- welded0
Of course that song is protected by free speach, as it should be. Rue the day we are told what we can and cannot say by law. What everybody seems to not understand is that this IS NOT A FEDERAL LEGAL MATTER. The G.O.V. wasn't the one that had the show pulled, it was their parent company whose name escapes me. They have certain regulatory standards to meet for the sake of good taste. What they did was unquestionably in poor taste, thus the consequences. The closest the government can come in this case is the FCC.
OK?
- welded0
Aww, lookit me talkin' like an expert 'n stuff.
- janne0
hehe
- adamfinger0
I guarentee these "regulatory standards" based on "good taste" are nothing more than guidelines designed to ensure that no advertisement dollars are pulled.
Shock Radio is proof that stations aren't too concerned with offending women, blacks, hispanics, Arabs, etc...that is until a pressure group decides to step in.
- welded0
"I guarentee these "regulatory standards" based on "good taste" are nothing more than guidelines designed to ensure that no advertisement dollars are pulled."
No offence, but, duh. They ARE a corporation, after all. If the public let garbage like this slide then I don't see why it would have been pulled at all.
- level20
this IS the best news of the day..
- taragee0
i am all for a good joke - but the fact is they just arent funny.. it was like - the worst show ever.. tried to be liek starr and buck who were funny once in a while... then the got charley murphy and whoever they could from chapppelle to tr y and save the show.. and this is what crap tehy came up with... need to give ME a show GEE IN THE MORNING
- adamfinger0
Welded, if it's such common sense, than why would you have worded it as "regulatory standards" based on "good taste" rather than "regulatory standards" based on corporate advertiser's opinions. Big difference.
- welded0
Uhm, when it comes to big business there is NO difference between decisions made in the vein of good taste and those which affect the bottom line. There is ZERO difference.
Why is this a problem for you, I thought we were agreeing?
- adamfinger0
We do agree. You're wording threw me off.
- welded0
Sorry, I didn't intend the "duh" to be so literal. My bad.
- taragee0
"your wording" not "you're"
- Gorbie0
i don't have any idea why you people are discussing the first ammendment in this thread.
those rights do not apply to privately owned business and corporations.
the people in this incident are not being arrested. if they were arrested, you would be right that their first ammendment rights were violated.
- SteveJobs0
suddenly the 'F-N-A America!' rednecks sound so much more sophisticated.