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  crespi

  June 7, 2007, 11:37 a.m.

  Posters here know I fight against censorship.

  But littering one's scripts or commentary with profanity is a sign of VERY weak writing.

  It simultaneously degrades the public dialog while also draining the evocative power from the oaths, curses, and bodypart/body functions.

  The impoverished, racially oppressed of the inner cities use extreme profanity to distance themselves from white, corporate society, who, it turns out, are equally foul mouthed out of a disdain and disrespect of life in general.

  If only television could be trusted to have some taste instead of giving us revisionist crap like "Deadwood" where they try to see how many (historically inaccurate) f*cks they can get into one script.

  !#@*!!
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  hamy

  June 7, 2007, 4:45 p.m.

  The FCC has been ridiculously and arbitrarily enforcing these laws. It is about time someone stood up to them.
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  harmlessoldman

  June 7, 2007, 5:27 p.m.

  here i draw the line, decorum and good sense should win out. Establishing a minimal level of manners is not censorship. Censorship negatively impacts ideas, not ignorance and a lack of vocabulary. If I were the KING i would not penalize the network..I would place a 2 year restriction on the offender, their image, their voice or their name on the television airwaves that the FCC over sees. Publicity, which is what they seek the most would be withheld and the resulting economic reward. Let the congregation say AMEN!
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  kaizersozey83

  June 7, 2007, 7:10 p.m.

  This article is pretty narrow-sighted although they did say fleeting, it did also specify "during live events". These things will not be scripted for regular television as skewed in the article. This was about the fcc going after fox for people saying things that they could not control. It's a live event, if someone slips up and says something vulgar, it shouldn't be enforced against the network. I say right-on to the courts finally cracking down on at least 1 thing. Lets keep it moving.
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  bill-smith

  June 7, 2007, 7:19 p.m.

  I'm not sure it can be said much better than Gil Scott-Heron said in the lyrics to one of his songs:

  And you ain't said no words that I haven't heard, but that ain't no compliment

  It only insults eight people out of ten and questions your intelligence

  Four letter words or four syllable words won't make you important

  It'll only magnify how shallow you are and let everybody know it
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  2xKnight

  June 7, 2007, 7:30 p.m.

  If I understand that right all it says is if someone says that during an interview or on live tv, the FCC can't fine 'em. If it's a scripted show, they can.

  Not gonna make much difference on scripted shows.
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  quemara

  June 7, 2007, 8:54 p.m.

  I can't believe that the networks are so worried about their ratings that they are going to say it's ok to use such foul language. I won't worry about the FCC scanning what's good for my daughter.. I'll do that myself, but seriously people.. How can these fools sleep at night knowing that there will be children watching these shows??? What next.. porn before the 6 o'clock news kicks off.. talk about a dinner show??? They should all be ashamed of themselves.. some censorship isn't too bad...
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  history-ferret

  June 7, 2007, 9:22 p.m.

  This just goes to look you how far we have gone into the pit since the 50's.
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  saadhusain

  June 7, 2007, 11:39 p.m.

  Sh@#$!# describes Fox News so of course Fox is very familiar with the stench.

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