Howard Stern dropped!

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Originally Posted by g0zen

The right are like sharks, when there's a little blood in the water they tend to frenzy.

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:lol: Other than the religious whackos, the right isn't the side that is for censorship, chief.

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Originally Posted by Andrew

I didn't like him very much. But censoring racial or predjucial comments from the radio isn't a bad thing dude.

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The show is co-hosted by a black woman, for cripe's sake. It's not racist, it's just humor. People are idiots.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

:lol: Other than the religious whackos, the right isn't the side that is for censorship, chief.

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That's not true. Unfortunately there's alot of people on both the republican and democratic side that are pro-censorship, but most of the major free speech advocates are squarely on the left.

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

I’m sick of how youth focused the US is these days. You just about can’t have a enjoyable life for worrying about the tikes. “Aww we must protect them.”

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By effectively dumbing all of our media down for the level of children, so we're all babied like 8 year olds. And not even doing it intelligently.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

That's not true. Unfortunately there's alot of people on both the republican and democratic side that are pro-censorship, but most of the major free speech advocates are squarely on the left.

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Unless you want to speak freely about Jesus Christ . . . or Christianity . . . or any view that might oppose theirown.

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Originally Posted by Captain Vegetable

Unless you want to speak freely about Jesus Christ . . . or Christianity . . . or any view that might oppose theirown.

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Don't forget the esteemed Senator from Connecticut. He's a fine example of what the left thinks of free speech.

Free trade and free speech are conservative (read: not religious) issues. The only things free that the ass party believes in are hand outs to burdens on society.

I say good. Radio, when it comes to this kind of stuff, is nothing but filth anymore. If you want to listen to that kind of stuff, that's one thing. But having all of this crap so previlant on public airways that just anybody can listen to, that's another.

Shock jocks are worthless, and toilet humor is the absolute most embarassing kind of comedy you can do. If these people can put a bit of creativity into coming up with funny bits that aren't just about sex or farting, then keep them around. Otherwise, toss them all out.

It's not about whether you like toilet humor or not. It's about their right to to make jokes about farts and sex. If you don't like it don't listen. No one if forcing anyone to own a radio and listen to the 15% of it that a minority of the masses would deem unsuitable. I don't listen to Stern but I think he should be able to say what ever he wants without living in fear of being fired or fined.

The FCC wants to put an umbrella of fear over broadcasters such as Stern. F' them.

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Originally Posted by child810

It's not about whether you like toilet humor or not. It's about their right to to make jokes about farts and sex. If you don't like it don't listen. No one if forcing anyone to own a radio and listen to the 15% of it that a minority of the masses would deem unsuitable. I don't listen to Stern but I think he should be able to say what ever he wants without living in fear of being fired or fined.

The FCC wants to put an umbrella of fear over broadcasters such as Stern. F' them.

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This is such a bunch of crap. If Stern wants to talk that way, then fine. He has every right to speak this way.

However, if he is employed by a company who says he has to follow certain rules if he wants to be heard, then he's following those freaking rules or getting fired.

No one is stopping him from spreading whatever filth he wants on his own dime. If he wants to spout that trash on a privately funded radio station owned and opperated by himself, no one is stopping him. His freedom of speach hasn't been infringed upon in any way.

If, however, he wants to broadcast on someone elses dime, he's got to play by their rules, plain and simple.

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Originally Posted by Captain Vegetable

Unless you want to speak freely about Jesus Christ . . . or Christianity . . . or any view that might oppose theirown.

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I have never advocated censorship on these boards.

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The FCC wants to put an umbrella of fear over broadcasters such as Stern. F' them.

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I think there needs to be a reevaluation of the FCC's power to regulate broadcast speech. Given the rapid consolidation of the radio industry, the FCC should be able to prevent Clear Channel and other monolith radio station owners from making unilateral decisions affecting free speech.

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Free trade and free speech are conservative (read: not religious) issues.

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No group has done more for free speech in this country than the ACLU, and yet you hate that group with a passion.

i love howard stern. This is nothing, he'll be fine. Just hope the FCC doesn't get on his ass again. I just feel bad for all the fans living in those 6 cities, hopefully he's back on the air soon.

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

03. What the fuck is it the right of this company, which has crushed Lord knows how many smaller companies through brute force, to decide what is acceptable? Next thing you know we'll have DeBeer's telling us what is right and what is wrong.

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Well, DeBeers already does (in terms of diamonds anyway). The rarity of diamonds is a complete lie, they have stock piles of them holed away. DeBeers controls so much of the diamond industry that they control the amount of diamonds that are released.