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Originally posted by Chewbaccus
I have never been able to grasp how the Hidden Order of Puritans have managed to keep the FCC in power despite the most basic fact that it controls what we can broadcast, essentially say, to the people, our fellow Americans.
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I believe this is expressed all backwards. Equivalent to the above statement is to say the IRS is the reason for an archaeic tax system. In both cases, IRS and FCC, a fundamentally sound system is subverted by those we all but encourage.
For example, the IRS mess is directly traceable to politicians - such at the ludicrous George Jr tax cut , a tax exemptions for Carnival Cruise lines, and 10,000+ other laws for special interests at the expense of society.
The FCC enforced purity of speech because government, especially with the current administration, tells you what you can and cannot say according to THEIR morality. Truly moral men, instead, would stand before a statue of a naked woman without a problem.
Who cares what Howard Stern broadcasts on his show? The extremists right wing religious zealots who wish to protect us from 'Stern's evil thoughts'. Evil - by whose standards? Clearly not by the standards of tolerant people. If zealots don't like what Stern says, then they should talk to those who listen to Stern - not the FCC. Ahh, but they cannot do that because then they will have the Constitution forced upon their ears. Other peoples rights are irrelevant to those more concerned with imposing their morality on all others. Better to hide behind big government where they also protect their 'right' to purchase power brokers.
How great is the double standard among these "Hidden Order of Puritans"? They would have you forget that original Puritans were evil - according to the "Hidden Order..." standards. Puritans advocated wife swapping. Does the "Hidden Order..." advocate same? Why not? Double standard?
Potty language is not ubiquitious. Among my circles, such language all but does not exist. Potty language is more frequent is where intelligence is lower. I have no use for stations that would 'F-this' ... waste good conversation with useless adjectives. Potty language is equivalent to listening to a person who says Ahhhh...hhh... hhh with every other word. Few are willing to wait for his low intelligence to finally decide what he is trying to say. Why can't he just learn to think, decide what needs be said, before speaking? Again, low intelligence.
But as moderates, we must have tolerance for such people. When potty language - typically an excessively useless adjective - is used, it must be reserved for conditions that justify its usage.
Try telling that to those whose life ambition is to protect us from anything that is contrary to their interpretaion of their Bible, Tora, or Koran. The FCC is only a victim of those so intolerant that they would subvet the first Amendment, in the name of morality, multiple times. In particular violate the phrases concerning religion and speech.