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Posted on 04/04/2006 6:52:44 AM PDT by Wolfie
"I would wager that most children have heard worse at school."
I would wager that most children have SAID worse at school.
I heard the new FCC Chairman on the radio this morning. Says he's fixin' to open up a can of whoop-ass on the "indecent" broadcasters in this country. What, you were expecting just a little bit of a Nanny State?
Good points.
"The base" likely uses more expletives in front of their little angels in a month than they'd hear on NASCAR in a decade.
"This car is a bitch today!"
"This car is a whore today!"
It was a radio communication between driver and crew and how did they know at that particular moment FOX would decide to air their transmissions. You cannot blame Truex's crew chief for this one or DEI. The fault lies with FOX alone.
IMHO, let bygones be bygones and get over it. I am sure that one little "S" word did not cause that much damage to anyone.
I heard one of the letters to the FCC on a radio show. Apparently some guy's little kid was "traumatized" by the word.
"As long as Gordon doesn't have a wardrobe malfunction..."
...and effing U2's effing Bono was effing unavailable for effing comment, that mothereffer...
I did. Also heard Mike Joy apologize to the viewers. Yawn. I'm surprised anyone caught it give how often Fox goes to commercials, misses restarts, plasters the screen with graphics, and otherwise fails to cover the race.
Personally, I think a bit of colorful language and post-race scuffling between drivers livens up what has become a bore to watch.
Exactly!! Fox knows the risk of broadcasting live team conversions.
Of the dozen yellow flags, I bet Fox missed half or more restarts.
That said, I still like Fox's Nascar coverage over the other networks.
IMO Jeff Gordon is a little baby C-word, he cries when anyone does to him what he does to others. Stuart is almost as bad. What ticks me off about NASCAR is they wont allow a good can of Whoop-ass to be opened in the pits when its appropriate and that leads to more dents on the track. When a man deliberately spins out an opponent or runs him clean off the track and into the grass, that is ass-whooping time. Gordon and Stuart seem to believe thats their right and no one is allowed to retaliate. Cry babies the both of them.
Pro golfer last week on the PGA tour had the cameras on him live when he hit his 2nd shot from the fairway, he put it off the course and let go with an S and F tirade, tossed his club, etc. Kinda funny, the announcers I think were stunned the camera crew didn't switch away.
No problem there I guess. Makes it look like more shakedown for NASCAR. They are easy pickings since caving to Rainbow and NAACraP
Yeah right! You can see me and about 200,000 other alienated base members in the stands Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway!
They sure sell the Sh&* out of advertising time and make damn sure they get all the spots aired.
People like this are the scourge of society. They are of the mindset that believes "Why should I work when I can sue someone frivolously and get money.".
People like that make me sick. I am sure all kids have heard and said worse at school. I was driving past some elementary school students walking home some time ago, and the use of the "F" word was quite prevalent.
Hmmm... I guess the Family Policy Network has never been to a Duke basketball game, huh? You wanna see somebody who has a problem with foul language?
Fortunately, he didn't whip-out a cartoon picture of Muhammad with a cowpie on his head.
I guess I wonder where we draw the line between the 'slip' and the unacceptable. One such word in a broadcast? Five? Fifty? How do we prevent broadcasts from increasingly becoming cursefests if it isn't immediately and strongly responded to? What current social ills in America may have been treated early on with such a response? AFA considers such things.
How much dog doo would be acceptable in your coffee? A spec? A pinch? A teaspoon?
Principle is at work in this issue.
And there's a difference between taking a child to such an event and the TV race coverage.
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