[Oliver Optic]

So what do you wish to do? Restrict liberty in the time honored tradition favored by tyrannies for millenia?

Sure ... I'm a real tyrant ... ask my nine children.

Do you believe the American people should have no collective say in what is presented on the public airwaves ... other than having the option to change the channels?

[mnehring]

Do you believe the American people should have no collective say in what is presented on the public airwaves ... other than having the option to change the channels?

Here is the problem, first, the complaint specifically discussed was a show on E! which is on the private cable airwaves(sic), not on the public airwaves. Secondly, the market drives what shows are on, which means that a larger collective have been voting with their pocketbooks for 'smut'. If you want to change what is on the airwaves, you change people's attitudes, you don't force it into legislation because you don't that type of speech.

[Melas]

The American people do have a say in what's aired. If no one watches, they cancel the show. That's how our voices are heard. Your complaint is that the free market isn't to your liking so you want government to step in and grind freedom under its heel.

[Crispus Attucks Patriot]

"Do you believe the American people should have no collective say in what is presented on the public airwaves ... other than having the option to change the channels?"


Absolutely.

Anything less is a clear affront to not only the letter, but the spirit of the First Amendment. What you propose is simple democracy, a/k/a mob rule. In our Constitutional republic certain rights are guaranteed, regardless of what the prevailing sentiments of whatever a given majority happens to be.

So just change the channel....turn it off...install a V-chip...you know the drill.