Posted on 11/15/2003 3:08:13 PM PST by webber
It can be a verb. "The Spartans f'ed up today"
An adjective (sp) "Our dbacks got burned deep by those f'ing passes"
And an adverb "Today's game f'n sucks."
And as a single curse word like damn. Aw F@!%!!!
The Who's "Who are you" came out in 78.
So is the Abortion, Murder, Nigger, Jap, Kike, Chink, Splib, Wop, Jihad, Honky, Wetback, Gook, holocaust.
But for those whose minds are in the gutter, the only "intolerable" words are Christian, Ten Commandments, righteousness, holiness, absolutes, pro-life, JESUS, God Almighty, Holy Bible.
well technically, it is true. That is the exact literal text of a actual fatwa issued by the American Family Association.
That the AFA is being sofa king dishonest is another matter.
16 weeks later I returned home for 2 weeks prior to shipping out again for my MOS training. (I waited for 3 weeks at MCRD San Diego for our platoon to be assigned drill instructors, and THEN the training began).
While sitting down for dinner, everybody was happy to see me. We had a celebration dinner with the whole fam damily - and after grace, I ask gently to my mother - "mom, please pass the f_cking salt?"
She froze.
ooops.
I learned an im0portant lesson that day.
Even PFCs in Uncle Sams Motorcycle Club are unable to hold down Irish Spring soap.
BUT - I learned every application of the word during my tour of duty.
When I watch R. Lee Army on the History channel, I tend to fill in the blanks.
I wonder if he would do a show on the history/evolution of the utility, use, and various meanings of the word.
That*s a matter of interpretation. It is only not true if the word is used in the sexual content. Otherwise it can be said over and over and over again. Read below. This, by the way came from the website you posted.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has not "approved the use of the *F* word for use on any TV show or radio program at any time" nor has it issued a ruling making broadcasters "free to use any language, no matter how vile and repugnant."
This issue arose as a result of the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony held in January 2003, during which singer Bono of the band U2 uttered the phrase "this is really, really, fucking brilliant" (also reported as "this is fucking great"). Bono*s comment was aired, intact, by various television stations, prompting about 200 complaints to the FCC that those TV stations had violated the FCC*s restrictions on obscene broadcasts by carrying that portion of the awards ceremony.
Several months later, in October 2003, the FCC*s Enforcement Bureau issued a response to those complaints in which it maintained that broadcasts of Bono*s words had not violated the FCC*s prohibition of indecent program content because the word "fucking" was a "fleeting and isolated" remark used "as an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation" and not "to describe or depict sexual and excretory organs and activities":
Indecency findings involve at least two fundamental determinations:
First, the material alleged to be indecent must fall within the subject matter scope of our indecency definition — that is, the material must describe sexual or excretory organs or activities.
Second, the broadcast must be patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium.
As a threshold matter, the material aired during the "Golden Globe Awards" program does not describe or depict sexual and excretory activities and organs. The word "fucking" may be crude and offensive, but, in the context presented here, did not describe sexual and excretory organs and activities. Rather, the performer used the word "fucking" as an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation.
Indeed, in similar circumstances, we have found that offensive language used as an insult rather than as a description of sexual or excretory activity or organs is not within the scope of the Commission*s prohibition of indecent program content.
Moreover, we have previously found that fleeting and isolated remarks of this nature do not warrant Commission action. Thus, because the complained-of material does not fall within the scope of the Commission*s indecency prohibition, we reject the claims that this program content is indecent . . .
This statement falls far short of supporting the claim that the FCC has now approved the "f-word" to be used at any time, in any context, in radio and TV programming; it addressed one specific context in which the word was allowed (a "fleeting and isolated" remark used as "an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation") while reiterating that certain other uses of the "f-word" (describing or depicting "sexual activities") were still not permissible under current FCC regulations.
The FCC maintains that this is not a "relaxation" of their standards but rather a consistent application of existing rules, while groups such as the AFA maintain that the FCC*s statement represents an increasingly permissive standard regarding broadcast media usage of words traditionally labelled as "obscenities" which cannot be dismissed out of hand as invalid, especially since one of the benchmarks used is "contemporary community standards." (That is, the more one hears certain language used on radio and television, the more it becomes part of "contemporary community standards" — is television and radio usage the chicken laying the egg which hatches "community standards," or is it the other way around?)
As always, the times they are a-changin*, and the battle continues between the supporters of preservation and the forces of change.
That*s a matter of interpretation. It is only not true if the word is used in the sexual content. Otherwise it can be said over and over and over again. Read below. This, by the way came from the website you posted.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has not "approved the use of the *F* word for use on any TV show or radio program at any time" nor has it issued a ruling making broadcasters "free to use any language, no matter how vile and repugnant."
This issue arose as a result of the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony held in January 2003, during which singer Bono of the band U2 uttered the phrase "this is really, really, fucking brilliant" (also reported as "this is fucking great"). Bono*s comment was aired, intact, by various television stations, prompting about 200 complaints to the FCC that those TV stations had violated the FCC*s restrictions on obscene broadcasts by carrying that portion of the awards ceremony.
Several months later, in October 2003, the FCC*s Enforcement Bureau issued a response to those complaints in which it maintained that broadcasts of Bono*s words had not violated the FCC*s prohibition of indecent program content because the word "fucking" was a "fleeting and isolated" remark used "as an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation" and not "to describe or depict sexual and excretory organs and activities":
Indecency findings involve at least two fundamental determinations:
First, the material alleged to be indecent must fall within the subject matter scope of our indecency definition — that is, the material must describe sexual or excretory organs or activities.
Second, the broadcast must be patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium.
As a threshold matter, the material aired during the "Golden Globe Awards" program does not describe or depict sexual and excretory activities and organs. The word "fucking" may be crude and offensive, but, in the context presented here, did not describe sexual and excretory organs and activities. Rather, the performer used the word "fucking" as an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation.
Indeed, in similar circumstances, we have found that offensive language used as an insult rather than as a description of sexual or excretory activity or organs is not within the scope of the Commission*s prohibition of indecent program content.
Moreover, we have previously found that fleeting and isolated remarks of this nature do not warrant Commission action. Thus, because the complained-of material does not fall within the scope of the Commission*s indecency prohibition, we reject the claims that this program content is indecent . . .
This statement falls far short of supporting the claim that the FCC has now approved the "f-word" to be used at any time, in any context, in radio and TV programming; it addressed one specific context in which the word was allowed (a "fleeting and isolated" remark used as "an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation") while reiterating that certain other uses of the "f-word" (describing or depicting "sexual activities") were still not permissible under current FCC regulations.
The FCC maintains that this is not a "relaxation" of their standards but rather a consistent application of existing rules, while groups such as the AFA maintain that the FCC*s statement represents an increasingly permissive standard regarding broadcast media usage of words traditionally labelled as "obscenities" which cannot be dismissed out of hand as invalid, especially since one of the benchmarks used is "contemporary community standards." (That is, the more one hears certain language used on radio and television, the more it becomes part of "contemporary community standards" — is television and radio usage the chicken laying the egg which hatches "community standards," or is it the other way around?)
As always, the times they are a-changin*, and the battle continues between the supporters of preservation and the forces of change.
Damnit, I was hoping that soon, at the start of each class, I would be able to yell to my middle schoolers, "Okay, class, shut the f*** up."
Hell, I'm sure Wildman would have a problem with this ping list...
Just damn.
If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
Exactly....Take your kids to the range....bring the TV along....do what comes naturally.
It is no wonder this country is steep diving into an abyss of no return....What is next on the agenda to total annihilation?
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