To: The_Outlaw_Josey_Wales
It is not the role of the government to determine what we can or cannot listen to on the radio. For adults, its a matter of choice. For children, its a matter left up to parents. Every modern radio I have ever seen has a minimum of two knobs. Votes for or against programming can be cast with a simple twist of either one. And please spare me your concerns that our precious children might inadvertently hear something ugly while out of your control. Believe me, nothing they hear on the radio is going to match todays lunch line and playground whispers and snickers at the local government school. Besides, just how many simulated murders did you child watch on television the last week? Isnt it time for you to schedule a parenting priority check? Boortz bump.
2 posted on
04/23/2004 5:35:35 AM PDT by
Vigilantcitizen
(Marg bar Estebdad! (Down with tyranny!))
To: Vigilantcitizen
Wow. My first post. Time to get my ass in gear...!
I perfectly agree with the first poster. I find the far left far more offensive than Howard Stern. Howard Stern is simply, honestly stupid in an offensive but harmless way. The far left, however, is sneakily, connivingly stupid in an offensive and very dangerous way. Homosexual rights lovers and abortion fans are far more evil than the stupid banality that Howard Stern displays.
It is to my shame that I admit to having watched the Howard Stern show. In my defense, I was young, hormone-driven, and weak-willed when it came to certain temptations. To this unfortunate combination, add a satellite dish and access to E! after 11:00 p.m., and you have the perfect set-up for teenage Howard Stern watching.
Which I did. Twice. Then I quit. Why?
BECAUSE IT WAS SO DAMN STUPID.
I do not care what a porn star thinks. That's not why she's a porn star. She's a porn star for her body, and E! conveniently blocked that out (causing much teenage angst and cursing for me). So I quit watching it and launched a campaign to unscramble Playboy. That campaign, probably for the good of my soul, failed, although that's not the point. The point is, despite the fact that Howard Stern is an idiot, needs a haircut, and is definitely one of the most offensive people on the planet, I perfectly agree with VigilanteCitizen. There are two knobs. We can eliminate Stern and other idiots by turning either one.
Nothing is as important as free speech. Stern is evil. But, if to defend my own right to say what I want, I must fight for Stern's rights as well, then hand me a gun and tell him he has a new bodyguard. A great man once said, and I quote, " I do not agree with what you say, sir, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Those words were true then; they are true now.
After all, if Stern's rights are lost, what will happen when the liberal media decides that the conservative right is offensive? What will happen, my friends?
What will happen....?
4 posted on
04/23/2004 5:57:37 AM PDT by
TheSilverHair
(For God, Honor, Faith, and Justice.)
To: Vigilantcitizen
Castrate both Stern and Bortz!
22 posted on
04/23/2004 9:23:05 AM PDT by
verity
(A Vote for Kerry is a vote for National Suicide!)
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