Posted on 05/10/2007 10:31:24 AM PDT by teddyballgame
Words fail me, but I know what I’d do if these two clowns were within swinging distance of my “attitude adjuster.”
Who said anything about the government banning their show?!? Whi said anything about limiting what they can say. I just hope there employer fires their asses (again). They can go spew their filth to their neighbor or gardner or some like minded idiot. I just don’t want to hear about this filth. Sure I don’t subscribe to the show - but it filters iut’s way into the local and national news. Which is unavoidable. Am I suppose to stay off the internet? Not read any newspaper or watch any cable news? There is a right to free speech - but, believe it or not, and this may be news to you, there are limits. You can’t yell “fire” in a crowded movie theater, you can’t threaten the President of the United States, and you sure as sh*t shouldn’t fantasize about raping the First Lady over public airwaves.
I’ve got a great idea for an XM show. It’s called the Jihad Hour. We’ll spend our time urging our listeners to become suicide bombers, form rat packs to rape infidel women, and failing that, buy a gun and start sniping. Any attempt to suppress this program will lead to the end of free speech, and Western civilization, in general. Oh, of course, if you don’t like it, don’t listen.
Yeah, that’s exactly what we have here. Great analogy :(
So, are you not a 1st amendment absolutist? I understood your earlier reply to mean that under no circumstances could speech on XM be regulated. Can The Jihadi Hour be suppressed?
But make no mistake, there is an all-out war on talk radio going on, and bodies are already being spread on the battlefield.
Can you guess who is behind it? Can you guess why? Do you really think there is suddenly a huge national outrage over marginal shows that are only doing what they have always done - silly sex and cultural jokes, satire, parody?
You are 100% correct.
The show was broadcast on a pay service. This channel is clearly labeled as having adult content. No one just "stumbled on to" this show. While I may find the comments of the guest to be disgusting - and I do - to remove Opie and Anthony from the air over this is just ridiculous.
My, but aren’t you a charmer.
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