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At some point the American public is required to say, unequivically, that certain behavior is unacceptable. To abdicate that responsibility is to further rend the tattered fabric of our society.

The only thing unacceptable was doing it in public. The Puritans who want the station taken off the air are "the usual suspects". For the most part, these modern day Comstocks won't rest until any entertainment they consider "indecent" is banned by law. In that respect they are nothing but statists, as bad as any liberal foaming at the mouth about "hate speech".

Like others who would subordinate individual liberty to the whims of those who can cajole a majority into supporting their personal prejudices, they need to be opposed by any means neccesary.

-Eric

The only thing unacceptable was doing it in public.

I do believe you're getting it.

Look above your head. There should be a lit bulb up there...

he Puritans who want the station taken off the air are "the usual suspects". For the most part, these modern day Comstocks won't rest until any entertainment they consider "indecent" is banned by law.

It already IS banned by law, and has been since the earliest days of radio. The people you so smugly sneer at are merely following the established procedures to have the law enforced. Their actions are no different from when someone calls 911 when they see a murder taking place.

"The only thing unacceptable was doing it in public."

So the idea of a commercial enterprise making money by degrading and insulting the most cherished beliefs of millions on private property is ok by you. And those that object are stiff necked Puritans? What if these losers had slipped into your backyard and performed their "act" for your children and the listening public? Any problem w/ that?

This species of anti-logic is exactly how we come to have pornography defended as political speech. Apparently Larry Flynt is a "journalist" in your lights. And if Hustler is providing a valuable public service why not NAMBLA and child pornographers?

So tell me, why do you consider performing this act in public unacceptable? It is free expression after all.

For the most part, these modern day Comstocks won't rest until any entertainment they consider "indecent" is banned by law.

Yes. It's called justice –certainly in this case. But justice must be tempered by prudence. Not every sinful act should be criminalized.

On the other hand, libertarians can be characterized by the immortal slogan, "let 'em go to hell for all I care."

Pontius Pilate should be their model.

When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. "I am innocent of this man's blood," he said. "It is your responsibility!"

Today Pilate might say, "I'm innocent of this society's corruption. It's your responsibility!" This is the certainly the philosophy that Dopie and Butthead expressed on O'Reilly's show recently.