FCC APPROVES USE OF THE "F" WORD ON TV AND RADIO!

American Family Association** ^ | Donald E. Wildmon

[webber]

FCC APPROVES USE OF THE "F" WORD ON TV AND RADIO!

The Federal Communications Commission has approved the use of the "F" word for use on any TV show or radio program, ANYTIME DAY OR NIGHT!

The FCC said the word can be used whenever desired except in sexual situations!

>>That means that real soon you will be watching a sit-com on TV, or news, or any drama or movie-ANY PROGRAM-and it*s ok! Hollywood is rejoicing!

>>Soon, when you are driving your kids to school you will be listening to a song which makes extensive use of the word.

>>Shock jocks such as Howard Stern are now free to use any language, no matter how vile and repugnant, on their radio shows. And use it they will.

>>No longer will movies shown on TV have to be edited because of language.

WE MUST ACT NOW TO STOP THIS!

Send your letter to your Congressman, Senators and members of the FCC.

Let them know that you want this stopped-NOW!

Please send your letter now. And please forward this letter to your email list asking them to get involved.

If it isn*t stopped now, in a few months verbal pornography will rule the airways!

Please act today. Help us get 1,000,000 email letters to members of Congress, Senators and FCC Commissioners.

Thanks for getting involved!

Donald E. Wildmon
Founder and Chairman
American Family Association

[SerpentDove]

Yes, there are many more things to worry about.

But I hope you would agree that it is a symptom of the coarsening of American culture, and an indicator of our slipping morals that this is becoming more and more acceptable.

I am forty years old, and I for one can see that our children are exposed to more and more at an earlier age. Things they are not equipped to handle. That is a fact, and anyone who ignores that, I will dismiss your arguments against it as factually wrong.

What disturbs me is the attitude on the part of parents of , "Oh well, what are you gonna do?" I am not in favor of "censorship" because of course, that is an evil, evil, evil, vile, unacceptable thing.

That is the same as being the "thought police" or worse yet, a "fuddy-duddy" And we can't have that.

Well I'm no fuddy-duddy, I live in the real world, and I'm no Holy Joe. I have not always proven to have the cleanest mouth around.

I only know that when I was growing up, the values I see paraded around and celebrated now are not the same as the world I grew up in.

Which of course leads into the ridiculous insult of some, "Oh, you want to live in a 'Leave it to Beaver World." That is an argument ad absurdum.

I don't know the solution except that if we don't raise our children with an appreciation for what is godly and decent, we will wind up as amoral and adrift as the European nations who by and large have abandoned God.

It bugs me. That's all.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Why do so many people accept "Snopes" as Gospel?

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Because in our experience, it has proven accurate. It may be biased in its story selection, and a bit of spin, but it is factually accurate. If it weren't you or I could easily start a site such as "snopesbusters.com" dedicated to its errors. The fact that no one has (and they could make money if they did - not to mention that snopes earns more money by being accurate) is the best evidence.

[blackie]

That says it all HOP ~ it's the hard "K" that does it for me. :)

[FreeReign]

I don't agree with this decision but does it really matter if they allow the "F" word on TV and radio freely? Kids already hear it at school and other places already.

Kids saying the "F" word amongst themselves is innocent and natural. Grownups pushing the "F" word in the public square -- radio and TV -- of communications to children is the antithisis of freedom.

If yers gots to say the F'ing "F" word then go say it on yer own F'ing property where other people's children don't have the right to be.

[blackie]

It's only a word. *sigh*

[Labyrinthos]

Seriously though; What's the big deal. It's just a word.

Actually its more than just a word. From what I understand, it was coined as an acromin for "Fornicate Under the Consent of the King." The word is now used as a noun, verb, adverb, adjective, and pronoun. How many words can you say that for.

[King Prout]

Let's see, now...
One can say "fornicate" or "copulate" or "defecate" or "urinate" or "excrete" with utter impunity, yet one cannot use the briefer true English equivalent, despite the fact that the equivalent words have precisely the same denotations?
You consider this the Acme of "morality"?
You consider a preference for brevity and punch incivil?
Normally I have great respect for your positions, but on this one... no. Would you prefer being forced to say "Au succour! Au Succour! Rocain! Rocain!" instead of "Help! Shark!"???
Dude, it's bigotry... FRENCH bigotry at that.
Sooner ended, the better.

[Nataku X]

I can't imagine that many parents would actually allow their kids to watch TV anyway, if they really sat down and watched today's children shows. Complaining about the F-word on TV is akin to complaining that the Playboy magazine getting more racy.

The only TV show I like is Stargate SG-1, and I get that on DVD. You can buy enough family-friendly TV episodes or movies on DVD to last a month for the price of one month's cable rental. Then your 4-year-old son won't even have to ask about that herpes medicine commercial he saw on Fox News.

[mtbopfuyn]

Last week in the middle of the day FMC, which is supposed to be for family viewing, showed a naked woman getting out of bed by doing a spread eagle and the camera zoomed in to show all the way to Christmas. I don't want that filth in my livingroom. How do we protect our children?

On the other hand, it was from kids I learned the lasted name calling word (s-c-r-o) but of course they didn't have a clue to the anatomy part much less it's function.

[independentmind]

How on earth did this come about? Did someone petition for the change?

[independentmind]

Why not just say STFU? It seems to be acceptable on FR.

[independentmind]

Then there is a real-world awakening to the reality that double standards are usually better than no standards at all.

Hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue.

[EveningStar]

Why do so many people accept "Snopes" as Gospel?

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Because in our experience, it has proven accurate. It may be biased in its story selection, and a bit of spin, but it is factually accurate. If it weren't you or I could easily start a site such as "snopesbusters.com" dedicated to its errors. The fact that no one has (and they could make money if they did - not to mention that snopes earns more money by being accurate) is the best evidence.

Snopes' bias and elitism have been previously discussed at FR:

Clinton Body Count Another Hoax? See Snopes and Decide For Yourself.

Is Snopes biased to the left? (vanity)

Autodesk's founder reports gross errors by Limbaugh, CNN, Snopes (Remember "Columbia's Last Photo?")

Online Rumor Mill Spins Its Own Myth(Snopes.com's leftwing bias undercuts its credibility)

[Askel5]

== Good. So now radio and TV will comport to my vocabulary, and we won't have to pretend that its a "Leave it to Beaver" world.


You talk that way to your girls?

[Askel5]

lol ...

(Now that it's mainstream, FCC approved, I'm hopeful I can excise it from my vocabulary. Pray hard.)

[Publius6961]

OK, time to swim against the current again.
What the hell.

First of all, the best way to deal with behavior we don't like is to ignore it.
The worst way to give something undesireable validity, and to call atention to it is to make a big deal out of it.
Most normal, well-adjusted and mature adults know this instinctively.

A good sign of the other type of adult, or the immature is a post replete with exclamation points. I usually avoid those like the plague. Or those that say "We must do something about this immediately!" Usually with out of control numbers of exclamation points.

I do care about my favorite site, Free Republic, and discouraging the controlling twits among us is everybody's job.

I manage to avoid hearing things I dislike simply by removing myself from wherever it's happening. All my electronic devices have on-off buttons, and they all work.
People who consistently use that language learn quickly that they will end up talking to themselves if they try it with me.
Problem solved.

Do I feel the need to impose my standards on everybody else? Never. I can deal with and have dealt with it on my own all my life.

Whom do I fear most? The potty-mouths or the controlling twits? No contest. The controlling twits with too much time on their hands.

Words are just that: words. They have an effect on me only to the extent that I allow them to. Going ballistic at the sound of certain words or phrases is a sign of a primitive mind. The tribal mind. The very limited mind.

I can think of a half dozen things that are more pressing than being offended by the sound of words.
How can I help to rid ourselves of people with too much time on their hands? With no sense of proportion or priorities?

[P.O.E.]

Well, maybe NY Giants fans will be happy....

[Atlas Sneezed]

Small potatoes.

[Senator Pardek]

I gotta laugh - what people are basically saying is that they want to watch outstanding programming like "Joe Millionaire" and "Survivor Island" in prime time but they don't want their delicate ears offended.

They should stop looking to fedgov to protect them, and throw the idiot box out the window.

[EveningStar]

The small red potatoes can actually be quite tasty.