[Thurston_Howell_III]

Won’t somebody please think of the children!!! A good parent can teach their children right from wrong regardless of television content, if the kid is getting their social norms from the television you’ve already failed.

[pnh102]

There's no other way to say this. The ruling is idiocy.

The first amendment prevailed in this ruling. We are perfectly free to turn off our TVs and radios if we find the content offensive.

Giving government the power to regulate content is a terribly bad idea. We already know that the 0bama regime wants to shut down conservative talk radio by using existing rules which regulate content. Disallowing the government from doing that means that we're going to have to live with objectionable content on the air.

As long as we can turn it off, we'll be fine.

[sirchtruth]

I'll be the first to admit I use language irresponsibly way too much of the time, however this ruling is just another example of how this country is lowering the standard to where we are going to lose the very idea of what America is all about.

Give up the standard you will lose the heart of the country. We got it all wrong. Just because you have the RIGHT to do something does not mean you should always exercise that right.

[ClearCase_guy]

The entire concept of "pushing the envelope" is a desire for destruction, in my opinion. On "The Dick Van Dyke Show", a married couple were shown to have two beds. On "I Dream of Jeannie", Barbara Eden couldn't show her naval. Were these things silly? Perhaps. But did they do any harm?? I say No.

And here we are 40 years later and pretty much anything goes. Mel Gibson's rant? [shrug] Play it on the 6 o'clock news. What's the harm????

Would anyone care to imagine where we will be in 20 more years? Our culture decided a while ago that anything smacking of censorship was bad, bad, bad. I'm really not so sure. I would love it if industries were self-policing, but they obviously are not. I am not opposed to decency laws that would help maintain some kind of family atmosphere in the entertainment business.

[martin_fierro]

That's gotta be one of the most 'n I ever 'n heard.

[DJ MacWoW]

General Orders on Profanity - 3 August 1776

snip

The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish, and wicked practice, of profane cursing and swearing (a Vice heretofore little known in an American Army) is growing into fashion; he hopes the officers will, by example, as well as influence, endeavour to check it, and that both they, and the men will reflect, that we can have little hopes of the blessing of Heaven on our Arms, if we insult it by our impiety, and folly; added to this, it is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense, and character, detests and despises it.

A filthy mouth isn't freedom.

[docbnj]

I am sure that these judges would not allow use of profane language in their own courts. If you used profanity there, you would be slapped with contempt of court immediately. A court is the last place to allow free speech.

In a court, you must always pretend to show respect, and act as if the proceedings make perfect sense, even though they are usually run for the lawyer’s convenience and profit, with justice taking fourth place.

[Zionist Conspirator]

What did you think the First Amendment was supposed to protect . . . criticism of Obama? [/sarc]

[Yo-Yo]

"This ruling is a big F***ing deal!"

[gdani]

If one believes the Government, instead of the free market, should decide what gets shown on network TV then one should reconsider whether or not they believe in small government.

[eastforker]

WTF!!! Just so everybody here knows what I’m talking about!!

[Political Junkie Too]

I can't keep the liberal excuses clear anymore.

Is this the "we're just a mirror of society" excuse, or the "we need to push the envelope of art" excuse?

-PJ