[DJ MacWoW]

If we cannot demonstrate this responsibility, then we do not deserve freedom of speech.

The 1st Amendment applies to the freedom to speak out against the government without fear of reprisal. As with all our freedoms it has been bastardized to mean the freedom to cuss your head off.

But no government has the right to tell private citizens what they can and cannot say based on someone else's standards.

I see. So it REALLY is ok to yell "FIRE" in a crowded theater just for fun.

[pnh102]

The 1st Amendment applies to the freedom to speak out against the government without fear of reprisal. As with all our freedoms it has been bastardized to mean the freedom to cuss your head off.

And again, if the government has the ability to regulate content, what is to say that it cannot simply regulate away our rights to be critical of it, because after all, saying "f**k 0bama" is "offesive."

So it REALLY is ok to yell "FIRE" in a crowded theater just for fun.

First, you didn't read the rest of my post. Second, how is this related to you being able to turn off the TV or radio when something objectionable to you is being broadcast?

[gdani]

The 1st Amendment applies to the freedom to speak out against the government without fear of reprisal

Yes -- among many other things.