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Re: Ya wanna talk about legislating morality?
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Thu, 5 May 2005 18:52:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:

   Yeah, but one was fined thousands of thousands of dollars and the other one is still on the air yapping about it.

But the upside here is that Howard moved. He’s now on Sirius and free of FCC “control” of what’s appropriate. That’s a good thing. It means the market will decide whether his speech is wanted or not, rather than some kloomonk in FCC headquarters.

And MAYBE, just MAYBE, Ophrah will lose a few listeners. Not that I dislike her per se, mind you.



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(...) That just may be my new favorite word. What the heck is its etymology? Heck, I still get a giggle from (URL) Dave! (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I don't know how long this "free of FCC" will last now that they (the FCC and others) are barking at cable and satellite TV providers to be more (URL) "family friendly">, whatever that means. Adr. (20 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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(...) And that's a way of looking at it. But again, to make the case--how is a texas high school cheerleader affecting you directly? And how is 'some' Shakespeare affecting you? I choose not to read things I'm not interested in reading. I choose to (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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