On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:56:51 -0400, (Twistedhed)
wrote in :

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since the beginning of time just so some Perry
Como fan doesn't throw a fit.



You and I both know it comes down to legalized, large scale payola.


Bingo.


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that's the job of the judicial system. So far that

system has done a pretty good job. Not

perfect, but pretty good.



Yes, I agree, but one of the "bads" we must take in order to have the
"goods" is the current incarnation of the FCC.


Slightly OT, here's an interesting tidbit I read last night: It was
JFK who signed the bill permitting the FCC to levy fines for minor
violations without due process. The fines were $100 per violation with
a maximum of $500 (Popular Electronics, September 1962). I also read
that the distance rules were established for two reasons: First, the
Canadian hams were still using 11m; and second, to discourage the use
of CB radio as a method of international communication, which was a
big deal during the cold war. Well, the cold war is over, and the
internet is crossing the communication barriers between borders much
more than CB ever could. It's time the FCC took a second look at that
rule.


...... Radio is not

the only venue for speech, as Howie has

recently learned.


Sirius, isn't it?


I'm sure he thinks it is....:-O


You can drive a car -provided- you stay in

your own lane. Etc, etc.

resulting in possible serious injury and/or death,

....and therefore violating the rights of

someone else.

none which can be
attained via what another may deem offensive or illegal speech.

It's not a matter of degrees. The right to free

speech does not equate to the right to life, or

the right to vote, to freedom of religion, to

peaceably assemble, to keep and bear arms,

etc.


It's a matter of government legislating morality. They knew they were
fighting a losing battle when they allowed "We may not be able to
define obscenity, but we know it when we see it." The US is behind the
times when compared to the rest of the world and what is deemed
acceptable broadcast. The Janet Jackson thing and its fallout was a
social step backwards.


It's a matter of government enforcement of current moral standards to
public venues. Non-public venues are wide open to free speech, as
cable TV and the internet prove millions of times each day. And while
the internet and cable TV may be considered to be public venues by
some, the broadcast stations have, and will always have, a much
broader public domain simply because they are not subscriber-based
services.






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