How the **** should SCOTUS rule?
 

Dump the censorship and let the free market work. Parents already have parental controls and V-chips to control which stations their kids watch and even limit which shows they can watch based on the ratings so what's the problem? If this is an issue for them the ball is in their court and they can control it if they want to but don't tell the rest of us we have to be censored because they're to lazy to use the tools they have.

I thought GOP's were for less gvernement ?

He's obviously brown nosing for votes in an election year. Like I said, he's spineless and just goes with the flow.

HAHA! More fool you. Guess which party is always trying to increase censorship "to protect the children". http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Oh, and if they want to buy alcohol... And if they want to open a store on Sunday... And if they want to see a movie which shows a bit of skin... And if someone wants to wear clothing they don't like... Or if a non-white person wants to actually vote in an election... Or if a state actually wants to enact laws campaign donors at the Fed level don't like (see the Federal pre-emption of state fair lending laws)... Or... Well ****, the list just goes on and on because they love big government but only want it used for things they like.

Republicans and Democrats are both big government parties - they just want different types of big government.

It's somewhat of a tough case, IMO. Mostly because, if I understand correctly, the broadcast networks are using broadcast frequencies owned by the US Government. In that case, can't the government decide on what should be aired on its property?

The US Government owning the frequencies is stupid though. There's no good reason for them to claim ownership except that they can by force.

Furthermore, no, the government is leasing that ****, they should not be in a position to be dictate what is okay and what isn't because no one is making the goddamn idiotic assumption that what is aired is construed as explicitly approved by the government. Only a sophist or an idiot would make that leap.

I think controlling it is a better way to look at it then ownership. Conflict of frequencies by broadcasters would destroy the system. And its a good way to raise additional funds for the government.

In the old days it almost made sense for the feds to set standards.
These days it doesn't make as much sense due to the way people receive their signals. Most people now use an alternate to over the air broadcast so there really isn't much differentiation. And most of the younger generation have never watched it over the air.

And standards have changed and are somewhat flexible. In the old days you would never have much of an argument that tits and asses weren't appropriate on TV. These days that's not considered an automatic.

So I think the standards should be lowered. If they want to protect the early evening hour, I'd have no problems with that. But it seems silly when on the same set the other cable channels maintain their own standards.

I do find it funny that some of the censorship on AMC or TBS is sometimes more stringent then NBC or ABC.

Why doesn't the US government claim to own the letters in the alphabet? Then it can decide what gets to be published.

If the US gov wants to claim that paper is public, they can try, I don't think it could be argued well though.

They could make an argument that trees are, though.

Letters are completely different.

You don't understand what you are talking about (not unusual).

JM

The people! Not some ****tarded puritan bureaucrat in DC. Are you trying to be dense.

History suggests otherwise as that was one of the reasons the forerunner of the FCC was created in 1927.

He's selected by a plutocrat politician and invariably has a conflict of interest in upholding the public good. Don't you understand government in practice vs. government in theory.

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You're talking about the court that ruled 8-1 for Fred Phelps. Oerdin, this is another case of you always being wrong.

Broken clocks are right twice a day.

You never responded to that article I posted that clearly showed how not in favor free speech they are. I'm pretty disappointed that you aren't letting evidence affect your perception and you've retreated into cognitive dissonance when it come to the Robert's Court and Free Speech.

Here is that article again.

http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/the-ro...ouble-standard

But the government can do something if you are engaging in sodomy on top of your car on the side of the road...

JM

Only because of government regulation. You know, that thing that you are arguing against http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif.

It is ironic that you ask if he's trying to be dense considering you are doing a great job of it yourself.

TV enjoyed in the comfort of ones own home is closer to sodomy laws than public nudity and sex cases.

Why should the government restrict what consenting adults watch in their own home? Because it lays ownership claim to the airwaves? That's not good enough to protect landlords from evicting sodomites, and it shouldnt be enough for the government to control content. Unless you'd like to make the grand argument that government property rights supersede and are extra more special than other property rights.