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FCC Indecency Ruling Struck Down
arbitraryaardvark writes "Reuters reports that the 2nd circuit has struck down the FCC's recent ruling on indecency, in a case brought by Fox. The court said the U.S. Federal Communications Commission was 'arbitrary and capricious' in setting a new standard for defining indecency. 'Republican FCC Chairman Kevin Martin angrily retorted that he found it "hard to believe that the New York court would tell American families that 'sh*t' and 'f@ck' are fine to say on broadcast television during the hours when children are most likely to be in the audience ... If we can't restrict the use (of the two obscenities) during prime time, Hollywood will be able to say anything they want, whenever they want," Martin said in a statement.' No word yet on whether the agency will appeal.
So you're quite happy with hard core snuff/bestiality/kiddie/whatever porn being broadcast on the major networks during prime time viewing. If not, then you accept that free speech has limits and what we're discussing is where those limits lie.
ALL freedoms have their limits - that is an unavoidable part of living with other people.
init 11 - for when you need that edge.
Glad to see such a constructionist on Slashdot.
So your problem is not with what's being done, but the reason that is given for it being done?
Each little nick against the pillar of morality sends us all down a very bad road. It starts as something small and it gets bigger. You only have to look at bad or questionable legal decisions where the court says "it will never be used that way" and guess what...it is used that way. The moment the country says same sex marriage is ok is when polygamists will have their day as well and it won't stop there either. Nobody seems to care about the slippery slope any more. The just take the step and say "What!" when it gets taken to the extreme (and it always goes to the extreme). You only have to look at what has happened to television and movies in the last 50 years and look at where society has gone to see the "rot". Go ahead and say "prude" if you want but that is a badge of honor to me.