July 22, 2008
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Do you remember the Superbowl Janet Jackson "Wardrobe Malfunction" debacle back in 2004? How after that happened, the Federal Communications Commission became the media's number one nemesis by passing on fines to TV, Radio, etc... for acts of questionable indecency? Well recently a panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed the $550,000 indecency fine that the FCC gave to CBS for that incident. Finally, finally, some people in power actually has some sense in them.
The whole issue about what happened after the "Wardrobe Malfunction" was that things that were not considered indecent twenty years, ten years, or even one year prior to that incident, started to get banned from the media for fear of an FCC fine. Was that right? It was like a form of "Big Brother" was in effect. What's worse, a very brief nipple slip or a governing body overreaching their power on what you can or cannot say? What's really damaging to the livelihood of the kids?
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i think it's easy to wonder what if. it's always gonna be what if...
what if all kids are raised around naked people, would they be having tons of sex? what if kids are raised all covered up without religion being a factor? what happens then? it would still all depend on the individual and other factors right? people are so weird =P
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