profanity and censorship. Options

[ApoKa]

why is profanity so bad? the only reason we have the label "profanity" is because people choose to use them negatively. the f word really means sex, or something related. it was never meant to be taken on a negative light. the derogative f word (the one insulting sexual orientation) really wasnt supposed to be considered an insult. it was just meant to classify someone as gay, the same affect as the word "homosexual". now it is considered a bad word. personally, i dont see anything wrong with profanity. do you?

[fameONE]

f**k the FCC.

I have a serious bone to pick with the FCC.

Why is it ok to see a bullet enter and exit someone's skull, but television studios are advised against allowing actors to french kiss?

Have you ever watched The Shield on FX? Murder, drug abuse, rape and play by play analyses on how to commit crimes...

...but Black Eyed Peas had to change "Don't FUNK with my heart" to "Don't MESS with my heart."

If Black Eyed Peas is required to make a radio edit on a harmless song; we're in trouble.

The conservative "right" (wrong) of this country will argue that music, primarily hiphop, is to blame for the ornery decorum of the American youth, but nothing is said about the apparent violence in nearly ever major broadcasting station during the primetime block.

Parents do so much to try and shelter their children from music and videogames that they neglect to a) teach their children right from wrong so they further understand entertainment and the reality/fiction barrier and b) ignore the other factors that are equally influential in a young person's mind.

So the FCC is regulating every major aspect of the media. Hell, they've even began to put restrictions on news stories. I went to Mexico this summer and caught some of the footage of the Iraq War on television and nothing was censored, if that, very little.

Please refer to South Park 'Having Fun with Weapons' episode.