David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. Speak no evil - well, not a lot of evil
Well, m@%#*^#@*&!
What made this particularly amusing is the court cited the fact that both President Bush and Vice President Cheney have been known to fling the occasional obscene epithet (Mr. Cheney, from the austere floor of the Senate) so in effect, it was folly to hold, say, Bono or Nicole Richie to a higher standard. (To be fair, Bono’s description of winning a Golden Globe as “f@%&ing brilliant” employed the profanity in a nonsexual context, whereas Mr. Cheney’s entreaty to Sen. Patrick Leahy to “Go f@%& yourself” suggests a sexual context, a sticking point in the ruling.)
For some time now, the FCC has been under fire for its draconian, confusing and inconsistent rulings. PBS is worried that Ken Burns’ upcoming epic documentary on World War II will have to be censored simply because it features soldiers speaking like soldiers will when bullets are whizzing past them and bombs are going off around them. They should feel a little better knowing that the FCC found the swearing in “Saving Private Ryan” acceptable, so if fictitious soldiers can cuss, real-life heroes deserve the chance to filth-up the airwaves, as well.
(a real quote) "I find it hard to believe that the New York court would tell American families that 'sh!t' and 'f@c&' are fine to say on broadcast television during the hours when children are most likely to be in the audience. The court even says the commission is 'divorced from reality.' It is the New York court, not the commission, that is divorced from reality in concluding that the word 'f@c&' does not invoke a sexual connotation."
Kevin, Kevin: Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?