[SOC] William Shatner nominated to honorary SOC membership!

[Michael Coslo]

The FCC has seriously relaxed their stand on this. They had to

I think it was right after former VP Dick Cheney told that congressman to
"Go (bleep) yourself! A few years back. 8^)

Plus IIRC there was an issue with showing "Band of Brothers" and some other
army movies that had a whole lot of profanity in them.

Coupled with  Rocker and Philantropist Bono (dunno if he has a second name)
accidentally dropping an F word during an interview.

The FCC had tried to make one size fits all rules and was talking about
fining every individual station for every individual infraction. When some
stations refused to show Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan until they
had assurances they would not be fined for every time someone swore. Then if
there is a difference between that and a movie about a different subject. It
was realized that the FCC was on to a losing battle.

I wonder if the parents Protesting Shatner's show get upset when really old
comic books show people saying things like !@#$%. You know, back in the days
when people still had morals.  I remember asking my parents what all those
!@#$% symbols meant.......

Wasn't it Mutt and Jeff that were always !@#$% around and saying *&^%$ to
each other?

    - 73 de Mike N3LI -


On 8/11/10 7:38 PM, "Mike Besemer (WM4B)" <mwbesemer at cox.net> wrote:

> Let's see... the article uses the words 'Indecent' and 'Profanity' to
> describe the show's title.
> 
> Per the FCC:
> 
> "Indecent Broadcast Restrictions
> 
> The FCC has defined broadcast indecency as "language or material that, in
> context, depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by
> contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium, sexual or
> excretory organs or activities." Indecent programming contains patently
> offensive sexual or excretory material that does not rise to the level of
> obscenity. 
> 
> The courts have held that indecent material is protected by the First
> Amendment and cannot be banned entirely. It may, however, be restricted in
> order to avoid its broadcast during times of the day when there is a
> reasonable risk that children may be in the audience.
> 
> Consistent with a federal indecency statute and federal court decisions
> interpreting the statute, the Commission adopted a rule that broadcasts --
> both on television and radio -- that fit within the indecency definition and
> that are aired between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. are prohibited and subject
> to indecency enforcement action."
> 
> "Profane Broadcast Restrictions
> 
> The FCC has defined profanity as "including language so grossly offensive to
> members of the public who actually hear it as to amount to a nuisance."
> 
> Like indecency, profane speech is prohibited on broadcast radio and
> television between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m."
> 
> 
> I don't know about ya'll, but I'm WAY to bleeping SOC to figure out what all
> that means!
> 
> 72/3/4,
> 
> Mike
> WM4B
> #169
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of Quikhooligan
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 6:58 PM
>> To: Second Class Operators' Club
>> Subject: [SOC] William Shatner nominated to honorary SOC membership!
>> 
>> 
>> I hereby nominate William Shatner for honorary membership in SOC, or
>> more appropriately, honorary membership in the SOC mailing list.
>> 
>> See: "(Bleep) My Dad Says,"
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100809/ap_en_tv/us_tv_title_fight
>> 
>> Are there any "bleeping" objections to this nomination?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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