
The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will rule on the government's standards for policing the public airwaves for the first time since the court agreed 30 years ago that a midday radio broadcast of comedian George Carlin's "seven dirty words" monologue was indecent.
The real question is this -- has profanity become so common place in our day to day lives that it is no longer "indecent?" Consider how much profanity there can be in a PG-13 movie now.
has profanity become so common place in our day to day lives that it is no longer "indecent?"
Sad, isn't it? I have some how managed to make people around me thing twice about swearing (no clue how this happened, it's not like I say anything or give people dirty looks—I just don't swear that often).
Consider how much profanity there can be in a PG-13 movie now.
God forbid someone would have to write actual dialog. One of the many reasons I prefer TV to movies—TV writers actually have to be somewhat creative about their dialog instead of throwing in as many swear words as possible.
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