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The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep
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![]() I posted this on my main page today & thought I'd throw it up here as well.
Freedom Of Speech also means that we have the freedom to offend. Lately, this concept has been abused by many special interest groups that seem to be on some sort of witch hunt for radio personalities. It started with Imus, then JV & Elvis and now, it's Opie & Anthony. How fucked is our society that people are this offended by words? It may be a children's song, but "sticks & stone may break my bones, but names will never hurt me" keeps ringing in my ear. Do your part to fight for your rights - click here and register at PeopleAgainstCensorship.com so that you can to help fight for our freedom. |
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i fucking told i type to fucking fast wtf
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You can now put whatever you want in this space :)
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Madness is like gravity. All it takes is a little... push.
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Do you ever wonder if the Jerky Boys ever saw this coming when they wrote their "He hurt me with his words" skit?
I hate these silly uber-sensitive cunts who don't get jokes. I get jokes. I like jokes. I'm a big fan of the funny.
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I registered, I get sick of political correctness which is a huge problem here in the UK.
People trying to force their "i'm a good citizen and i want everyone to know" fucked up attitudes on to everyone else. I believe people should have the freedom to choose their own ways and means as long as it's legal. If people get offended by things, their option is not to listen or view whatever they find offensive. |
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Where there's a will, I want to be in it.
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I signed up, although I don't really see what Dom Imus' or O&A's employers did as censorship. They were just business decisions. Kind of sucks, but that's the way it is.
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Nothing funnier than the ridiculous faces you people make mid-coitus
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![]() ![]() Anyway I joined.. i mean really why not just throw out the constitution.. there is a broad difference between "fuck you" and "if i don't fuck you, you're fired" .. |
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Do you see how shutting us down violates anyone's free speech? It's just business, right?
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It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
Join Date: Jul 2006
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I just joined.
"If you can't say "Fuck" you can't say "Fuck the government!"
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Live and learn. And take very careful notes!
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even i dont have much time, but free speech is important for me, in holland we have free speech, so yeah we can say whatever we want, its realy important that people in other countries can do the same, so i am going over that link and will support the "free speech"
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Where there's a will, I want to be in it.
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"Shutting us down" would be a governmental thing. The government had nothing to do with this. It's an advertising thing. P&G, Sony, Nike, etc said "We don't want to advertise on your show if you let shock jocks say things that are going to upset our customers and MAKE THEM STOP GIVING US THEIR MONEY. If you continue to do it were going to STOP GIVING YOU MONEY."
What if MML decided to write "Don't visit this site, it's a piece of shit" on every free site description he wrote. If GG said "Cut that out, MML or no more boob hats for you", would that be censorship? No. GG has every right to run his site the way he sees fit, as does CBS. CBS didn't say "you can't say that". They said "you can't say that using our broadcast equipment, and we're not going to pay you to say that". I think it's kind of chickenshit to hire a bunch of shock jocks for their controversy, then head for the hills the moment they cause a little, but the bottom line is their purpose in life is to make money, plain and simple.
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Live and learn. And take very careful notes!
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i hope i say this the right way, in ducth i can tell it all, but this is what i mean: probably not all know what "freedom of speech" is, freedom of speech is you have something to say about some topic, but you dont just say it, you build your statement with facts , facts you believe in, and facts you think are right..thats "freedom of speech" and that will end in responds from others who think diffrently, if you are not allowed to tell your thing, then you are censored.
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I'm in this one all the way.
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Now that opie and anthony gave the fcc enough ammunition to start regulating satellite radio, it will most likely become a free speech issue. Right now it's just an employer saying, "Fuck you...we don't like what you did with our equipment, get out". And so far, the government hasn't had a damn thing to do with it. |
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You can now put whatever you want in this space :)
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While it may be true that these can be classified as business decisions, are they wise ones? I remember a guy named Steve Dahl from back in the late 70's in Chicago. He has been fired from more than a few radio stations for controversy. (I didn't know this until today but Howard Stern actually replaced him at one of the jobs he was fired from in Detroit.) What I don't remember about Steve Dahl is why he was fired or who his advertisers were at the time. I do know that he is still on the air in Chicago and considered a broadcast legend in that area. I think CBS, other broadcasting companies and their advertisers could learn something from this. They will be the ones losing listeners and in the long run advertising dollars from many sources. |
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It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
Join Date: Jul 2006
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To my mind self-censorship or pre-emptive censorship is possibly the worst kind. "Well, he said this and it might piss off this group so we'll fire his ass"
To me that kind of thinking just contributes to the banality of media. Why shouldn't we hear opinions or jokes that piss us off and give others a laugh? Howard Stern came to Toronto and immediately pissed me off, I didn't stop listening because of anything he said though, I left mostly because my morning station wasn't playing music anymore. The guy's opinions didn't mean jack shit to me, the stations ratings went up, they did lose some sponsors, and I'm sure picked up new ones. I just don't like being told who or what I can listen to, whether it's by the government, business or special interest groups.
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I don't think anyone disagrees that censorship hurts everyone. My only problem is semantics. A violation of Freedom of Speech is always censorship but censorship is not often a violation of Freedom of Speech. If the discussion is about fighting censorship, I am with you. But interchanging the two terms, makes real free speech issues weaker.
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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The problem is those groups write letters and take action. That's why advertisers listen. If the fans of the shows would take the same approach and write in their own letters, they might get listened to a little more often.
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Nothing funnier than the ridiculous faces you people make mid-coitus
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well it looks like XM has buckled in their quest for more $$ .. they suspended O&A for 30 days immediately. Even tho they aren't regulated for content..they still need the approval of the FCC (our gov't) before merging with Sirius.
Un-fucking-believable!! ok i guess really it's not.. |
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i fucking told i type to fucking fast wtf
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