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[spacemanspiff]

"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.

[stuveltje]

What if MML decided to write "Don't visit this site, it's a piece of shit" on every free site description he wrote. .

well here in holland we can say that shit, as long you have an reason to write that and tell it, thats "freedom of speech"

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

yea thats censorship for me, you forche someone to shut down if not a respond will come, "no boobs hat" . "freedom of speech" is for me, you have something to say, but you also say why you think that way. and forching a person to shut down is censorship for me.

[sue-fl]

Originally Posted by spacemanspiff

"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.

Very well said and I agree

I don't think it's a freedom of speech issue either but they are making it one.