Bozell: Hollywood's Ridiculous Lawyers

[Terri]

By Brent Bozell
November 21, 2008

Both Time and Newsweek magazines are giggling at the Supreme Court oral arguments on the fleeting-TV-profanity case of FCC vs. Fox Television Stations. The court is considering if it has the authority to regulate obscene language on the public airwaves.

Time noticed Justice Antonin Scalia joking that "Bawdy jokes are OK, if they are really good." Newsweek reported that Justice John Paul Stevens wanted to know if "dung" was a dirty word.

The magazines that aspire to define history saw this Supreme Court argument as only good for a laugh. Maybe it was. After all, Barack Obama will soon be president, and Hollywood's heavy investment in his presidential campaign will surely pay great dividends in moral laxity at the FCC and silence in Obama's liberal bully pulpit.

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[thomas]

Is this court related to the same court that said it's ok to party naked in the streets in CA?
The Old Chief

[Cynical Pete]

People are bicycling naked in Oregon. The language spoken on school grounds by children would make a Marine blush. Yet, the system is fighting home schooling. What a senseless Merry-go-round.
My grandson, when he entered a public school for the first time, came home wanting to know what several four letter words meant. I picked him right up off the ground and registered him in a Christian School until he completed the 4th grade.

[utexas]

Yet another symptom of the decline of not only intelligence in the US but of politeness, manners, and consideration of others. We are becoming, if we aren’t already, a nation of dim-witted, classless fools that cater to the lowest common denominator, no matter how low, vile, or filthy that is. We tolerate way too much filth and garbage in everyday life as well as entertainment and popular culture. It is said that what one generation allows in moderation, the next will allow in excess and we see that apparent now as more and more filth is accepted and tolerated as each year goes by.