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join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL | AT&T all over again When a company feels like they are big enough to push the FCC around it's time they are put in their place.
It's just a matter of time before the FCC puts these idiots in their place. They have it coming. | |
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  jonnyb
join:2008-03-15
Haverhill, NH | Re: AT&T all over again I love how people stick up for the FCC there the ones that are taking our rights from us, all i have to say is Howard Stern.... | |
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join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL | Re: AT&T all over again What about Howard Stern? He is vulgar and has no place on public airwaves... Your point? | |
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join:2008-03-15
Haverhill, NH | Re: AT&T all over again That is exactly my point. He has every right to be vulgar thats his right to free speech thanks for the help in proving what i am trying to say. | |
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| | | RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | Re: AT&T all over again How does keeping Howard Stern from making an ass of himself on the air abridge your free speech? Are you Howard Stern?
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join:2008-03-15
Haverhill, NH | Re: AT&T all over again said by RadioDoc:How does keeping Howard Stern from making an ass of himself on the air abridge your free speech? Are you Howard Stern? Who knows I could be, thats not the point there have been several other broadcasters that have been fired or fined for supposed indecent remarks. | |
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join:2000-05-11 | Re: AT&T all over again That is the point. You are not the one being fined.
Broadcasters have a license, which carries certain limitations and responsibilities. One of which is to operate in the public interest. That concept has been tested in court dozens of times and a entertainment performer on the radio is not guaranteed the same free speech rights as a person standing on a streetcorner espousing their beliefs or publishing anti-government tomes without the use of the airwaves.
And I might add, Howard was not the one being fined.
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join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
kudos:1 | said by jonnyb:said by RadioDoc:How does keeping Howard Stern from making an ass of himself on the air abridge your free speech? Are you Howard Stern? Who knows I could be, thats not the point there have been several other broadcasters that have been fired or fined for supposed indecent remarks. He is not on public airwaves anymore. He has every right to be as vulgar and nasty as he can be. | |
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join:2008-03-15
Haverhill, NH | said by WeSRT4:When a company feels like they are big enough to push the FCC around it's time they are put in their place. It's just a matter of time before the FCC puts these idiots in their place. They have it coming. It is not about pushing the FCC around it is about comcast managing there network so that everyone can have a equal amount of bandwidth and who is the FCC to tell them how to do this. | |
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1 edit | I have to say that I agree with what Gilitar has said. I'm tired of companies, government agencies and/or people in general telling me what I can or can't do. I really developed that attitude when my right to smoke cigarettes began to be taken away, and continues to be taken away place by place.
Yes I understand that smoking cigarettes might be dangerous to my health, but I still feel like I should be able to smoke. More precisely I should be able to smoke in an area just for smokers. That would allow people who smoke to enjoy what they want and at the same time non-smokers wouldn't be in the area.
Along that same line, in Ohio where I live, alcohol and tobacco products are taxed very highly and it's commonly referred to as the "sin tax". I've read the Bible and can't find any passage that says alcohol and/or tobacco are a sin. Taking away the right of American citizens, right by right kinda sounds like what Hitler did.
Sorry didn't mean to get off topic but this Comcast issue of squeezing back the download/upload speed of it's customers is just another example of the few controlling the many. I'm starting to wonder if and when RoadRunner will follow suit.
Mike
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Northlake IL | Re: AT&T all over again -ot- Sin tax has long since stopped being a means to adjust public behavior, but rather now are used to generate government revenue.
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| | | | Re: AT&T all over again -ot- said by Chaoswar:Sin tax has long since stopped being a means to adjust public behavior, but rather now are used to generate government revenue. -the more money government takes in the more it find it needs- How right you are! I wish the government guys would start paying me for their sins which are splashed across the TV and newspapers every day!
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