http://www.metafilter.com/tags/caniusefuckasatag Posts tagged with 'caniusefuckasatag' at MetaFilter. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:27:00 -0800 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:27:00 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/75825/You%2Dcant%2Dsay%2Dthat The U.S. Constitution protects your right to bear arms. And it supposedly protects your right to <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/images/issues/200811/swear-words-wide.jpg">mock nearly-bare bears</a>. Speech is definitely subject to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.C.C._v._Pacifica_Foundation">supply</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Imus#Rutgers_women.27s_basketball_controversy">demand</a>. So why does the FCC feel the need to <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/eb/oip/Actions.html">regulate</a> <a href="http://www.noswearing.com/dictionary">swearing</a> on the <a href="http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa034.html">airwaves</a>? <a href="http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/">Steven Pinker</a> <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/swear-words">complains</a>. [via <a href="http://www.aldaily.com/">ALDaily</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75825 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:27:00 -0800 broadcast caniusefuckasatag curse freespeech obscenity radio speech swear television Inspector.Gadget