http://www.metafilter.com/tags/f-word Posts tagged with 'f-word' at MetaFilter. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:56:54 -0800 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:56:54 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/86200/Hasta%2Dla%2Dvista%2DGertrude%2DChataway <a href="http://www.google.nl/url?q=http://docs.google.com/gview%3Fa%3Dv%26q%3Dcache:3KAIzdUo9UcJ:gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/AB1176_Ammiano_Veto_Message.pdf%2Bassembly%2B1176%2Bcalifornia%26hl%3Den%26gl%3Dnl%26pid%3Dbl%26srcid%3DADGEESinWzaS1ka1QFpEp28u8ueBEZGEsdClyQ60qeP1JlNcMRro9Z66yaSv-Z_43PTZy-1pEqg8ltpGY8iMOyKI3UVwrYCtg2S2kGRj1qZPx7xqzbaHpxn7C3hsSoyE10hxB43KBm96%26sig%3DAFQjCNEeR1I3vH4XYKG0_ne2BlWFFDR0_A&ei=AlHoSt7zEeiRtgeHwqz7Bg&sa=X&oi=gview&resnum=1&ct=other&usg=AFQjCNFTb5ZlQeS1O2wK80_cX_E8ZIPASQ">Veto is a four-letter word</a> <small>(google quickview, here's the <a href="http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/AB1176_Ammiano_Veto_Message.pdf">PDF</a>)</small>:.Governor Schwarzenegger of California, <a href="http://gov.ca.gov/speech/11224/">at odds</a> with the state legislature but ever the poet, vetoes <a href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_1176&sess=CUR">Assembly Bill 1176</a> with a nice little <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/28/schwarzenegger-gives-california-legislature-a-hidden-finger">acrostic</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.86200 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:56:54 -0800 acrostic acrostics arnoldschwarzenegger ca california fuck fuckyou fword f-word language plochops politics schwarzenegger veto goodnewsfortheinsane http://www.metafilter.com/28821/Effing%2DCC <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/07/bono.fcc.ap/">This is really, really f------ brilliant.</a> The <a href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-03-3045A1.pdf">FCC says </a>the f-word is OK on network TV, as long as it doesn't refer to the sexual act. Naturally, <a href="https://www.parentstv.org/actionalert/actiongoldenglobes.asp">some groups </a> don't like dirty talk. Is this a sea change in the level of discourse, or is the FCC finally acknowledging that it's useless to protect kids from <a href="http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/fuck.htm">our favorite four-letter word? </a> (Second link is a .pdf file.) tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.28821 Wed, 08 Oct 2003 11:37:47 -0800 airwaves broadcast fcc federalcommunicationscommission freespeech fuck fword f-word sixpack http://www.metafilter.com/1721/ Britain's Favorite Word? According to Bob Geldof, <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000517/od/word_1.html">it starts with an "F"</a>. Finally, a rock star making a positive contribution...<br> <small>But will he be sued for trademark infringement by <a href="http://www.aclu.org/court/pacifica.html#append">George Carlin</a>?</small> tag:metafilter.com,2000:site.1721 Wed, 17 May 2000 20:26:22 -0800 bobgeldof fuck f-word wendell