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"Meteorite Debris" |
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11 Dec 2004 06:43:38 PM |
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Slightly OT - Olympic Games indecency probe |
http://tinyurl.com/4b2zr
http://smh.com.au/news/World/Olympics-indecency-
probe/2004/12/12/1102786931195.html
Olympic Games indecency probe
December 12, 2004 - 8:05AM
[PHOTOS: Two "controversial" scenes from the opening ceremony of the
Athens Olympic Games.]
The US Federal Communications Commission is reviewing tapes of the
opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games in response to complaints
that parts of the broadcast were obscene or indecent.
It's not know which segments of the three-and-a-half hour ceremony
were deemed to be offensive, but the extravaganza did feature a
"pregnant" woman with a glowing belly and actors dressed as ancient
Greek statues in the buff.
The show, whose executive producer was Australian Andrew Walsh, also
had actors playing two lovers dancing in the sea while Eros, the
winged god of love, hovered above.
The FCC is guardian of broadcast morals in the United States and is
obliged to investigate allegations of indecency when it receives
complaints.
It recently fined twenty CBS television stations a record $800,000 for
broadcasting the infamous Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction"
incident during the halftime show of the US Super Bowl championship
football game in February.
Fellow singer Justin Timberlake ripped part of Jackson's costume
exposing her breast, an incident that generated some 200,000
complaints to the FCC.
News of the investigation was first reported by the Mediaweek.com
website, which quoted an FCC spokesman as confirming that at least one
complaint was received.
NBC, which broadcast the ceremony on US TV on August 13, has complied
with an FCC request to hand over video tapes of the event, according
to The Associated Press.
According to Mediaweek.com, more than 99 per cent of recent indecency
complaints have come from one group, the Parents Television Council
(PTC), a non-profit watchdog group.
--
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apatriot #1, atheist #1417,
Chief EAC prophet
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~pk1956/
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were dead and in Heaven, and that their neighbors were dead and in
Hell.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Slightly OT - Olympic Games indecency probe |
12 Dec 2004 02:00:33 AM |
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In article <MPG.1c2633c53326d0b1989f98@news.optusnet.com.au>,
Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/4b2zr
http://smh.com.au/news/World/Olympics-indecency-
probe/2004/12/12/1102786931195.html
Olympic Games indecency probe
December 12, 2004 - 8:05AM
[PHOTOS: Two "controversial" scenes from the opening ceremony of the
Athens Olympic Games.]
The US Federal Communications Commission is reviewing tapes of the
opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games in response to complaints
that parts of the broadcast were obscene or indecent.
It's not know which segments of the three-and-a-half hour ceremony
were deemed to be offensive, but the extravaganza did feature a
"pregnant" woman with a glowing belly and actors dressed as ancient
Greek statues in the buff.
Interesting since apparently athletes participating in the original
Greek games competed in the buff. I wonder what these people would have
to say if we went back to that custom?
The show, whose executive producer was Australian Andrew Walsh, also
had actors playing two lovers dancing in the sea while Eros, the
winged god of love, hovered above.
The FCC is guardian of broadcast morals in the United States and is
obliged to investigate allegations of indecency when it receives
complaints.
It recently fined twenty CBS television stations a record $800,000 for
broadcasting the infamous Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction"
incident during the halftime show of the US Super Bowl championship
football game in February.
Fellow singer Justin Timberlake ripped part of Jackson's costume
exposing her breast, an incident that generated some 200,000
complaints to the FCC.
News of the investigation was first reported by the Mediaweek.com
website, which quoted an FCC spokesman as confirming that at least one
complaint was received.
NBC, which broadcast the ceremony on US TV on August 13, has complied
with an FCC request to hand over video tapes of the event, according
to The Associated Press.
According to Mediaweek.com, more than 99 per cent of recent indecency
complaints have come from one group, the Parents Television Council
(PTC), a non-profit watchdog group.
Sounds like a group of old biddies with too much time on their hands. If
they want to censor pornography, why don't they start with their own
bible?
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
Which raises the question: Can a people that believes more fervently
in theVirgin Birth than in evolution still be called an Enlightened
nation?-Garry Wills, New York Times 11/04/04
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Slightly OT - Olympic Games indecency probe |
12 Dec 2004 07:53:12 PM |
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On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:00:33 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <MPG.1c2633c53326d0b1989f98@news.optusnet.com.au>,
Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/4b2zr
http://smh.com.au/news/World/Olympics-indecency-
probe/2004/12/12/1102786931195.html
Olympic Games indecency probe
December 12, 2004 - 8:05AM
[PHOTOS: Two "controversial" scenes from the opening ceremony of the
Athens Olympic Games.]
The US Federal Communications Commission is reviewing tapes of the
opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games in response to complaints
that parts of the broadcast were obscene or indecent.
It's not know which segments of the three-and-a-half hour ceremony
were deemed to be offensive, but the extravaganza did feature a
"pregnant" woman with a glowing belly and actors dressed as ancient
Greek statues in the buff.
Interesting since apparently athletes participating in the original
Greek games competed in the buff. I wonder what these people would have
to say if we went back to that custom?
The show, whose executive producer was Australian Andrew Walsh, also
had actors playing two lovers dancing in the sea while Eros, the
winged god of love, hovered above.
The FCC is guardian of broadcast morals in the United States and is
obliged to investigate allegations of indecency when it receives
complaints.
It recently fined twenty CBS television stations a record $800,000 for
broadcasting the infamous Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction"
incident during the halftime show of the US Super Bowl championship
football game in February.
Fellow singer Justin Timberlake ripped part of Jackson's costume
exposing her breast, an incident that generated some 200,000
complaints to the FCC.
News of the investigation was first reported by the Mediaweek.com
website, which quoted an FCC spokesman as confirming that at least one
complaint was received.
NBC, which broadcast the ceremony on US TV on August 13, has complied
with an FCC request to hand over video tapes of the event, according
to The Associated Press.
According to Mediaweek.com, more than 99 per cent of recent indecency
complaints have come from one group, the Parents Television Council
(PTC), a non-profit watchdog group.
Sounds like a group of old biddies with too much time on their hands. If
they want to censor pornography, why don't they start with their own
bible?
Christian hypocracy knows no bounds.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Slightly OT - Olympic Games indecency probe |
12 Dec 2004 11:06:10 PM |
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In article <pftpr09q23doa1qj72sgc64otllm4qtfrb@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:00:33 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <MPG.1c2633c53326d0b1989f98@news.optusnet.com.au>,
Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/4b2zr
http://smh.com.au/news/World/Olympics-indecency-
probe/2004/12/12/1102786931195.html
Olympic Games indecency probe
December 12, 2004 - 8:05AM
[PHOTOS: Two "controversial" scenes from the opening ceremony of the
Athens Olympic Games.]
The US Federal Communications Commission is reviewing tapes of the
opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games in response to complaints
that parts of the broadcast were obscene or indecent.
It's not know which segments of the three-and-a-half hour ceremony
were deemed to be offensive, but the extravaganza did feature a
"pregnant" woman with a glowing belly and actors dressed as ancient
Greek statues in the buff.
Interesting since apparently athletes participating in the original
Greek games competed in the buff. I wonder what these people would have
to say if we went back to that custom?
The show, whose executive producer was Australian Andrew Walsh, also
had actors playing two lovers dancing in the sea while Eros, the
winged god of love, hovered above.
The FCC is guardian of broadcast morals in the United States and is
obliged to investigate allegations of indecency when it receives
complaints.
It recently fined twenty CBS television stations a record $800,000 for
broadcasting the infamous Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction"
incident during the halftime show of the US Super Bowl championship
football game in February.
Fellow singer Justin Timberlake ripped part of Jackson's costume
exposing her breast, an incident that generated some 200,000
complaints to the FCC.
News of the investigation was first reported by the Mediaweek.com
website, which quoted an FCC spokesman as confirming that at least one
complaint was received.
NBC, which broadcast the ceremony on US TV on August 13, has complied
with an FCC request to hand over video tapes of the event, according
to The Associated Press.
According to Mediaweek.com, more than 99 per cent of recent indecency
complaints have come from one group, the Parents Television Council
(PTC), a non-profit watchdog group.
Sounds like a group of old biddies with too much time on their hands. If
they want to censor pornography, why don't they start with their own
bible?
Christian hypocracy knows no bounds.
It's so prevalent, that they must consider it a virtue.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
Which raises the question: Can a people that believes more fervently
in theVirgin Birth than in evolution still be called an Enlightened
nation?-Garry Wills, New York Times 11/04/04
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Slightly OT - Olympic Games indecency probe |
13 Dec 2004 11:54:52 AM |
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On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 21:06:10 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <pftpr09q23doa1qj72sgc64otllm4qtfrb@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:00:33 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <MPG.1c2633c53326d0b1989f98@news.optusnet.com.au>,
Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/4b2zr
http://smh.com.au/news/World/Olympics-indecency-
probe/2004/12/12/1102786931195.html
Olympic Games indecency probe
December 12, 2004 - 8:05AM
[PHOTOS: Two "controversial" scenes from the opening ceremony of the
Athens Olympic Games.]
The US Federal Communications Commission is reviewing tapes of the
opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games in response to complaints
that parts of the broadcast were obscene or indecent.
It's not know which segments of the three-and-a-half hour ceremony
were deemed to be offensive, but the extravaganza did feature a
"pregnant" woman with a glowing belly and actors dressed as ancient
Greek statues in the buff.
Interesting since apparently athletes participating in the original
Greek games competed in the buff. I wonder what these people would have
to say if we went back to that custom?
The show, whose executive producer was Australian Andrew Walsh, also
had actors playing two lovers dancing in the sea while Eros, the
winged god of love, hovered above.
The FCC is guardian of broadcast morals in the United States and is
obliged to investigate allegations of indecency when it receives
complaints.
It recently fined twenty CBS television stations a record $800,000 for
broadcasting the infamous Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction"
incident during the halftime show of the US Super Bowl championship
football game in February.
Fellow singer Justin Timberlake ripped part of Jackson's costume
exposing her breast, an incident that generated some 200,000
complaints to the FCC.
News of the investigation was first reported by the Mediaweek.com
website, which quoted an FCC spokesman as confirming that at least one
complaint was received.
NBC, which broadcast the ceremony on US TV on August 13, has complied
with an FCC request to hand over video tapes of the event, according
to The Associated Press.
According to Mediaweek.com, more than 99 per cent of recent indecency
complaints have come from one group, the Parents Television Council
(PTC), a non-profit watchdog group.
Sounds like a group of old biddies with too much time on their hands. If
they want to censor pornography, why don't they start with their own
bible?
Christian hypocracy knows no bounds.
It's so prevalent, that they must consider it a virtue.
A sacrament.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Slightly OT - Olympic Games indecency probe |
14 Dec 2004 12:43:12 AM |
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In article <1qlrr0901o0eb5tn0rtmdbt0mpe4uh8e5e@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 21:06:10 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <pftpr09q23doa1qj72sgc64otllm4qtfrb@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:00:33 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <MPG.1c2633c53326d0b1989f98@news.optusnet.com.au>,
Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/4b2zr
http://smh.com.au/news/World/Olympics-indecency-
probe/2004/12/12/1102786931195.html
Olympic Games indecency probe
December 12, 2004 - 8:05AM
[PHOTOS: Two "controversial" scenes from the opening ceremony of the
Athens Olympic Games.]
The US Federal Communications Commission is reviewing tapes of the
opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games in response to complaints
that parts of the broadcast were obscene or indecent.
It's not know which segments of the three-and-a-half hour ceremony
were deemed to be offensive, but the extravaganza did feature a
"pregnant" woman with a glowing belly and actors dressed as ancient
Greek statues in the buff.
Interesting since apparently athletes participating in the original
Greek games competed in the buff. I wonder what these people would have
to say if we went back to that custom?
The show, whose executive producer was Australian Andrew Walsh, also
had actors playing two lovers dancing in the sea while Eros, the
winged god of love, hovered above.
The FCC is guardian of broadcast morals in the United States and is
obliged to investigate allegations of indecency when it receives
complaints.
It recently fined twenty CBS television stations a record $800,000 for
broadcasting the infamous Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction"
incident during the halftime show of the US Super Bowl championship
football game in February.
Fellow singer Justin Timberlake ripped part of Jackson's costume
exposing her breast, an incident that generated some 200,000
complaints to the FCC.
News of the investigation was first reported by the Mediaweek.com
website, which quoted an FCC spokesman as confirming that at least one
complaint was received.
NBC, which broadcast the ceremony on US TV on August 13, has complied
with an FCC request to hand over video tapes of the event, according
to The Associated Press.
According to Mediaweek.com, more than 99 per cent of recent indecency
complaints have come from one group, the Parents Television Council
(PTC), a non-profit watchdog group.
Sounds like a group of old biddies with too much time on their hands. If
they want to censor pornography, why don't they start with their own
bible?
Christian hypocracy knows no bounds.
It's so prevalent, that they must consider it a virtue.
A sacrament.
"Go ye forth and be hypocrites to all nations!"
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
Which raises the question: Can a people that believes more fervently
in theVirgin Birth than in evolution still be called an Enlightened
nation?-Garry Wills, New York Times 11/04/04
.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Slightly OT - Olympic Games indecency probe |
14 Dec 2004 10:26:09 AM |
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:43:12 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <1qlrr0901o0eb5tn0rtmdbt0mpe4uh8e5e@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 21:06:10 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <pftpr09q23doa1qj72sgc64otllm4qtfrb@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:00:33 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <MPG.1c2633c53326d0b1989f98@news.optusnet.com.au>,
Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/4b2zr
http://smh.com.au/news/World/Olympics-indecency-
probe/2004/12/12/1102786931195.html
Olympic Games indecency probe
December 12, 2004 - 8:05AM
[PHOTOS: Two "controversial" scenes from the opening ceremony of the
Athens Olympic Games.]
The US Federal Communications Commission is reviewing tapes of the
opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games in response to complaints
that parts of the broadcast were obscene or indecent.
It's not know which segments of the three-and-a-half hour ceremony
were deemed to be offensive, but the extravaganza did feature a
"pregnant" woman with a glowing belly and actors dressed as ancient
Greek statues in the buff.
Interesting since apparently athletes participating in the original
Greek games competed in the buff. I wonder what these people would have
to say if we went back to that custom?
The show, whose executive producer was Australian Andrew Walsh, also
had actors playing two lovers dancing in the sea while Eros, the
winged god of love, hovered above.
The FCC is guardian of broadcast morals in the United States and is
obliged to investigate allegations of indecency when it receives
complaints.
It recently fined twenty CBS television stations a record $800,000 for
broadcasting the infamous Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction"
incident during the halftime show of the US Super Bowl championship
football game in February.
Fellow singer Justin Timberlake ripped part of Jackson's costume
exposing her breast, an incident that generated some 200,000
complaints to the FCC.
News of the investigation was first reported by the Mediaweek.com
website, which quoted an FCC spokesman as confirming that at least one
complaint was received.
NBC, which broadcast the ceremony on US TV on August 13, has complied
with an FCC request to hand over video tapes of the event, according
to The Associated Press.
According to Mediaweek.com, more than 99 per cent of recent indecency
complaints have come from one group, the Parents Television Council
(PTC), a non-profit watchdog group.
Sounds like a group of old biddies with too much time on their hands. If
they want to censor pornography, why don't they start with their own
bible?
Christian hypocracy knows no bounds.
It's so prevalent, that they must consider it a virtue.
A sacrament.
"Go ye forth and be hypocrites to all nations!"
And they do a damn fine job, too!
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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| User: "Beth" |
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| Title: Re: Slightly OT - Olympic Games indecency probe |
13 Dec 2004 05:37:30 PM |
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On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:13:38 +1030, Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com>
wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/4b2zr
http://smh.com.au/news/World/Olympics-indecency-
probe/2004/12/12/1102786931195.html
Olympic Games indecency probe
December 12, 2004 - 8:05AM
[PHOTOS: Two "controversial" scenes from the opening ceremony of the
Athens Olympic Games.]
The US Federal Communications Commission is reviewing tapes of the
opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games in response to complaints
that parts of the broadcast were obscene or indecent.
Erm, isn't that shutting the barn door after the horse has escaped?
And just what do they expect to do about it? I suppose they'll want to
prevent live telecasts of future opening ceremonies from coutries
other than the US, so if it might offend some prudish minority, they
can edit it or not show it at all?
And where do they get off calling the host country's culture
"indecent," anyway? Ahhh, the US is working so hard to improve foreign
relations. Really it is.
--
Beth #859
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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| Title: Re: Slightly OT - Olympic Games indecency probe |
13 Dec 2004 05:57:32 PM |
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:37:30 +1100, Beth <inky@spamless.net> wrote:
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:13:38 +1030, Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com>
wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/4b2zr
http://smh.com.au/news/World/Olympics-indecency-
probe/2004/12/12/1102786931195.html
Olympic Games indecency probe
December 12, 2004 - 8:05AM
[PHOTOS: Two "controversial" scenes from the opening ceremony of the
Athens Olympic Games.]
The US Federal Communications Commission is reviewing tapes of the
opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games in response to complaints
that parts of the broadcast were obscene or indecent.
Erm, isn't that shutting the barn door after the horse has escaped?
And just what do they expect to do about it? I suppose they'll want to
prevent live telecasts of future opening ceremonies from coutries
other than the US, so if it might offend some prudish minority, they
can edit it or not show it at all?
What are they going to do? Fine the Greek broadcating company?
And where do they get off calling the host country's culture
"indecent," anyway? Ahhh, the US is working so hard to improve foreign
relations. Really it is.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Slightly OT - Olympic Games indecency probe |
14 Dec 2004 10:26:52 AM |
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:57:32 -0500, Christopher A. Lee
<calee@optonline.net> wrote:
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:37:30 +1100, Beth <inky@spamless.net> wrote:
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:13:38 +1030, Meteorite Debris <abuse@yahoo.com>
wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/4b2zr
http://smh.com.au/news/World/Olympics-indecency-
probe/2004/12/12/1102786931195.html
Olympic Games indecency probe
December 12, 2004 - 8:05AM
[PHOTOS: Two "controversial" scenes from the opening ceremony of the
Athens Olympic Games.]
The US Federal Communications Commission is reviewing tapes of the
opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games in response to complaints
that parts of the broadcast were obscene or indecent.
Erm, isn't that shutting the barn door after the horse has escaped?
And just what do they expect to do about it? I suppose they'll want to
prevent live telecasts of future opening ceremonies from coutries
other than the US, so if it might offend some prudish minority, they
can edit it or not show it at all?
What are they going to do? Fine the Greek broadcating company?
Invade to capture the baklava supply....
[]
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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