FCC Reportedly Will Ban Another Four-Letter Word

[LynneSin]

http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2006-02-23/#tv6

FCC Reportedly Will Ban Another Four-Letter Word


The FCC will ban from the airwaves "a common expletive for excrement" and issue some 40 indecency rulings during upcoming sessions, Bloomberg News reported today (Thursday), citing four unnamed FCC officials. According to the wire service, the rulings will include six fines and several sanctions against Fox, NBC, and CBS, the report said, noting that they are expected to help broadcasters "identify what constitutes an infraction." (A "common expletive for excrement" came first in comedian George Carlin's famous rendition of the "seven words you can never say on television," although the FCC has never formally specified which words are forbidden.)


a common expletive for excrement?

Shit?
Poop?
Crap?
Bush?

What word would it be!

[Hugin]

1. Kaka!

Unless of course it's someone's proper name.

[underpants]

2. Turd?

I thought SHIT was already banned.

[LynneSin]

3. I did too

:shrug:

[Squeech]

4. Yes

For you young'uns out there who neglect the classics, the seven words you can't say on television are: fuck, shit, piss, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits.

Cautious euphemisms are acceptable. I remember one episode of LA Law where the careerist dirtbag female attorney is ragging on her careerist dirtbag boyfriend, saying, "I'm you, with jugs." But of course the exposure of said jugs would be a Janet Jackson sized debacle.

If I had to bet I'd say they were going to upgrade "crap" to actionable, so they could get even with David Letterman for those nasty things he said to that honorable culture warrior Bill O'Reilly.

[kick-ass-bob]

5. well, they already don't allow 'shit'

so is it 'crap?'

HOLY CRAP!

[LynneSin]

6. I'm hoping it's poop - I don't like that word at all

it needs to be banned!

[JVS]

8. poop

[LynneSin]

13. You're just saying poop to piss me off

Meanie!

[kick-ass-bob]

11. First they came for poop, and I didn't care.

:rofl:

:bounce::bounce:

[LynneSin]

16. You need professional help

oh poopy!

[laheina]

24. I hope that you're joking!

I detest kaka :scared: , but people should be allowed to say it if they want.

[madinmaryland]

7. Santorum?

oh, that's not 4 letters, but it is a "four letter word".

:evilgrin:

[Hugin]

9. Loaf?

The bakers will be outraged!

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. I've never understood the difference

between "shit" and "crap" anyway. I mean, there is no difference, so why has one always been verboten and the other allowed? :shrug:

"Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that will infect your soul, curve your spine and keep the country from winning the war."

There you have it, folks.

[redqueen]

15. Urrr... you made that up, right?

Please say yes.

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Nope

It's from Carlin's "The Seven Dirty Words."

http://www.erenkrantz.com/Humor/SevenDirtyWords.shtml

[politicat]

12. If it's "crap", Randi's going to be in trouble...

I swear every fourth word she says is crap.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. We could start saying "carp" instead.

[laheina]

27. Weren't they busy fighting the war on

boobies? :shrug:

[Liberalynn]

32. And they

won't be able to play the lying sack of crap song on Stephanie Miller either.

Darn. That's becoming my favorite song too.

[BikeWriter]

14. Fuck 'em!

[kick-ass-bob]

17. YOU CAN'T SAY THAT!!

Oh, wait, this ain't TV.

Carryon.

[BikeWriter]

22. Ha ha ha ha!

:)

[Radio_Guy]

18. I'm confused

I've been in this business a long time and I thought that word has long been banned. But trying to understand the FCC is like trying to understand the IRS.

[kick-ass-bob]

20. Next they'll say they are banning a 4 letter word that is used for

describing a sexual act. :crazy:

And they'll say "we're cracking down on obscenities"

[LynneSin]

21. Oral? Anal?

:shrug:

[kick-ass-bob]

23. Yup. Oral.

:eyes:

Could you imagine? Oral-B would have to change the name of their toothbrushes!!

[anarch]

26. all I know is, I laugh like Beavis and Butthead when the Cox Cable ad

comes on the TV. "I'm so much happier since I switched to Cox!" or whatever. Yeah, I'm an idiot.

[laheina]

28. Sorry.

Once I thought about it, I couldn't help laughing either. :spray:

[kick-ass-bob]

29. I would laugh my ass off, and so would my wife!

[IA_Seth]

30. BUSH? ha ha ha

I know it means shit to me.

[philosophie_en_rose]

34. Ha!

:)

[Liberalynn]

31. SD

Self delete. I didn't read the post carefully enough to see it was a substitute for excriment so my response made no Sense.

Sorry bout that.

[no name no slogan]

33. TITS

y'know, like in the 80s, instead of saying cool, you'd say "TITS".

Hey, since all the shitty early 80s music is coming back, why not the shitty slang, too?

"Like, totally tubular"

[Yavin4]

35. Why Is "Shit" A Bad Word?

Okay, I can see how "Fuck" is a bad word because it's a derogatory word for sex, but "Shit" is a bad word for feces. Feces is already bad, so why not a bad word for it?

[Left Is Write]

36. If they have to ban a four-letter word, why can't it be Bush?

I'd rather have my children hear "shit" on the airwaves than watch * spout HIS shit.

[ChoralScholar]

37. It' pretty ludicrous.

It's just a combination of letters. Words are only what you make of them. Why do they pick this one word and say, 'It's bad, you can't say it on television'.

How stupid.


Oh, yeah, I almost forgot.
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BOOOOOOOGER!!!!!!