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Author | Topic: Legal Question - Re: Janet's Boob | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
quote: When they are able to open her bag, look inside, and see she has none? Hells yeah.
quote: Jokes, however, are a means of expression. Even juvenile ones. "Perhaps you should take your furs and your literal interpretations to the other side of the river." -Anya
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Dr Jack Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: Member Rating: 8.7 |
The trouble, Dan, is that they can't just look in the bag - what if there is bomb and it's set to detonate when they do that? They had to close the aisle for some time and call in bomb disposal experts. Several hundred people had their flights delayed because of this girl.
Sure, that was an over-reaction to a joke - but, here's the thing, what if it wasn't a joke? Are we just going to allow real terrorists to stroll on by if the joke about it? Bomb hoaxes are not funny; they're deeply disruptive and so we have to take them seriously. (I agree three weeks was pretty OTT, but action was required). "You're Green, You're Ugly and the Gods Hate You."
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Mammuthus Member (Idle past 6475 days) Posts: 3085 From: Munich, Germany Joined: |
Actually, I find it ironic that you can watch television in the U.S. during prime time and see a couple of hundred brutal murders re-enacted, over the top violence glamorized, and glorification of weapon use and none of this bothers the FCC or anyone's deceny one bit. But a boob pops out (no Hambre not Kid Rock ) and suddenly the sky is falling. I mean, I would also find John Ashcroft naked to be indecent but these guys need to lighten up.
In Europe, particularly Germany, I see naked people in adds, on tv, and there are even some fairly hard core sex shown on tv during prime time. However, extreme violence is edited out. A case in point, I saw Lethal Weapon II once on tv here and there is a scene with nudity that stayed in but a scene where Mel Gibson kills a guy by slamming his head in a car door was edited out. The violent crime rate in Germany (and most of Europe) is only a fraction of a percent that of the U.S. and teenage pregnancy rates are much lower...so what indeceny is the FCC actually going on about? Maybe I should sue CBS for having such lame acts during a half time show..that is pretty indecent. Or maybe I should sue the woman who wanted to sue CBS in the first place (because she was so outraged) for the pain and suffering she caused me by being such a tight assed idiot? Are most Americans scared of breasts? Is this perhaps the next weapon of mass distraction..ahem..I mean destruction that needs defending against?
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
quote: So... what, those big thumping x-ray machines are just for show? "Perhaps you should take your furs and your literal interpretations to the other side of the river." -Anya
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Coragyps Member (Idle past 734 days) Posts: 5553 From: Snyder, Texas, USA Joined: |
Actually, I find it ironic that you can watch television in the U.S. during prime time and see a couple of hundred brutal murders re-enacted, over the top violence glamorized, and glorification of weapon use and none of this bothers the FCC or anyone's deceny one bit.
That may be the main reason I don't watch TV. That same weird dichotomy has bothered me since I was a teenager - back when Lucy and Desi had to have twin beds, while The Rifleman blasted people full of holes. I'd rather have breasts to look at any day.
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Mammuthus Member (Idle past 6475 days) Posts: 3085 From: Munich, Germany Joined: |
I don't watch much tv anymore either...mostly because other than sex , German tv is pretty lame..and the dubbing of shows I do like, The Simpsons for example, is absolutely awful. However, there is a lot more program time devoted to science which is cool and if I watch I tend to look for that.
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truthlover Member (Idle past 4059 days) Posts: 1548 From: Selmer, TN Joined: |
I find it ironic that you can watch television in the U.S. during prime time and see a couple of hundred brutal murders re-enacted, over the top violence glamorized, and glorification of weapon use and none of this bothers the FCC or anyone's deceny one bit. Well, it is awful hard to argue with this point, Mammuthus.
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Peter Member (Idle past 1479 days) Posts: 2161 From: Cambridgeshire, UK. Joined: |
Not sure about the pub in chester after midnight
with regards welshmen, but if a scotsman is advancing on Clifford's tower in York (and wearing a kilt) he's fair game
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Peter Member (Idle past 1479 days) Posts: 2161 From: Cambridgeshire, UK. Joined: |
What was the actual crime?
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Dr Jack Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: Member Rating: 8.7 |
Making a hoax bomb threat.
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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1504 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined: |
Mamuthus writes:
Mamuthus, I have seen some that have scared me plenty. "Are most Americans scared of breast?..." [This message has been edited by 1.61803, 02-26-2004]
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Peter Member (Idle past 1479 days) Posts: 2161 From: Cambridgeshire, UK. Joined: |
That would only be relevant if there was some
actual threat, surely? Mentioning the word 'bomb' on it's owndoesn't constitute a threat ... but I think I'd best be careful about discussing bill of materials documents next time I travel by air -- 'Yes, I have the BOM in my luggage.' is NOT an unheard of phrase
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nator Member (Idle past 2170 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
No, the TV and radio stations don't own the public airwaves; they are just allowed to use them and are "regulated" by the FCC.
The public owns the public airwaves.
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nator Member (Idle past 2170 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: Freedom of Speech is not unlimited. This protection doesn't mean that you are allowed to lie to defame someone, and it doesn't allow you to be irresponsible, such as yelling "fire!" in a crowded theater. Freedom of speech as a consitutional concept is about the freedom of individual thought; religious, political, artistic, philosophical. {Fixed quote box - AM} [This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 02-27-2004]
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nator Member (Idle past 2170 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
I don't think that a fairly harsh penalty for pretending that you have bombs in your carry-on luggage or whatever is a bad idea at all if it acts as a strong deterrant against doing stupid shit like that.
Every single suspicion of a bomb or gun, etc. has to be thoroughly investigated and ruled out before that airplane can take off. This costs a lot of people a lot of money, makes for a whole chain of delays for that airplane all along it's route, screwing up hundreds of passengers' itineraries, and all in all is a great deal of trouble for many, many people, not to mention really scary.
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