A few weeks ago, fellow blogger Mia Delarosa shared her viewpoint about the Federal Communications Commission and the regulations deemed necessary by both them, the FCC, and the President. Mia feels that just because people have grown “accustomed” to having television and radio shows bleeped out doesn’t make it any less wrong. She argues that there are programs out there where the very subject material is more offensive than a few curse words. Furthermore, we as Americans hear explicit language all the time out in the real world, more so than we would hear on television even if the FCC didn’t fine for every word. Essentially, I feel that Mia’s argument was rooted in the First Amendment, infringing on the freedom of speech.
While Mia makes some very valid points, I’m going to have to disagree with her on this one. Indeed, every man, woman, and child does have the freedom to express verbally what is on their mind, but that does not mean that every person wants to know it. Just today, actually, I was waiting in line for lunch at a local Chick-fil-a restaurant when a gentleman next to me was telling some anonymous listener on the other end of the phone, “I’m so f***ing sick of putting up with her b******t. If this stupid b**** wants to do that, then f***ing let her. I won’t be there to clean up her f***ing s*** anymore.” And this was in a Christian-based, family-oriented establishment. I was astonished at the lack of decency that this man had. The same goes for television shows or radio programs. Just because it is legal for them to say these things, doesn’t mean that everyone wishes to hear them.
Is the FCC a perfectly run government organization, free of flaws? No, of course not. But I do feel that the work they do is more of a service to our nation than a disservice.
