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Smooth is right on, as usual.
Litigation, although typically nasty, useless wastes of time and money, is a valuable tool in this age of gov't in the pocket of business. As we are well beyond the stage of the citizens being protected from business by gov't, litigation is the only avenue left for defense.
When the FCC steps in we simply have the gov't deciding how to implement our censorship laws instead of an open process within a court. And when the FCC steps in for less than a dozen complaints about, for example, the Olympics opening ceremony, to investigate the possibility of offensive material, I find their judgement to be sorely lacking.
Personally, I wouldn't have filed a lawsuit in this case. And I probably wouldn't have become violently ill either. But that does not mean the guy should not be allowed to file a lawsuit if he so chooses, nor should he be criticised for doing so. I certainly prefer his tactic to that of a letter writing campaign to the closed-system FCC.
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