pan6467

I didn't say petitioning the government, I said petitioning and threatening to boycott CBS.

The radio station I listened to that had someone affiliated with the ad said that there is a group out there trying to get a court order AND the FCC to halt the ad from being aired.

That is what I'm upset over and what I am wanting to discuss.

It's as I keep stating, why do certain groups feel they should go to court/the FCC to stop someone else's freedoms?

I'm sure if it were a pro-choice commercial (and how exactly do you in an ad tastefully say "I killed my baby"?) the anti-abortion crowd would be trying the courts and boycotts also.

Our society is built up around freedom of speech. You can turn the channel, mute the commercial, go to the bathroom... whatever, you do not have to watch it. You do not have to agree with what is said... but why must certain people try to get government (and a court/FCC order to desist/ an injunction to stop the ad, etc) is using the government to take away freedom of speech.

To me this issue is not about pro life/choice it is about freedom of speech and the right to produce an ad that allows your views to be heard. Again, for the life of me, I do not understand why people go to the courts or any governmental agency to silence someone else's views.

Shouldn't we be worried about a lot more important things like A FUCKING WAR.... Unemployment, the economy... etc than to try to stop an ad?

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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"