Slipped my mind that you framed it as a 1st Amendment issue: don’t see any problem with letting broadcasters enjoy “full 1st amendment rights” — except for maybe *their* problem! (freedom of speech doesn’t mean others would listen to whatever you want to say…*however* you want to say it… — they would probably find themselves out of an audience at least in certain markets…)

Delia

I could be wrong, but it seems to me that the instances where typically bleeped words actually add to a “sensible adult” communication are extremely rare… (for the most part, they seem *childish* to me…) And the bleeping doesn’t really do much (it’s not like you don’t have a clue what’s beeing bleeped…).

That being said, I don’t see much point in regulating it — let the market sort it out! And it’s very likely a highly fragmented market: some people wouldn’t *ever* want to hear that stuff, others wouldn’t mind it in the “right context,” while others …*gotta* have it! (doesn’t seem to have much to do with being a “sensible adult” or not… more of a taste thing…)

Delia