Dale Earnhardt was fined $25000 by NASCAR. No word on what, if anything, NBC is going to have to pay. Note: unlike the Janet Jackson, this is clearly indecent, unless "shit" did not refer to excretory activities or functions. The Blazing Saddles quote is apt. John Willkie -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Cliff Benham Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 7:57 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: Howard Stern and the Future of Media Censorship Apparently not. Dale Earnhart got fined for saying "shit" in a fit of impropriety after he won a Nascar race the other weekend. "Gentlemen, gentlemen,we must protect out phony-balony jobs..." ~Mel Brooks as the Gov. in 'Blazing Saddles' DISMO@xxxxxxx wrote: >In a message dated 10/11/2004 5:21:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, >shuttj@xxxxxxxxx writes: >Are you referring to the Janet Jackson silliness during the Super Bowl? >The "choreography" was silly and so was the national hysteria that followed. >Don't we have more important things to do than wring our hands over a 2-second >shot of skin? > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > >- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org > >- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.