To be more specific, the bill would override the FCC ruling that "fuck" is okay to use as long as it is a discriptor.
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3687
To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 8, 2003
Mr. OSE (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting
(a) before `Whoever'; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
(b) As used in this section, the term `profane', used with respect to language, includes the words `shit', `piss', `fuck', `cunt', `asshole', and the phrases `cock sucker', `mother fucker', and `ass hole', compound use (including hyphenated compounds) of such words and phrases with each other or with other words or phrases, and other grammatical forms of such words and phrases (including verb, adjective, gerund, participle, and infinitive forms).'.
Please note a majority of thE "Seven Words You can't Say on Television" are listed.
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HemlockGrey wrote:The whole concept of 'offensive words' has always struck me as silly.
It's even more ridiculous when you can't use specific words but you can say something else that means the exact same thing.
I particularlly like that on American television you can easilly get away with saying something in another language that would be considered obscene if you said it in English. Spanish has been great for that the last few years but Joss Whedon had his characters using Chinese on Firefly when they were swearing.
By the pricking of my thumb,
Something wicked this way comes.
Open, locks,
Whoever knocks.
neoolong wrote:The thing with Firefly though is that their pronunciation was so bad, that even if you knew Chinese you couldn't understand most of what they said.
That's pretty funny too.
On the DVD set they mention how much trouble they had saying the Chinese parts even though it sounds like most of them practiced quite a bit.
By the pricking of my thumb,
Something wicked this way comes.
Open, locks,
Whoever knocks.
