The Energizer Bunny is Naked!

Free speech is not guaranteed. Your ability to express yourself depends on the content, the context and the consequences of your expression. Acknowledging that a line that limits the freedom of speech will always exist, it seems a bit high these days, doesn’t it? Has anyone ever heard of the FCC spreading fines and threaths like they have this year? Is it any surprise that a conservative like George Bush won re-election or that Al Gore, a long-time critic of modern music lyrics, was the democratic candidate in 2000? We've always been conservative, haven't we?

In a previous post, I argued that companies and individuals should consider society’s interests, in addition to their own, when making decisions. Whose interests are being considered when we limit speech on this level? How is it that we worry about a woman in a towel on the one hand but networks will air cheerleaders in skimpy uniforms during football games?