Here you go, kjvtrue........here's the Feb. 6 Washington Update from the Family Research Council. Tony Perkins is now the director of this political interest group of Evangelical Fundamentalists.........this is his version of the Janet Jackson titty episode.
Quote:House Bill Calls for Increased FCC Fines
The fallout from Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show continues. Janet Jackson's stunt, in which she bared her right breast before 89 million viewers, caused such outrage that FCC hearings have been scheduled for February 11. Jackson, who was scheduled to be a presenter at this Sunday's Grammy Awards, is reportedly no longer a part of the program, while CBS has hurriedly enacted a 5-minute delay system for the broadcast in hopes of preventing any future shocking stunts.
If CBS is held liable, they could be faced with fines of up to $27,500 or, if applied to each CBS station, the fines could run in the millions. Of course, this is little more than a slap on the wrist. But there is a bill currently in the House (H.R. 3717) called the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004, which calls for a 10-fold increase of fines from $27,500 to $275,000 per violation or each day of a continuing violation. Sponsored by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), the bill is a direct result of FCC Chairman Michael Powell asking Congress to increase the statutory maximums, a request he made long before the Super Bowl.
FRC supports this legislation, but we think it could go even further. In fact, I believe that fines for a program should be double the average cost of commercial time. So, for a commercial spot during the Super Bowl that costs $2.5 million, the fine should be $5 million, with no limit on the total amount of a fine for a program. Such a fine would truly serve as a deterrent and bring much-needed decency back to the airwaves.
This exemplifies even better than the Ann Coulter piece how dependent the fundamentalists are on the concept of crime and punishment. They have little respect for autonomous expression. You can imagine how they handle their toddlers and teen agers, thus producing kids who are either terribly inhibited about their bodies, sexuality and honest spontaneity of expression, or who rebel and behave in dangerous (or as in Janet Jackson's case, ludicrous) destructive behavior.
Over dependence on external controls, rules, laws, etc....rarely result in the desired effect of a thinking, productive member of society.
