I see your point but I personally don't see him as a causal factor. In other words, you're preaching to the converted here. I think the FTC is not doing its job, but I think this because of media ownership, not Janet's breast.
I haven't listened to Stern since he left DC101 but if he hasn't done any bits about the towers or the tsunami, kudos to him, maybe he does have a bottom after all. Dana On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:35:12 -0800, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > making a joke out of a disaster. > > I went a little to the overzealous side in my reply, but I guess my > main point is this: while still tasteless to make jokes about it, the > scale of the disaster in the plane crash isn't even close to that of > the tsunami. Doesn't mitigate the fact that people lost their lives, > but consider this, Howard didn't crack jokes about the WTC on or after > 9/11, neither has he attempted to make light of the tsunami (I listen > almost every day for at least an hour, Seattle radio really blows). > Yet he still gets mentioned in the same breath when someone else > does... > > > Actually I could care less about Janet's breast. I have two of my own. > > yeah, pretty much true for everybody, but the FCC specifically cited > Stern in comments about "BreastGate," and I have yet to be able to > figure out why. > > FWIW, I hear Howard's name invoked whenever someone does something > tastless on the radio and gets burned for it. As if there is some sort > of causal relationship, that without Howard, no one would air > tasteless material, and that just isn't true! > > :-) > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145664 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
