On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:17 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Bob Jersey <bob.in.jer...@juno.com> > wrote: > >> A George Wa(r)shington U. professor challenged the licence of WWXX, the >> Snyder-owned FM which is one of the NFL team's outlets, over whether it >> was. He failed. >> >> This Bloomberg piece >> <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-18/redskins-name-ruled-not-obscene-as-fcc-declines-to-deny-license.html> >> (link) said he's also got a complaint against Fox-13 in LA. For what, use >> of it by Terry, Howie, Jimmy et al.? >> > > Somebody failed here, but not sure it was Banzhaf. > > "the FCC said Redskins doesn’t fit definitions for obscene or profane > words because it isn’t sexual or excretory in nature." > > So, I guess the "Washington Motherfuckers" (a name which no doubt would be > chosen to honor those who love their mothers) and the "Washington > Pants-Shitters" would not be acceptable, but the "Washington Niggers" or > "Washington Kikes" would be just fine. >
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