02-17-2004, 10:23 PM
Quote:Originally posted by The Brain
If you're not a fan of the show, you probably don't even what \"balloon knot\" is code for. So how would these complainers even know what to complain about? Nothing graphic or explicit was depicted over the air. Ant was right in saying the FCC simply jumped the gun on second-hand accounts and speculation, and then had no choice but to follow through on their promise to punish the perceived \"offense\".
Amongst all of my friends who called themselves "fans" of the show, I was the only one that became active on the boards after the cancellation, making CDs for others and defending the boys at any bar I happen to be in during the weeks after the cancellation; I cited this very same arguement that you just posted Brain (and the very same point Anthony brilliantly drove home):
The broadcast was NOT indecent by FCC standards in any way, shape, or form.
Its great to see that after all this time, my point (which was formed as the reports came flooding in regarding the cancellation) is still as solid today as it was on the immediate days after 8/22/02.
And its frustrating as fuck to realize that we all lost great radio these last (almost) 2 years over HERESY and secondhand (and utterly irresponsible) reporting.
Soon enough, we'll all be able to hear the boys go off on a plethora of corksuckers and sononmabatches like the FCC & the Catholic League.
I can't wait.