FACT - Freedom Against Censorship Thailand

[FACT comments: The "seven dirty words" of the 1970s have, for better or worse, been accepted into modern discourse. Of course, they are not used in polite and respectful conversation. 'Vulgar' means 'of the people". While coarse and low-class and often-profane, vulgarity is much different from obscenity or indecency. We don't really want to listen to expletives in public media. Nevertheless, do we need more government control?
For an in-depth look at the C-word, FACT signer Matthew Hunt has written an excellent dissertation:
http://www.matthewhunt.com/website/cunt/index.html]

Justices Take Up On-Air Vulgarity Again
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
Published: March 18, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/washington/18scotus.html?ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all

The US Federal Communications Commission is to start punishing broadcasters for the isolated and fleeting on-air use of expletives…30 years ago “seven dirty words” were considered that the First Amendment did not bar the government from regulating the broadcasting of speech that, while “indecent,” was not actually obscene.