# Motherfuckering FCC **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 18, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfuckering-fcc/275513 "2004-11-18T19:01:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfuckering-fcc/275513/61 "2004-11-23T02:49:51Z")
> [@Steve MB](#): > > Newspeak: “The airwaves are owned by the public” > English: “The airwaves have been expropriated by the politicians in power” It’s true: only politicians get to watch broadcast TV. The rest of us huddle in our homes, desperately trying to get a crumb or two of airwaves, with no luck. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfuckering-fcc/275513/62 "2004-11-23T02:59:09Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > It’s true: only politicians get to watch broadcast TV. The rest of us huddle in our homes, desperately trying to get a crumb or two of airwaves, with no luck. > > Daniel Then why, as some have claimed, getting up to go to the bathroom during a commercial considering “stealing”? ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfuckering-fcc/275513/63 "2004-11-23T03:00:24Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Your country sucks, dudes. It never used to, but now it’s gone. And it’s getting even suckier as every day passes. > > I’m sorry for you all. I am deeply depressed for the state of my country as well. I used to think it was better, but the more I learn about history, the more I realize that it is, in most ways, better now. Scary thought. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfuckering-fcc/275513/64 "2004-11-23T03:05:20Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Then why, as some have claimed, getting up to go to the bathroom during a commercial considering “stealing”? Because the people doing the considering are morons, that’s why. In fact, if you check out the law books, you’ll find out that it’s NOT stealing, more evidence that the politicians AREN’T expropriating the airwaves. Just because someone calls it stealing don’t make it so. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfuckering-fcc/275513/65 "2004-11-23T03:08:48Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Because the people doing the considering are morons, that’s why. Yikes–I’m not saying YOU’RE a moron, but I realize it might’ve come off that way. The advertisers whimpering about your walking out of the room are the morons. Or maybe they’re con artists who assume that you’re a moron. Either way, fuck 'em. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfuckering-fcc/275513/66 "2004-11-23T03:56:11Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Yikes–I’m not saying YOU’RE a moron, but I realize it might’ve come off that way. The advertisers whimpering about your walking out of the room are the morons. Or maybe they’re con artists who assume that you’re a moron. Either way, fuck 'em. > > Daniel I gotcha the first time. No offense intended. None taken :). ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfuckering-fcc/275513/67 "2004-11-23T04:53:19Z")
Slight aside here, does anyone watch NBC’s “LAX” on Wednesday? The show broadcast on 11/16/2004 had a sceen between Blair Underwood and Heather Locklear that bordered on soft porn and I have read nothing about it. Enjoyed the show BTW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfuckering-fcc/275513.md?page=3)