I can understand if you don't agree with something. There are plenty of things I don't agree with. Why is it, when a group of people find something they don't like, they try to get it taken away. Example: Years ago when Howard Stern started getting big, people tried to take him off the air, because they deemed him offensive. Why couldn't that group of people, just not listen to his show? Just because they found him offensive, doesn't mean other people didn't. There are plenty of other examples out there. But my question is, why should other people suffer a loss of something they enjoy, just because another group of people dislike it? Why can't the group that dislike it, just not watch/listen to it. Freedom of speech is a wonderful gift, but yet people try to take it away. What makes one group, more right, than the other?
2007-01-27 00:15:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Ok....Howard Stern was an EXAMPLE, as I stated in the question. I'm not a fan of Stern, but I do enjoy freedom of speech/expression. There are plenty of things I dont agree with, but I'm not going to form a coalition to have it taken away. I was just simply asking WHY people can't just change the channel to something THEY like, instead of bashing the things they DON'T like.
2007-01-27 00:28:55 · update #1
Yeah well life sucks too you know, we can't have a million dollar in a snap of a finger.
2007-01-27 00:40:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Certainly regarding Stern, there is an off button. I did get caught in one warehouse where it was being played, and was subjected to his obscenity for awhile. I would think that an objectionable point of view if presented reasonably politely SHOULD be tolerated. The people who run a forum set their rules, and if you don't like their rules, you can complain, or as you say change the channel, and go some where else.
2007-01-27 08:22:27 · answer #2 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They either lost the remote control, or got caught stealing in the middle east, and have no hand with which to change the channel.
P.S. you know you are spouting the same exact crap Stern has been saying for 2 decades? He doesn't need his fans sticking up for him.(And I was a fan for years)
2007-01-27 08:18:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋