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To: Rascal who wrote (128248)	4/2/2004 3:29:49 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Powell said artists have always enjoyed protection under the First Amendment governing free speech and slamming them with large fines would be "a very touchy area for the FCC." There's also the concept of "freedom from" that is directly implied in our constitutional rights.. Someone's right to express themselves generally ends when it is coerced upon those who would like not to be exposed to it. I certainly believe in the right to choose. But the public airwaves belong to all of us, including those who care not to have themselves or their children forced to listen to someone else's perception of where "mainstream" morality lies. There are plenty of venues for such music and art.. Let them start a "naughty" XM radio channel.. Or let people go to erotic museums specifically created to present such views. After all, we have X-rated movie theaters... Why not X-rated art museums... Then let them make their own way in the marketplace of ideas without having to be subsidized by those who have no interest in viewing it. Hawk