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Originally posted by taxwonk
Ten years ago, my favorite radio station didn't have to beep out the word "shit" or similar words appearing in some songs. Now they do it regularly. It's not a major intrusion in my life, but, then again, the people who forced the change didn't listen to the Clash, Pearl Jam, or Eric Burdon then and they don't now.
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It's not really relevant to your point, but most of these artists record a clean version for radio play, rather than require the station to bleep the song. And it was certainly going on ten years ago.
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Five years ago, it would have been inconcievable that Jose Padilla would be locked up in prison for months without access to counsel or without being charged with a crime. I realize this isn't my daily life. But then, Jose isn't free to answer this question for himself.
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It still is nearly inconcievable. But it is a rather common reaction to countries attacted by terrorists. Hopefully, the supreme court will step in and set things straight. But I worry more and more about a court stacked with Ashcroft clones.
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