IconoclasT wrote:
] Doesn't he have anything better to worry about? Hey Mike,
] here's a topic to discuss. The Telecommunications act of 1996;
] Toothless or Worthless ?
]
] WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Communications Commission Chairman
] Michael Powell has asked his fellow commissioners to overturn
] a much-criticized decision that an expletive uttered by the
] musician Bono on a network program was not obscene.
] During last year's NBC broadcast of the Golden Globes Awards,
] the lead singer of the Irish rock group U2 said "this is
] really, really, fucking brilliant." --Expletive
] Undeleted for your protection.

like the FCC ruling suggests, i thought the issue of obscenity hinged on the context. i.e. "He was fucking that girl." (the sex act) vs. "He was fucking angry." (adjective) or "I pissed on the fire hydrant." (the bodily function) vs. "I was really pissed off." (adjective)

powell can eat a d---.

inignoct wrote:
]
] like the FCC ruling suggests, i thought the issue of obscenity
] hinged on the context. i.e. "He was fucking that girl." (the
] sex act) vs. "He was fucking angry." (adjective) or "I pissed
] on the fire hydrant." (the bodily function) vs. "I was really
] pissed off." (adjective)
]
] powell can eat a d---.

The word Fuck comes from the German word Flichen which means 'to strike'. It can fall into many gramattical categories:

As a transitive verb for instance; John fucked Shirley.
As an intransitive verb; Shirley fucks. It's meaning is not always sexual.
As an adjective; John is doing all the fucking work.
As part of an adverb; Shirley talks too fucking much.
As an adverb enhancing an adjective; Shirley is fucking beautiful.
As a noun; I don't give a fuck.
As part of a word; absofuckinglutely or infuckingcredible or as nearly every word in a sentence; Fuck the fucking fuckers.

Not many words have the total versatility offered by the word fuck. So, all that being said Mr. Powell. WTF ?!?