You Will Never Speak Bad Words Again

Words disallowed in U.S. radio and Tv

A poster in a WBAI broadcast booth which warns radio broadcasters confronting using the words

The seven muddied words are 7 English-language expletive words that American comedian George Carlin first listed in his 1972 "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" monologue.^[1] The words, in the gild Carlin listed them, are: "shit", "piss", "fuck", "cunt", "cocksucker", "motherfucker", and "tits".^{[1] [two]}

At the time, the words were considered highly inappropriate and unsuitable for broadcast on the public airwaves in the United States, whether radio or tv set. As such, they were avoided in scripted textile and bleep censored in the rare cases in which they were used. Broadcast standards differ in different parts of the world, so and at present, although most of the words on Carlin's original list remain taboo on American broadcast television. The list was non an official enumeration of forbidden words, merely rather were compiled by Carlin to period better in a comedy routine. Nonetheless, a radio broadcast featuring these words led to a Supreme Courtroom conclusion in FCC 5. Pacifica Foundation that helped define the extent to which the federal authorities could regulate speech on broadcast idiot box and radio in the United States.

Background [edit]

During a performance in 1966, comedian Lenny Bruce said he had been arrested for saying nine words: "ass", "assurance", "cocksucker", "cunt", "fuck", "motherfucker", "piss", "shit", and "tits".^[3] In 1972, comedian George Carlin released his fourth stand up-upwards album Course Clown. One track on the anthology, "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television", was a monologue in which he identified these words and expressed amazement that they could not exist used regardless of context. In a 2004 NPR interview, he said:

I don't know that there was a "Eureka!" moment or anything like that. [...] On these other things, we get into the field of hypocrisy. Where you really cannot pin down what these rules they want to enforce are. It's just impossible to say "this is a blanket dominion". You'll see some newspapers impress "f blank blank thousand". Some print "f asterisk asterisk g". Some put "f blank blank blank". Some put the word "bleep". Some put "expletive deleted". So there's no real consistent standard. It's non a scientific discipline. Information technology's a notion that they take and it's superstitious. These words have no power. We give them this power by refusing to be gratis and easy with them. We give them great power over us. They really, in themselves, have no power. It's the thrust of the sentence that makes them either good or bad.^[4]

Carlin was arrested for disturbing the peace when he performed the routine at a show at Summerfest in Milwaukee in 1972. On his side by side album, 1973's Occupation: Foole, he performed a similar routine titled "Filthy Words", dealing with the same list and many of the same themes. Pacifica station WBAI circulate this version of the routine uncensored on October 30 that year.

Federal Communications Commission 5. Pacifica Foundation [edit]

John Douglas, an active member of Morality in Media, claimed that he heard the WBAI broadcast while driving with his then 15-year-sometime son, Dean, and complained to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that the material was inappropriate for the time of day (approximately 2:00 p.m.).^{[5] [six]}

Post-obit the lodging of the complaint, the FCC proceeded to ask Pacifica for a response, then issued a declaratory club upholding the complaint. No specific sanctions were included in the guild, merely WBAI was put on notice that "in the event subsequent complaints are received, the Committee will then decide whether it should utilise any of the bachelor sanctions information technology has been granted by Congress". WBAI appealed against this decision, which was overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a 2–1 decision on the grounds that the FCC's definition of "indecency" was overbroad and vague and thus violated the First Amendment's guarantee of gratuitous speech. The FCC in turn appealed to the Supreme Court. As an independent federal bureau, the FCC filed the appeal in its ain name. The The states Department of Justice intervened in the example, supporting Pacifica'southward argument that the FCC's declaratory ruling violated the First Subpoena and that it also violated the Fifth Amendment in that the FCC's definition of "indecency" was too vague to support criminal penalties.

In 1978, the Supreme Court, in a 5–4 decision, ruled that the FCC's declaratory ruling did non violate either the Get-go or Fifth Amendments, but in so ruling information technology limited the telescopic of its ruling to the specific broadcast that acquired the declaratory ruling and declined to consider whether the FCC's definition of indecency would survive a First Amendment challenge if practical to the circulate of other cloth containing the same or like words which had been cited in Pacifica'due south brief (east.g., works of Shakespeare – "pissing conduits", "bawdy mitt of the dial on the prick of noon"; the Bible – "he who pisseth against the wall"; the Watergate Tapes). It noted that while the declaratory ruling pertained to the significant of the term indecency as used in a criminal statute (18 USC 1464), since the FCC had not imposed whatever penalty on Pacifica for the broadcast of words that came within the FCC'south definition of "indecent", it did not need to reach the question as to whether the definition was too vague to satisfy the due process requirements of the Fifth Amendment.^[7]

This determination formally established indecency regulation in American broadcasting. In follow-up rulings, the Supreme Court established the safe harbor provision that grants broadcasters the correct to broadcast indecent (but not obscene) textile between the hours of x pm and 6 am, when it is presumed few children would exist watching.^{[8] [9]} The FCC has never maintained a specific list of words prohibited from the airwaves during the time period from six am to x pm.

The seven muddy words take been assumed to exist likely to elicit indecency-related action by the FCC if uttered on a Television or radio broadcast, and thus the broadcast networks generally conscience themselves with regard to many of the seven dirty words. The FCC regulations regarding "fleeting" use of expletives were ruled unconstitutionally vague by a three-judge console of the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on July 13, 2010, as they violated the First Amendment due to their possible effects regarding gratis speech.^{[10] [11] [12]}

The words [edit]

The original seven words named past Carlin are:

• shit
• piss
• fuck
• cunt
• cocksucker
• motherfucker
• tits

In subsequent routines, Carlin would ofttimes deconstruct the listing, proposing additions or deletions based on audition feedback, or sometimes on his own whims. For example, a man asked him to remove motherfucker considering, as a derivative of fuck, information technology constituted a duplication: "He says motherfucker is a duplication of the word fuck, technically, considering fuck is the root form, motherfucker beingness derivative; therefore, it constitutes duplication. And I said, 'Hey, motherfucker, how did you get my phone number, anyway?'".^[13]

He later added information technology dorsum, challenge the chip's rhythm does not work without information technology.^[13] In his one-act routine, Carlin would brand fun of each word; for example, he would say that tits should not be on the list because information technology sounds like a nickname of a snack ("New Nabisco Tits! ... corn tits, cheese tits, tater tits!").

Availability [edit]

Carlin performed the routine many times and included it, in whole or in role on several of his records and HBO specials. Parts or all of the performance appear on the following releases:

• 1972 – Grade Clown – Sound recording – "Vii Words You Can Never Say on Television set"
• 1973 – Occupation: Foole – Sound recording – "Filthy Words"
• 1977 – George Carlin at USC – HBO special – "Forbidden Words"
• 1978 – George Carlin: Again! – HBO special – "Dingy Words"
• 1983 – Carlin at Carnegie – HBO special – "Filthy Words"

The Carlin at Carnegie version can be heard as "An Incomplete Listing of Impolite Words" on the 1984 album Carlin on Campus (but not in the HBO special, Carlin on Campus). That version of the list features over 300 dingy words and phrases in an try to finish people telling him that he left something off the list. Four days after Carlin's original Class Clown recording, the routine was performed once again for students at the Academy of California, Los Angeles. This would be months earlier its kickoff official release. The recording was restored in December, 2013 and uploaded to YouTube by archivists at UCLA and could be accessed free of accuse, simply is no longer bachelor due to a merits of copyright infringement.^[14]

The FCC ruling is referenced in "Offensive Language" from the anthology Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics and HBO special Doin' It Again, both 1990 recordings of the same performance; nevertheless, the routine that follows is entirely dissimilar.

The Class Clown version tin also be heard on the vinyl/cassette only release Indecent Exposure (1978). The Occupation: Foole version can also be heard on Classic Gold (1992). Both versions were re-released again as role of The Little David Years (1971–1977).

H.R. 3687 [edit]

U2 singer Bono said on live television receiver that his 2003 Golden Globe Accolade was "actually, actually fucking brilliant!" Despite complaints, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) did not fine the network. In credible reaction,^[xv] on Dec 8, 2003, Rep. Doug Ose (R-California) introduced House Resolution 3687, the "Clean Airwaves Act",^[fifteen] in Congress to designate a derivative list of Carlin'southward offensive words as profane in the U.S. Code. The stated purpose of the pecker was "To amend section 1464 of title 18 of the U.s.a. Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts." In the text of the pecker, the words shit, piss, fuck, cunt, asshole, and the phrases erect sucker, female parent fucker, and donkey hole are specifically listed.^[16] The bill was not enacted.

Subscription services [edit]

The FCC obscenity guidelines do not apply to non-broadcast media such as cable television, satellite Television, or satellite radio.^[17] Whether the FCC or the Department of Justice could be empowered by the Congress to restrict indecent content on cable tv without such legislation violating the Constitution has never been settled past a court of law. Since cable boob tube must be subscribed to in order to receive it legally, subscribers who object to the content being delivered may cancel their subscription, an incentive is created for the cable operators to self-regulate (unlike circulate television, cable television receiver is not legally considered to be "pervasive", nor does it depend on a scarce, authorities-allocated electromagnetic spectrum; equally such, neither of the arguments buttressing the case for broadcast regulation particularly apply to cablevision idiot box).

Cocky-regulation by many basic cablevision networks is undertaken by Standards and Practices (South&P) departments that cocky-censor their programming considering of the force per unit area put on them by advertisers – besides meaning that any basic cablevision network willing to ignore such force per unit area could use any of the Seven Dingy Words. All of the words on Carlin's listing have come into mutual usage in many made-for-cable series and moving picture productions.

See as well [edit]

• Communications Decency Act
• Morality in Media
• Profanity
• Watershed (broadcasting)
• The Green Book (BBC)

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} Carlin, George. Linder, Doug (ed.). "Filthy Words by George Carlin". Exploring Constitutional Conflicts. University of Missouri-Kansas Metropolis School of Police force. Archived from the original on 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2017-03-11 . The following is a verbatim transcript of "Filthy Words" (the George Carlin monologue at upshot in the Supreme Courtroom case of FCC v. Pacifica Foundation) prepared by the Federal Communications Commission...
2. ^ James Sullivan: Seven Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin. ISBN 9780786745920. p. 4
3. ^ "The Lenny Bruce Performance Movie". IMDb . Retrieved 2014-02-xviii .
4. ^ Carlin, George (Nov one, 2004). "Comedian and Actor George Carlin". National Public Radio (Interview). Interviewed past Terry Gross.
5. ^ "Boca Man Forever Linked To George Carlin". WPEC. June 23, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2014-02-xviii .
6. ^ Samaha, Adam. "The Story of FCC 5. Pacifica Foundation (and Its Second Life)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2011-10-05 .
7. ^ "First Subpoena Library entry on the case". Archived from the original on 2004-05-17. Retrieved 2014-02-18 .
8. ^ "Seven Dirty Words You Can't Say on Idiot box – script". Retrieved 2014-02-xviii .
9. ^ "Seven words you tin can never say on television set"... simply which are said on the Cyberspace. A lot. – A survey on the prevalence of the Seven Words in political blogs". Archived from the original on 2007-03-03. Retrieved 2014-02-18 .
10. ^ Puzzanghera, Jim. ""FCC indecency rule struck down by appeals court", Los Angeles Times, July xiii, 2010". Sltrib.com. Retrieved 2011-08-01 .
11. ^ Puzzanghera, Jim; James, Meg (2010-07-14). "FCC indecency rule struck down by appeals court – Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2011-08-01 .
12. ^ Edward Wyatt (July 13, 2010). "F.C.C. Indecency Policy Rejected on Appeal". The New York Times . Retrieved 2014-02-18 .
13. ^ ^{a b} Carlin, George. On Location: George Carlin at Phoenix (DVD). HBO Home Video.
14. ^ George Carlin at UCLA 5/31/1972 on YouTube
15. ^ ^{a b} "Congressmen introduces nib to curb profanity in broadcasting". Reporters Commission for Freedom of the Press. eight January 2004.
16. ^ "Text – H.R.3687". Congress.gov. Library of Congress. 15 January 2004. Retrieved 2016-11-24 .
17. ^ "Obscene, Indecent and Profane Broadcasts". Federal Communications Commission. 11 December 2015. ...the same rules for indecency and profanity do not use to cablevision, satellite Telly and satellite radio because they are subscription services.

Farther reading [edit]

• Fairman, Christopher M. (2009). Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Subpoena Liberties. Sphinx Publishing. ISBN978-1572487116.

External links [edit]

• FCC explanation of indecent, obscene, and profane broadcasts

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_words

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