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Cheaper To Test Toxins On Humans Than Cuss Posted by Pile (5920 views) [E-Mail link] The Bush administration has clearly set their priorities for the country, with new legislation that dramatically increases fines levied by the FCC over "indecent" broadcasting. The problem is these new fines make a mockery of the government's enforcement scheme in other areas many thinking people find find a lot more important. A review of fines levied by other federal agencies suggests that the government may be taking swear words a bit too seriously. If the bill passes the Senate, Bono saying "f*cking brilliant" on the air would carry the exact same penalty as illegally testing pesticides on human subjects. And for the price of Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl, you could cause the wrongful death of an elderly patient in a nursing home and still have enough money left to create dangerous mishaps at two nuclear reactors. Details     Comments   Name: (change name for anonymous posting) Title: Comments:     1 Article displayed.

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