– tony

Just for the record, I’m not advocating turning KDHX into a potty-mouthed unbleeped South Park, or anything remotely like it. On the one hand, I hate the fact that Ben Folds couldn’t have found a radio-friendly word to express his emotion in the song which started me thinking. On the other hand, I equally hate the fact that this word, which, if your kids are over six or seven, probably have used at some point already, is something so profoundly scary. In the context of this song, it’s actually a meaningless place keeper, a cheap method to sound mad when the song itself had already let us know the singer was hurt.

I simply don’t believe obscenity is inherent in words as much as it is in ideas. I don’t really want to police ideas, either, but I think some sort of common sense middle ground could be found, if a whole lot more work was put into looking for it.

I have to say, I disagree with you on this one. I don’t want the gov to be involved, but I think radio station management, or even the dj’s & programmers, ought to show restraint during daytime programming. I just don’t want my kids (future?) or any kids to hear these words, and contemplate these ideas, too soon. One could say, “well, don’t turn on KDHX in the daytime, then.” But it’s also mainstream media and TV that have lowered the standards and moved our media to a “least common denominator” environment of constant sex, obscenity, violence, etc.