A&E has suspended production on Doug “Dog” Chapman’s show, Dog the Bounty Hunter, after the National Enquirer broadcast a tape of a private conversation in which Chapman uses racial invectives describing a young woman whom his son is dating.

Okay, this is total bullshit.

First, is anyone really surprised that Dog uses the “N” word? He’s Dog the BOUNTY HUNTER, not Dog the Fluffy Chow Chow Spreading Tolerance and Good Will Among the Masses. He hunts down mother fuckers who skip bail for a living. This is not someone you invite over for polite conversation.

Second, this is a private conversation that has been taken completely out of context. Who knows. The woman in question might indeed be a street walker or she might be Mary Fucking Stewart. We don’t know. Certainly it’s in extreme poor taste to insult someone based on their ethnicity, racist even. But if every single personal conversation is now up for public criticism, well shit, I’d never be able to work anywhere again. As bad as my language on this thing is, there are truly horrendous things that I’ve said in private that would get me lynched if I were in the public eye should they be taken out of context. People say hateful shit once in a while no matter how high and mighty they may think they are and in this country, we have that right goddammit! If we let Big Brother watch over every little thing we say, we might as well let Big Brother converse for us.

Third, anyone saying that he’s a role model needs to seriously have their head examined. Just cause someone is on the tele doesn’t automatically make them a role model.

Fourth, as far as I can tell, Dog is an equal opportunity asshole. He’ll take you down no matter what your ethnicity. Sure, he might say some really racist stuff in his private life. But his actions certainly don’t demonstrate a hatred to any one particular ethnicity. He has the right to be racist all he wants as long as it doesn’t affect his work. Whoa, that’s a very odd thing to write.

A&E should continue production of his show. Chapman should apologize on air. And if people really have a problem with him, don’t watch the show and let the ratings speak for themselves. Hell, if Imus can get another gig, certainly Dog deserves his day.

[Via Washington Post]

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If children need to be protected from indecency, their parents should do the protecting, not the FCC. I have never understood why parents turn to the FCC to save their kids from the evils of swear words and boobs. There’s an off switch. Fucking use it!

Ever since Janet exposed her nipple clamps at the Super Bowl, the FCC witch hunt has gone full tilt. They’ve scared the shock jocks off the radio waves. They’ve turned our television into cookie cutter reality bullshit. They’ve even set their sights on cable!

So it is with great pleasure that I report that a New York appeals court tossed out an FCC ruling that levied fines against networks for accidental swear words uttered at award shows or other live broadcasts. HA!

We find the FCC’s new policy sanctioning ‘fleeting expletives’ is arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedures Act for failing to articulate a reasoned basis for its change in policy.

It’s gratifying to know that not every branch of government is out to control speech. It’s kind of sad that a court had to tell the FCC to calm the fuck down, but if that’s what it takes, send them bitches to court every day and twice on Sunday.

[Via Hollywood Reporter]

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If you want the scary details of how Livejournal (from here on referred to as LJ for brevity’s sake) just screwed itself, read what Six Apart CEO Barak Berkowitz has to say here. Let’s see if I can do the Cliff’s Notes version.

Apparently, LJ had received a complaint from outside the LJ community and decided to take action. LJ decided to clean up some of the accounts it felt were in violation of its terms of service. They were specifically targeting anything to do with pedophilia, incest, and other nasty shit that I can’t think of. They started closing accounts including some fanfic groups, anti-pedophilia and anti-incest communities, support communities for survivors of such acts, and anything dealing with Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita. This pissed off quite a number of users who jumped ship to other journal services where their interests would not warrant suspension.

Damn, that’s not very Cliff notey.

Let us now begin our discussion of freedom of speech.

We here at AZM believe strongly that everyone has the right to say what the fuck they want, when, where, and however the fuck they want. On the internet, even more so. I regularly exercise this right every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Fuck, fuck, fuckety, fuck. Hitler penis, Hitler penis, Hitler penis.

From the outset, it would seem that LJ’s actions are an affront to that freedom. Talking about raping an underage kid is not the same as performing the act. And as distasteful, horrifying, and completely fucked up as that is, posting about such acts should be protected.

Gross, I can’t believe I just wrote that.

On the other hand, LJ’s actions were completely within their rights. Some may feel they over-reacted to an outside complaint, but LJ did what they did and that’s their right. Although they do offer free service and pretty much let anyone write whatever shit they feel like, LJ does have terms of service. When you sign up for an account, you agree to those terms. It doesn’t matter if you have a pay account or a free account, your account is bound by the terms set up by LJ. Should they choose to enforce their terms, they have every right to free, suspend, or delete your account. You don’t like it, set up your own joint and write that Harry Potter scheisser fanfic you’ve always wanted to write.

It’s easy for me to say that because I have no horse in this race. If someone had suddenly deleted all the accounts that had the words “Kamen” and “Rider” in it, I’d be fucking livid (fortunately, I’m not hosted on LJ). I am curious to know what other people think of this situation. Witch hunt, as some call it, or perfectly justified?

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