Someone Should be Stern with Howard

Howard Stern is the mirror image of quite a few things that are wrong with society today. The first issue is two-fold. For one thing, he swears a lot. Let's face it. The 'ol "if someone jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge, would you?" doesn't really stick, no matter how much it rings true. Why, a smart alec, in true Howard Stern fashion, could reply, "But I live in Ohio!" Thus, Stern's French only encourages people to curse, which is especially damaging to the youth. On top of losing car keys, do they have to lose their innocence? What kind of message is Stern's radio show sending if that message is swear like a sailor and you'll reap nothing but the benefits: money, fame, and eternal glory? After all, Stern's going to live in infamy in the oh-so-expensive textbooks.

Secondly, because he is never actually punished for cursing on air, it gives the impression that it's okay to have a foul mouth. Well, the "it's what God gave me" excuse doesn't work here the way it does for hips and thighs, bringing me to the second fold of the aforementioned issue. The absence of a spanking clearly shows that not everything that's legal is right. The only reason Stern isn't getting a time-out from the FCC is because profanity is legal. (Apparently there's a difference between profanity and indecency like there's a difference between tomato and tomato.) Yes, Howard Stern may show that our constitutional rights are still intact. However, for me, he is a primary example of what's wrong with the freedom of speech: people, like him, who abuse it to no end.

Sidenote: I'm appalled that the same symbol of what I believe is the civil rights movement (a closed fist pumped in the air) is on Stern's website. It should be a lyric in an Alanis Morissette's song.