seven dirty words are seven English words spoken by American comedian George Carlin in 1972 in his monologue "Seven Words You Can not Tell on Television". The words are: dirt, urine, fuck, vagina, bastard, bastard, and breast.
At that time, the words were deemed extremely inappropriate and unsuitable for broadcasting in the public airwaves of the United States, whether radio or television. As such, they are avoided in the script material, and bleep is censored in rare cases where they are used. The broadcast standards differed in different parts of the world, past and present, although most of the words in Carlin's original list remained taboo on American broadcast television. The list is not an official tally of forbidden words, but rather compiled by Carlin. Nevertheless, radio broadcasts featuring these words led to the decision of the US Supreme Court at FCC v. Pacifica Foundation which helps determine the extent to which the federal government can organize speeches on television and radio broadcasts in the United States..
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During one of Lenny Bruce's performances in 1966, he said he was arrested for saying nine words, and saying it in alphabetical order: ass , the ball , sucker fuck , sucker , urine , shit , < i> tits . The last seven words are the same as George Carlin's words.
In 1972, George Carlin released a stand-up comedy album titled Class Clown . One of the songs in this album is "Seven Words You Can not Tell on Television", a monologue in which he identifies these words, expressing the admiration that these special words can not be used, regardless of context.
I do not know that there is 'Eureka!' moment or thing like that. [...] On these other things, we go into the field of hypocrisy. Where you really can not determine what rules they want to apply. It is impossible to say 'this is the blanket rule:'. You will see some newspapers print 'blank blank'. Some print 'f asterisk asterisk k'. Multiple blanks - Some put 'blank blank blank' . Some put the word 'bleep'. Some people, um... 'swearing oath removed'. So no... no consistent real standards. It's not science. This is an idea they have and superstition. These words have no power. We give them this power by refusing to be free and easy with them. We give them great power over us. They really, do not have power. It is the encouragement of a sentence that makes them good or bad.
She was arrested for disturbing the peace when she performed a routine at a show at Summerfest in Milwaukee in 1972.
On the next album, 1973 Occupation: Foole , Carlin performed the same routine entitled "Filthy Words," dealing with the same list and many of the same themes. Pacifica station WBAI broadcast this uncensored routine version on October 30 that year.
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Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation
John Douglas, an active member of Morality in the Media, claimed he heard WBAI broadcast while driving with his 15-year-old son and complained to the Federal Communications Commission that the material was inappropriate for the time (around 2:00 pm).
Upon filing a complaint, the FCC proceeded to request Pacifica's response, then issued a declarative order enforcing the complaint. No specific sanctions were included in the order, but the WBAI was notified that "if any complaints are received, the Commission will decide whether to use any of the existing sanctions given by Congress." WBAI appealed against this decision, which was annulled by the US Court of Appeals for the Circuit District of Columbia in a 2-1 decision on the grounds that the FCC's definition of "indecency" is too great and vague and thus violates the First Amendment freedom of speech guarantee. The FCC finally appealed to the Supreme Court. As an independent federal agency, the FCC appealed on its own behalf. The US Department of Justice intervened in this case, supporting Pacifica's argument that the FCC declaration's ruling violated the First Amendment and that it also violated the Fifth Amendment because the FCC definition of "indecency" is too vague to support criminal penalties.
In 1978, the Supreme Court, in Decision 5-4, ruled that the FCC declarative decisions do not violate the First or Fifth Amendment, but thus have the power to limit the scope of its verdict on special broadcasts that give rise to the declaration. and refused to consider whether the FCC's indecency definition would survive the challenge of the First Amendment if applied to broadcasts of other material containing the same or similar words quoted in the Pacifica short (eg, Shakespeare's work - "urinary tract," " from the dial on the day's puncture "; the Bible -" he who pisseth against the wall "; the Watergate Tapes). He notes that although the declaration's decision relates to the meaning of the term indecency as used in criminal law (18 USC 1464), because the FCC did not impose any punishment on Pacifica for broadcasting the words that came in the FCC definition of "indecent", not it is necessary to reach the question of whether the definition is too vague to meet the process requirements of the Fifth Amendment.
This decision formally regulates the rule of impolement in American broadcasts. In a further verdict, the Supreme Court set a safe harbor provision that gives the broadcaster the right to post inappropriate material (among others 10 o'clock and 6 o'clock), when allegedly many children will fall asleep. The FCC never maintains a list of certain prohibited words of airwaves over a period of time from 6 am to 10 pm.
These seven dirty words are assumed to incur indecent acts associated with the FCC when spoken on TV or radio broadcasts, and thus broadcast networks generally censor themselves in relation to many of the seven dirty words. The FCC rules on the use of "frivolity" of unconstitutionally ruled expletives were blurred by a panel of three judges of the US Court of Appeals Circuit 2 in New York on July 13, 2010, as they violated the First Amendment due to their possible effect on free speech.
Words
The seven original words are:
- shit
- urine
- love
- vagina
- bastard
- bastard
- breast
In the next routine, Carlin often deconstructs the list, proposes additions or deletions based on audience feedback, or sometimes with his own will. For example, a man asked him to remove asshole because, as a derivative of fuck , it is a duplicate:
"He says is a duplication of the word fuck , technically, because fuck is a root form, a bastard becomes a derivative , therefore, it's a duplication, and I say, 'Hey, bastard, how'd you get my number?' "
He then added it back, claiming the bit rhythm did not work without it. In his comedic routine, Carlin will make fun of every word; for example, he would say that breasts should not be on the list because it sounds like a nickname or snack ("Nabisco Baru Tits!... corn, cheese, tater tits!").
Availability
Carlin performs routines over and over and enters them, in whole or in part on some of his notes and special HBO. Some or all appearances appear in the following releases:
- 1972 - Clown Class - Audio recording - "Seven Words You Can not Tell on Television"
- 1973 - Occupation: Foole - Audio recording - "Wrong words"
- 1977 - George Carlin at USC - Special HBO - "Forbidden Words"
- 1978 - George Carlin: Again! - HBO only - "Dirty word"
- 1983 - Carlin at Carnegie - Special HBO - "Wrong words"
Carlin at Carnegie Version can be heard as "Incomplete List of Inappropriate Words" on the 1984 album Carlin on Campus (but not in special HBO, Carlin di Campus ). The list version featured over 300 words and dirty phrases in an attempt to stop the person who told him that he left something from the list. Four days after the original Carlin Clown recording, this routine was performed again for students at the University of California, Los Angeles. It will be months before its first official release. The recording was restored in December 2013 and uploaded to YouTube by archivist at UCLA and accessible for free, but is no longer available due to a claim of copyright infringement.
The FCC decision was referred to in the "Offensive Language" of the album Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics and HBO special Doin 'It Again , both of 1990's recordings of the same appearance; However, the following routines are entirely different.
The Clown version can also be heard on vinyl/cassette only releases Indecent exposure (1978). The Job: Foole version can also be heard on Classic Gold (1992). Both versions were re-released as part of The Little David Years (1971-1977) .
In popular culture
American rock band Blink-182 released a thirty-five second song called "Family Reunion"; the lyrics contain all seven words from Carlin's list that is repeated four times.
The 2008 installment of "Dead Letters", The Washington Post Invitational Style's annual collection of obituary verses-forms for people who died the previous year, including the Carlin obituary in whose seven-word text is "blanked out" , leaving readers to use their rhyme poetry scheme, their measurers, and their independent knowledge of monologue cases or FCC v. Pacifica to determine which word is included.
The bit was referenced in the episode of The Simpsons Homie the Clown as George Krusty's ring complained about him stealing a bit, but Krusty defended himself, saying 7 words were different from George.
H.R. 3687
Singer Bono said on live television that his 2003 Golden Globe award was "very, very, very brilliant!" Despite complaints, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not justify the network. In a real reaction, on December 8, 2003, Rep. Doug Ose (R-CA) introduced House Resolution 3687, "Clean Airwaves Act", in Congress to designate a list of Carlin's offensive words as profane in the US Code. The written objective of the bill is "To amend section 1464 of the 18th title of the United States Code, to provide punishment for certain profane broadcasts." In billing text, the words 'dirt', 'pee', 'fuck', 'cunt', 'jerk', and the phrase 'sucker', 'mother bastard', and 'butt hole' are specifically listed. The bill was not enacted.
Subscription service
The FCC obscenity guide has never been applied to non-broadcast media such as cable television or satellite radio. It is widely maintained that the FCC authorization legislation (specifically the Communications Act of 1934 and the Telecommunications Act of 1996) does not allow the FCC to organize content on subscription-based services, which include cable television, satellite television, and pay per view television. Whether the FCC or the Department of Justice can be empowered by Congress to restrict indecent content on cable television without laws that violate the Constitution is never resolved by a court of law. Since cable television has to be subscribed to receive it legally, it has long been thought that because customers who object to submitted content may cancel their subscriptions, incentives are made for cable operators to self-regulate (unlike cable television broadcasts are not legally considered "pervasive" also does not depend on the rare electromagnetic spectrum, which is allocated by the government; therefore, none of the arguments sustaining the case for broadcasting regulation is particularly applicable to cable television).
Self-regulation by many basic cable networks is done by the Standard and Practice Section (S & P) that censors their own programs due to the pressure provided by advertisers - it also means that any basic cable network willing to ignore the pressure can use either of the Seven Words. All words in the Carlin list have become common use in many film series and film production made for cable.
See also
- Communications Decisions Act
- Media Morality
- Profanity
- Water flow (broadcasting)
References
Further reading
- Fairman, Christopher M. (2009). Fuck: Taboo and Protect Our First Amendment Freedom . Sphinx Publishing. ISBN: 1572487119.
External links
- The FCC's explanation of obscene, obscene, and indecent broadcasts
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