Comments for The Lessons of Howard Stern at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:15:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lessons-of-howard-stern.html#comment-5478 Yes, Mr. Ruse, I would make that trade. I think it might be the best solution for modern democracies. The pornographers and shock jocks are thereby not censored, so no one could say their First Amendment rights had been violated. They would be free to speak and publish within the confines of their ghettos, and the rest of us would be free not to look or listen. That, after all, is what the secularists have been trying to do to traditional and orthodox religious advocates for some time now. - Billy Bean Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:05:04 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lessons-of-howard-stern.html#comment-5477 Another great article! If only everyone could read your last paragraph and the homosexuals and the abortionists would go away with Howard Stern and leave us Christians alone. But I guess that has to wait for heaven. Keep up the good work. May the mother of our Lord forever bless you. - Emily M. Fincher Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:34:03 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lessons-of-howard-stern.html#comment-5473 This is a very timely and well crafted article, Mr. Ruse. You are correct, in my opinion, that a certain day, whether sexual in nature or of theological dissent, has come and gone. I read years ago that managers of small stations in the networks made a "command decision", without any complaints, to terminate their reception of Stern's broadcasts, even though the "Brass" complained. Who wants to hear/see freaks and degenerates being asked what they think? - Bill Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:05:52 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lessons-of-howard-stern.html#comment-5472 Licenses can only be pulled by the FCC and only after citizen complaints that are not rectified. He was hounded by citizens acting just as you call for... - Austin Ruse Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:50:34 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lessons-of-howard-stern.html#comment-5471 What I cannot understand is the lack of Christian zeal in this situation and many like it. Both police and soldiers understand the concept of overwhelming force, but we Christians do not. For example, in my little town of 30,000 there are maybe 14 police officers on duty at any one time. And so when they deal with criminals, they make it a very memorable experience for them so they never have to deal with them again. The airwaves belong to the public, of which Christians constitute a very large portion. When something like Stern comes on, we should not just complain to the FCC and be content with millions in fines. We should immediately go after the license of the broadcaster and not rest till we get it pulled. We should be adamant, implacable, loud, unrelenting. Yes, we should go to "extremes." Stern certainly does. The NYT does. Assange does. With the result that they move the culture. We only whine and make ourselves look stupid. If our implacable organized pushback resulted in one licesne getting pulled, no network official would think about putting on Stern or anyone like him ever again. However, we in our our so-called Christian charity will never do this. We like getting pushed around and the guilty pleasure of being swamped with filth. - Lee Gilbert Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:50:45 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lessons-of-howard-stern.html#comment-5469 Dan, You can start here: http://www.france-catholique.fr/-The-Catholic-Thing-.html -Brad Miner - Bradford Miner Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:16:34 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lessons-of-howard-stern.html#comment-5468 I would like to read your articles in French, German, and Spanish. How can I do that? Thank you. - Dan Deeny Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:05:15 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lessons-of-howard-stern.html#comment-5467 It's true that Stern thankfully has been marginalized to the outer fringes of depravity, although Sirius just rewarded him with a five-year, nine-figure deal -- another sign of the Apocalypse perhaps. Apologies to the late, great Leslie Nielsen, but "Surely you can't be Sirius." It says a lot about America's philistine culture that Stern's popular interview technique boiled down to asking women what their cup sizes were and drawing big yuks from his deranged audience. Austin, a larger theme you may wish to develop is the notion that the merger between "news" and "entertainment" is now consummated whereas once they were separate components of society. Articles such as yours are not only illuminating about the so-called civilization in which we live but always seem to prompt me to go back to re-reading portions of Spengler's The Decline of the West. It is indeed almost winter in America, by the calendar, and in the more metaphorical sense. Back to Stern. If there is one thing to look forward to it is his promised retirement from the airwaves in 2015 when, barring the need for more big paychecks, another disgusting voice will disappear. - John Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:19:57 +0100