Tag Archives: censorship

Sep
17
2008

A Little Reflection in the Morning

A year ago this week, I was hanging on with the grimmest, thinnest of threads, as I completed the last week on a job I probably never should have accepted.
I worked in close quarters with one of the most negative, depressing people I’ve ever known, for six long months. By the end of it, I’d [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Posted in Current Events, General, Journalling, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Specifically Steff | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (4)
Jun
24
2008

Of George Carlin and Obscenity in the Courts Today

It’s 12:30am and I have a pretty solid rule of no writing latenight anymore, ‘cos it gets my mind revving for bed, but then I shouldn’t have stumbled on the midnight airing of Larry King, on which a few comics are lamenting the loss of George Carlin.
Bill Maher nailed it nicely, in speaking of both [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Posted in Best of Steff, Current Events, History, Hollywood, Humour, Laws, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, censorship | Also tagged , , , | Comments (2)
Jun
23
2008

Carlin is Dead, Long Live Carlin

Freedoms are something we take for granted in places like the US and Canada… until someone comes along and takes those freedoms.
The trouble with being “free” is we don’t always realize how limited that freedom truly is. That’s why we have people like George Carlin in our lives, people who push buttons.
Or we did. George [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Posted in Best of Steff, Current Events, History, Hollywood, Laws, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Politics, Society, censorship | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (3)
Mar
22
2006

Lenny Bruce, Obscenity’s Legacy, and Today’s News

I wrote this late last night, when I should have been in bed. I was out for coffee this morning when The Guy emailed me with a link and said, “This will make you very angry.” Rightly so. It turns out the Supreme Court of the US has decided not to hear a case on [...]

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