Howl Live Part 1
Howl Live Part 2
Howl Lyrics
Have our regulations on freedom of speech gone too far? Over the past 50 years the FCC has cracked down on what can be aired to the public. Isn't that going against the Constitution? The FCC has made restrictions on Allen Ginsberg's poem, Howl. However, it is still able to be posted online because online sites are not regulated by the FCC. It is crazy to think of the stories in the books we are required to read in middle school and high school compared to this poem. Some of the graphic nature and stories we learn about are part of history. That is just what Ginsberg poem's is. He was expressing himself back then, and even on stage doing performances. How has it possibly gone to the point where it cannot even be aired on the radio? I don't think restricting poems other content is a good idea at all because people will just want to see what it really is when there is such controversy. After reading the article, it surprised me even more that radio stations won't air foul language because they get fined by the FCC. The financial risk that these stations would make would burden the company as a whole.
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