Profanity and 9/11

CBS is rebroadcasting the documentary 9/11 this month. This is an excellent documentary and contains footage taken inside the south tower after it was hit as rescue workers moved in (and footage inside that tower as the other fell). One of the most hard-hitting images isn't an image, but a sound. You occasionally hear loud booms on the soundtrack. We're told this is not debris falling, but bodies of those that have jumped from the upper floors.

Well, the American Family Association is complaining to CBS that the documentary "contains a tremendous amount of hardcore profanity." They say it's a slap in the face to the FCC after the fines they levied in the Janet Jackson incident. The AFA states that if the documentary is allowed to be aired and there are no complaints, then the network will just keep pushing the envelope.

Perhaps the AFA should keep their focus elsewhere, such as the umpteenth boycott of Disney World. This isn't exactly manufactured profanity. It's real life.

I wasn't there in the midst of the chaos and horror of September 11, but if some people let loose with some profanity, I think I could understand that.