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We'll document the strangeness of college life, try to translate our experience for diverse readers, and chronicle what it means to be a college student during these crazy days of economic turmoil and political battle.

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Monday, November 10, 2008

F*CK

I read a scholarly article called "The assault on the First Amendment: Public choice and political correctness." This article by Paul Rubin talks about how the first amendment is being change without actually writing it words. This happens by the sources and the interest groups that benefit from this change. These words that are becoming socially acceptable are being changed by the public and by the government. THey are regulating what can and cannot be said on the airways, and the public opinion is either accepting or is demanding a change. The connection between these articles is that they both see the change but there are different reasons that the authors focus on. The Atlantic writer writes about the words meanings being diminished, but he other writes that the freedom of speech is being changed. The article by Rubin is saying that the first amendment is being changed. I think that it is the interpretation of the first amendment and profanity that is the problem. One can say the word Fuck, and not having it mean anything bad. It could even be meant as a good thing in some circumstances.  It is how the public or the listeners view this. Each person will have their own opinion on anything said. Some people may have been outraged with Don Enmus lost his job for say that because they may have interpreted his words different that the rest of the public. 

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