It seems that XM is in hot water for censoring another subscription based radio show’s hosts. The Opie and Anthony Show. This show is known for it’s foul language, sexual innuendo, etc. I posted the following comments on a Digg.com story.
Folks I am a Christian minister. I do not subscribe to XM or Sirius. Nor do I listen to the shows in question. I also will say that I believe that shows like these are disgusting display of a lack of talent, having to stoop to toilet humor to get a laugh.
That said, I am also, completely in agreement with Lou Galli’s decision to pull Nashville Coffee’s advertising dollars from XM. Let me explain why.
It is quite simple actually. XM is now wanting to censor the Opie and Anthony Show by suspending them (I do believe that what they were suspended for was crude and vulgar). However, how long will it be before XM will censor other shows. Ones with a Christian theme, for fear of offending some liberal somewhere or some special interest group.
It’s all about freedom of choice. It is about where I choose to put my money. I know that there are lots of great programming on XM and Sirius. I also know that there are plenty of vulgar, hate filled, anti-God, anti-Christian shows on there as well. I choose not to support XM by giving them my money. But if I did have a subscription to the service I have a choice to block (via parental controls) those channels that air such shows or just choose not listen to them.
It’s free speech. It’s the First Amendment. It’s the Constitution. This may sound double minded, but at the very same time, I support XM’s prerogative as a company operating in a free capitalistic society to make business decisions. Just like a “Doctor” makes a business decision to dismember babies still in the womb for a few hundred dollars.
PS: Oh and for you liberal democrat sycophant Diggers out there. No where in the Constitution does it say “Separation of Church and State”. Get over it. That was for free.
