The Hill News

Sir Winston Churchill reportedly once approached his foil Lady Astor with a startling proposition, stating, "Lady Astor, if I gave you a million pounds would you sleep with me?" To which Lady Astor, somewhat flustered and flattered, accepted. Churchill then asked, "Lady Astor, if I gave you 10 pounds would you sleep with me?" To which she replied indignantly, "Mr. Churchill, what do you think I am?" with the reply, "Lady, we have established what you are, we are just negotiating price."
 
The Federal Communications Commission finds itself in the same boat as Lady Astor on the censorship issue these days as it seeks to determine whether the coarse language that has slipped into America's everyday speech should be allowed in over-the-airwaves television.

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