Tell FCC you want airwave decency

To the editor:

More than 150,000 people e-mailed the FCC about its decision on the use of the F-word by Bono of the band U2 during the Golden Globes Awards telecast in January 2003. The FCC said Bono used the word as an adjective, not to describe sexual activities, which is the FCC's key test for indecency. The FCC said such "fleeting and isolated remarks of this nature do not warrant commission action." So many people contacted the FCC that they blocked reception of e-mails.

Disappointed doesn't describe how I feel about this situation. The FCC has a responsibility to enforce what constitutes decency on the nation's airwaves. It has failed in its responsibility to enforce decent family values.

Please write to the FCC at 445 12th St. SW, Washington, D.C., 20544. Or phone 1-888-225-5322. Or fax 1-866-418-0232, Tell the FCC you object to the erosion of decency on the American airwaves. Also contact your senators and representatives. Ask them to sponsor bills to outlaw such practices for the protection of family values.

MARCUS R. SCHAEFER

Benton, Mo.