I voted "maybe" because there are some things that the public just doesn't need to know about. Say, bomb-making techniques or kiddie porn.

I've heard Stern and I think he's funny, obnoxious, obscene, gross, and funny. Okay I said funny twice. Maybe he's twice as funny as he is vulgar. I wish there was a way we could filter this stuff so perverted vulgar adults like me could listen but could be squelched for more righteous folks and kids. There's no magic solution. I also don't care for the presence of music that glorifies violence, denigrates women, and advocates murdering police.

In that case, I wish that artists would self-censor a bit so as not to encourage people to bad behavior.

But at the same time, I think having morality police is a ludicrous undertaking in an open society.

In other words, there is no perfect solution. This latest wave of moralism will reach a crest and people will find it more obnoxious than they find Stern.

Then Stern will be re-discovered like Lenny Bruce was and he will have some weird cult following, then everybody will drink the Koolaid and wait for the spaceship.

B