I just read a story that has me amazed.   Last week I received the Dylan:No Direction Home DVD before the PBS airing. After watching the film, I wondered how PBS would handle it.

I watched the broadcast on Channel 13 here in the NYC area. I was happy to see that WNET aired a disclaimer before the film started that it contained "strong language" and viewer discretion was advised.

I was happy to watch Joan Baez and her four-letter word reminisce of Dylan writing songs. It wasn't for shock value, it was simply a conversation.

So I assumed that PBS offered the same uncensored version to all their stations.   Wrong. Apparently Channel 13 in NYC was the ONLY station to offer the "uncensored" version. The other 348 PBS stations chose to air the "clean" version.

Well, I guess the Times They are-a Changin.   We are heading back to the Eisenhower error, I mean era. This country is running scared of a few words and a handful of individuals are determining what you and I have the right to watch.

Screw the FCC and conservatives.