Column of the Week - Supreme Court takes on F-Bombs

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court decided that Bono's use of a "fleeting explitive" did have the potential to "(invoke) a course sexual image." Those of you who endured "Do You Speak American?" in APE Language will remember Jesse Sheidlower, who called the FCC's argument "rubbish."

Adam Freeman mentions Sheidlower and others in this op-ed, which explains the crux of the argument:  

Ultimately, the Fox Television case raises a dichotomy well known to linguists: descriptivism versus prescriptivism — that is, whether to yield to the reality of how language is actually used (descriptivism) or fight to maintain objective standards (prescriptivism). Descriptivists happily accept “impact” as a verb and “my bad” as a form of apology; prescriptivists resist such innovations.