When Regulations Collide
I've been seeing a lot of these commercials for Cialis, which is a drug for men with a certain, um, problem, that can help them "if a relaxing moment becomes the right moment..." I imagine there must be some kind of FDA regulation requiring drug companies to list all of the potential side effects during the commercial. This is why most drug commercials pretty much follow the same storyboard: Do you have (insert symptom, often vague)? Maybe you should ask your Doctor about it? Then the commercial concludes with a list side effects, most of which are far worse than original symptom.

So at the same time we have the FCC trying to protect are children from Howard Stern, cursing and boobs on TV. But if I was a parent, I would much rather have to explain Janet Jackson's boob to my child, than have to come up with an explanation for the following side effect of Cialis which I have heard repeatedly on TV:

"Although a rare occurrence, men who experience an erection for more than 4 hours should seek immediate medical attention."

If I were more liberal, I might think that we would need some new regulations to protect parents from government regulations.