Howl being obscene

Alright this made me laugh considering the FCC is still complaining about this work from 50 years ago when I see things worse in the Simpsons and south park. Anyway...

This guy named Allen Ginsberg,

 (yes that is him) written the poem known as Howl in 1956.

Now during the 1950's the Beat movement was around experimenting with drugs and alternative forms of sexuality (Remember playboy came around in the 50's). In fact they were interested in different types of religion as the east. Pretty much during the Beat movement people found expressing ways about their life from the changes of WWII to the "perfect life".

I admit it is not meant for children especially when he uses sexual references from straight or gay or with his cussing and the word "negro", but other than that I don't see the point to keep shunning it today. I could understand why it was shunned in the 50's because people are trying to go back to the old days and afraid of change, but as time went on people realized what they lived in wasn't the perfect world. Kind of funny how there are more... what is the word I am looking for... foul... nah... expressive... maybe, expressive work in books, movies, etc and yet never had to go through trail as this. In 2007, the FCC finally let it slide, but it is clear that they are try to prevent people to broadcast it or write an article about it. To bad for them people have more saying online than papers now a days.