Girls Gone Wild or Just Girls Gone?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee state senator is tired of girls going wild on raunchy late-night TV ads, so he introduced a bill to fine cable companies up to $50,000 for airing ads for obscene products.

Sen. Doug Jackson, D-Dickson, said he got the idea after seeing commercials for "Girls Gone Wild" videos that show young women baring their breasts and acting out other sexual situations.

"This is being interjected right into our living room," Jackson said Friday. "People feel like, as they sit in their living rooms, they just have to surrender; there's nothing that can be done.(LINK)

I am torn on this one. I find it hard to call those commercials obscene with everything else that is on cable. I think Sen Jackson may be reaching a little far with that definition. You can read the full text of SB0014 here. Similar legislation coming anytime soon in Virginia?

Charles has a good idea in the comments.

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