"...treating dandruff by decapitation"

In 1985, Frank Zappa came before the U.S. Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee to combat censorship, specifically to address a proposal by a group of bored politicians' wives known as Parents Music Resource Center.

"The PMRC proposal is an ill-conceived piece of nonsense which fails to deliver any real benefits to children, infringes the civil liberties of people who are not children and promises to keep the courts busy for years dealing with the interpretational and enforcemental problems inherent in the proposal's design.

"It is my understanding that, in law, First Amendment issues are decided with a preference for the least restrictive alternative. In this context, the PMRC's demands are the equivalent of treating dandruff by decapitation."

An old video clip from CNN's Crossfire surfaced over at ifilm's viral video section. It features then-Washington times columnist John Lofton and Frank Zappa in the crossfire. Why isn't Crossfire like this anymore?

Something's amiss.