 What is not increasing as time goes on?
Thirty years earlier, almost to the week, Tynan was interviewed on BBC television in his capacity as literary director of Britain's National Theater and asked if he would allow the theater to present a play in which sex took place on stage. Within 24 hours, resolutions had been introduced in the House of Commons calling for his prosecution on charges of obscenity, for his removal as a theater official, and for censure of the network for allowing an obscene word to go out on the airwaves. "It's live television," NBC Vice President Ed Markey said, rationalizing the outbursts. "It's an emotional moment. It is everywhere, impossible to avoid or tune out.
 the amount of words considered taboo
 the amount of people allowed to swear without punishment  the amount of words considered taboo  the amount of profanity heard  societal tolerance