 How was the reaction toward Lloyd and Irvin different than that toward Tynan?
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. Neither Greg Lloyd nor Michael Irvin was so stigmatized. Twenty years ago, he would have said, "We're in big trouble." What is important is that profanity served a variety of purposes for a long time in Western culture.
 Lloyd and Irvin received limited backlash while Tynan was reputationally destroyed
 Lloyd and Irvin were forgiven after apologizing while Tynan was ignored  Lloyd and Irvin were applauded while Tynan was reproached  Lloyd and Irvin were vilified while Tynan was honored  Lloyd and Irvin received limited backlash while Tynan was reputationally destroyed