In the wake of the recent Second Circuit decision curbing the F.C.C.'s ability to fine broadcast networks over fleeting expletives, many hands have been wrung by the arbiters of decency and proponents of primness. The wringiest wrists now belong to Daniel Henninger, deputy editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page. Henninger wonders why certain "family newspapers" still resist the urge to indulge in the seductive pleasures of obscenity, particularly when everyone knows that no one under the age of thirty reads a newspaper anymore. His rationale? It's all about protecting poor people from themselves.