What can we now say, and how?

     There are things that can't be said, like "FIRE!" in a crowded room. Apparently, one can't post songs with possibly offensive lyrics to one's My Space account to promote one's band.
     Ian Defeo had a job as a substitute teacher. He also has a band, Ian of Fire. He also has a My Space web site promoting his band. Put all this together, and somehow, it equals being fired from his teaching position.
     What can we say, and how, and where, and through what medium, that someone, somewhere, won't find offensive?
     Speeches, Lyrics, Posts, Blogs, Opinions, Letters to the Editor, Emails, where will it stop? When will someone who finds my posts here slightly offensive (and I'm sure there are many) lodge a complaint with Google, or try to find out who I am and for whom I work, and lodge a complaint with them?
     How did we get to be such a thin-skinned society? When did we stop recognizing the right to speak one's mind, to voice one's opinion, however offensive, without censorship.
     We have become a society where no offense can be tolerated, unless of course the offense is against Fundamentalist Christians, Global Warming Deniers, and Neoconservatives. No, there is no longer a right to Free Speech, no longer a right to voice one's opinion, or one's creative work, without the probability that someone, somewhere, is going to become so enraged as to file a complaint, a lawsuit, or even a threat.
     What is even sadder is the propensity for our society's establishments to take action on such complaints. DeFeo lost his job as a substitute teacher because someone didn't like the lyrics in some of his songs. I might not like the lyrics either, but I recognize his right to write, post, and perform his songs without any interference. I also have the common sense to realize that, as a teacher with a band, students may find his music attractive, while parents find it repulsive. That however, is a problem between parent and child, not parent and musician, and should be addressed so.