There are different rules in entertainment regarding morality and responsibility in speech,

With tonight's speech, Sanford again refuses to take responsibility for his failed policies and ... the voters have about had enough.

The notion is providing more entertainment than ever before. The new rules will allow for more offense and for the stars to shine.

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

There is only one ethics, one set of rules of morality, one code: That of individual behavior in which the same rules apply to everyone alike.

China must take responsibility commensurate with the benefits it is has obtained from participation in the international, rules-based trading system.