1.   As a society, we seem to be on the brink of losing our internal control - the ethical boundaries that guide our actions and feelings.

2.   We pass this obscene message on to our children.

3.   But hackers made deeper inroads into the Senate computer system, leaving an obscene message on Thursday that said the intrusion was in response to the FBI raids.

4.   In its most recent evolution, the virus also prints an obscene message on the screen.

5.   Leaving obscene messages on her answering machine.

6.   Ms. Kasper has received threatening phone calls at home, and the WAVE answering machine has been jammed with obscene messages.

7.   My joke O.J. number was his real number and his answering machine kept filling up with obscene messages for O.J.

8.   Shakur, she said, left an obscene message on an answering machine threatening her.

9.   Fans of the Tuberculosistubbies have also posted obscene messages on a Teletubbies Web site, shocking parents whose children visit the site.

10.   Local media have reported that the room where the killing took place contained obscene messages against the Catholic Church.