Money For Nothing banned in Canada for using "faggot." Do you agree?

[Strat-Mangler]

Agree or disagree?

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/dire-strait...75448-551.html

[jaycee]

Vehemently disagree. I'm so sick of people trying to tell others how to talk. Everybody is offended everywhere at all times by all things.

[Polynitro]

lol Canada

[padols]

Originally Posted by jaycee

Vehemently disagree. I'm so sick of people trying to tell others how to talk. Everybody is offended everywhere at all times by all things.

I'm offended by this.

[Polynitro]

isnt the singer British? he just means 'bundle of sticks' or whatever

[Strat-Mangler]

Originally Posted by jaycee

Vehemently disagree. I'm so sick of people trying to tell others how to talk. Everybody is offended everywhere at all times by all things.

Yeah, true.

I remember a South Park episode drawing that conclusion. It was a Christmas episode and the SP mayor decided it would be the first PC X-Mas ever, so they obliged anyone who has a problem with something. First came the biggies (any reference to Jesus, etc) and that went on to more stupid things like "I'm offended by trees."

In the end, what they were left with was so insanely devoid of any color or meaning that everybody said "screw it" to all the PC fanatics and they went back to having a real X-Mas.

[Strat-Mangler]

Originally Posted by Polynitro

isnt the singer British? he just means 'bundle of sticks' or whatever

Sorry, nope.

See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy that’s his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he’s a millionaire

[EricPeterson]

People need to grow up.

[semi-hollowbody]

canada...tsk...what a bunch of faggots!

...no I think it is wrong...its a song for god sakes if it offends you do NOT liston to it

[Polynitro]

they should ban that song for being a bad song.

I read that Sting insisted on getting 50% album royalties just for singing that 1 line. Brilliant businessman that Sting.

[Leonardo]

Banning songs from the radio?! How gay is that...

[Platypus]

Talking about this in the context of a song/censorship is one thing, using it or other similar slurs in the thread otherwise is not going to fly.

[Doug's Tubes]

Was there a 25+ year debate on this? Song came out in 1985 for heaven sakes.

[Polynitro]

why not just bleep it out? They do that all the time with rap songs.

[drive-south]

I always though the song was poking fun at themselves since, after all, they are musicians and the song pokes fun at musicians.

I should have learned to play guitar. I should have learned to play those drums. That ain't working, that's the way you do it, get their money for nothing and your' chicks for free.

If you offend easily, stay far away from a Ted Nugent show.