tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post4141284333545132452..comments2024-03-23T13:18:17.693-05:00Comments on Anybody Want A Peanut?: Censorship for nothing and bleeps for freecherenkovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-50652239444814204122011-01-14T18:39:12.317-06:002011-01-14T18:39:12.317-06:00Speaking of Scott Thompson:
"Shakespeare wou...<a href="http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2011/01/14/16893686.html#/news/canada/2011/01/14/pf-16893686.html" rel="nofollow">Speaking of Scott Thompson</a>:<br /><br />"Shakespeare would be rolling over in his g-word," said Thompson.<br /><br />"When you ban a word, you make the word more powerful. All this banning that's going on just makes (the hate) go deeper and deeper into the soul, where it festers. Let it out. I want to know what you really think. I can handle it.cherenkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-38411026969577010132011-01-14T18:13:02.371-06:002011-01-14T18:13:02.371-06:00Actually, I first noticed the silencing of 'fa...Actually, I first noticed the silencing of 'faggot' on syndicated episodes of Kids in the Hall... if Scott Thompson can't use the word, I don't know who can...Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-37787365251321563412011-01-14T17:17:10.288-06:002011-01-14T17:17:10.288-06:00@Chernekov,
So true!
Truth be old, I am just glad...@Chernekov, <br />So true!<br />Truth be old, I am just glad they didn't ban my fav Knopler tune of all time from Communique cause then we would have no reference to tits in our music! Here's the best opening ever, bar none, for a Dire Straits tune: <br /><br />"Bella donna's on the high street<br />Her breasts upon the off beat"<br /><br />If ya haven't heard it, I encourage you to take it in, the back-beat makes it. G'awd I wish I was fifteen again - t'was money well spent on this album - the imagery alone fit the bill!Scott MacNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02068618008170891557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-11547808813079912922011-01-14T17:04:37.662-06:002011-01-14T17:04:37.662-06:00... not to mention that they were swingers.... not to mention that they were swingers.cherenkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-3698410005322912452011-01-14T16:42:15.678-06:002011-01-14T16:42:15.678-06:00Well at least they didn't ban "Sultans of...Well at least they didn't ban "Sultans of Swing" on the grounds that term "Sultan" was used inappropriately and that it secularized and defamed Muslim leaders!Scott MacNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02068618008170891557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-1903159574056626812011-01-14T15:11:37.067-06:002011-01-14T15:11:37.067-06:00I have been commenting to this issue on several si...I have been commenting to this issue on several sites....perhaps I will go back and copy some of my more interesting remarks that more or less state censorship limits open discourse and progression.....in other words, it fucking sucks not to know who the assholes are out there and it also sucks when we remove context because in doing so how can we ever educate others as to intent, hate, context etc.....<br /><br />Knopfler wrote the song as an ironic statement....the woman who in NFLD launched the complaint? I would assume she is young for as we get older we tend to if we are smart, recognize the power of context.....it is the young however that carry the fervor of revolution, bless them sometimes, but in being overly zealous to educate the rest of us they in turn negate and disrespect those of us who have already been painfully aware and subject to SLURS.....<br /><br />As my one homey in DEEtroyt Chocolate City would say....Unnastan niggahs?the Stiff Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12153354006982911125noreply@blogger.com