Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Friday, January 14, 2011

It is Illegal To Listen to This Song in Canada

"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits

Seems that the Canadian censors say the use of the word "faggot" is offensive to one hypersensitive Newfie, so they've banned the song.



Nice to see that the Canadians have their analogues to the wackos in this country who have made much of broadcast television into meaningless pablum.

(H/T)

4 comments:

tom said...

SO they will be able to read the new Tom Sawyer???

BadTux said...

Err, the uncensored version is banned on *radio*, and it's been banned on *US* radio since it was released in 1982, I remember clearly listening to it on the U.S. radio (which substituted another "yoyos" for the "faggot") and then watching the MTV version (which was the as-recorded version) and thinking, "huh, that's interesting." Maybe you weren't watching MTV or listening to FM radio when the song came out?

In any event, Canadian radio will now have to use the same censored version as American radio has always had to use. The horror, oh the horror! (Penguin fans himself, looks for fainting couch to recuse himself to).

- Badtux the Snarky Penguin

Comrade Misfit said...

I'm pretty certain I heard the original version on the radio.

Eck! said...

I know I've heard the uncut version on the radio. Had the vinyl too.

Actually it's fine to hear it in Cn your not allowed to play it. However if a border station plays it..

Eck!