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the F word

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Tags: baned, creativity, freedom, music, prejudice

By now you have probably heard the situation between Radio 1 and the banning of the “F” word. If not, let me just inform you about the decision of Radio 1 to ‘bleep’ the word ‘faggot’ from the Christmas pop song, Fairytale of New York by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl.
What is actually causing a bit of debate is the selective omission of the words faggot and slut while allowing the listeners to sing along other offensive words used by the song’s characters.
For some, this bleeping only accentuates the prejudice against some members of society, for others the act of bleeping is against freedom of creativity and for a very small minority the act is perfectly understandable as those two “awful, terrible, bad words” should not be played on the radio.




http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2229465,00.html     



This article from the Guardian gives a perspective on the issue, however, do scroll down to read comments from others as they are quite interesting!