Cheryl > wrote in
eb.com:

> A classic bunch of comedians! Loved them all and the shows you
> mentioned. My sister had twins, now 15 years old living with
> my brother, but a few days ago we were talking for some reason
> about cussing on TV, and how some shows still dub voice-overs
> using a different word. They are used to hearing the real
> words on cable and even FX and other non-pay cable channels
> and for some reason Charles Rocket came to mind because he was
> fired from SNL many years ago for cussing on live TV. My
> nephew thought that was ridiculous and laughed and laughed. It
> was hard to explain to him that on TV you just don't cuss,
> even now most shows on broadcast TV will be fined per cuss
> word.

Cussing? 19th century much? The BBC does not bleep over
"certain words" (tm applied for) which are a. commonly used and
b. found in any modern dictionary of the English language. I'd
much rather hear the word than assume some dried up old biddy is
sitting in a control booth applying antiquated moral values to
language.

Such stranglehold on expression assumes that the word is
unfamiliar, in which case it would mean nothing, or too familiar
in which case there is hardly any point in pretending it doesn't
exist. And that is what it is...pretending, bowdlerizing.

The BBC has stopped the practice of pretending language is
something it isn't, the CBC has relaxed its control.

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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice,
you have chosen the side of the oppressor " --
Desmond Tutu

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