Dire Straits' Money for Nothing banned in Canada

[Thunderace]

26 years after its release, it's no longer acceptable to play the original version. Apparently 'Faggot' is offensive to arse bandits

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347030/Ca...

. . . and we thing PC'ness has gone mad over here

I'll be making sure it's in my CD collection for the annual trip to BC this year, 'Fairytale of New York' too.

[madcyril]

should be banned full stop

[grumbledoak]

Reminds me of Kevin Bloody Wilson. He was warned before his Canada tour that, although they had a similar sense of humour, you simply cannot say c**t.

He opened first night with his new song "You can't say c**t in Canada". Fantastic answer to this idiocy.

[fido]

they've always subsituted another word for f*ggot when playing live anyway ..

[pad58]

But this is a faggot shirley.

[Yuxi]

I like (hate) how the article cannot actualy say the word faggot. In my experience its not the gayers who get offended but the middle class do-gooders who think the bumders wont like it who get the most upset.

[El Guapo]

Jesus H Christ, one solitary complaint from a lone chutney ferret in Newfoundland 25 years after the fact and a song gets banned across an entire country.
I thought the UK had a monopoly on this kind of nonsense.

[FamilyDub]

Yuxi said:

In my experience its not the gayers who get offended but the middle class do-gooders who think the bumders wont like it who get the most upset.

^^

Simply put, the Daily Mail needs to fk off. Right-wing, inflammaTory, bullst.

'Them immagrants took our jobs!' No, they took the minimum-wage jobs no lazy, fat 'tard from the UK wants/needs.

Anyway, wee story:-

Christmas was banned in our office in 2009 to not offend the 1%, non-christian minority... Funny thing was, the person complained the next year that they were unfairly treated because that action was taken.

[Asterix]

Never even noticed that - but I've always wondered how subtle 'banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee' was in a slightly racist manner.

[Jasandjules]

FFS.

That is all.

[DrTre]

FamilyDub said:

Simply put, the Daily Mail needs to fk off. Right-wing, inflammaTory, bullst.

This is much more likely to be left wing sourced than right.