Eurovision 2024

[Geezer7348]

According to the news on Radio 1 there are talks of editting the word "faggot" out of the song as it's no longer Politically correct.

Are you offended by the lyrics in the song?, do you want the word removed from future plays?

[Behelzebub]

It is a bit annoying as it's a great song and shouldn't be spoilt... but on the other hand I can see how someone could find it offensive so I'm kind of on the fence about this one. Personally I'm not offended by it, but I could see how someone might be.

[Ian]

Banning it is silly yet I bet they still play gangsta rap with all it's talk about guns and killing.

[Behelzebub]

Yeah, that is a good point, there are songs a lot worse that FONY that get played on Radio 1 without anyone batting an eyelid. Hmmmmm.

[Jono]

Bring back Las Ketchup's Christmas song I say.

[KingTutsWWH]

What have the BBC got against meatballs?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e1/Mr-Brains-Faggots-Pack.jpg

I think Mr Brain ought to be offended!

[DC]

the pouges - the only good christmas song unless you are talking of the ones destroyed by marc riley. if it was going to be done it should of been done years ago. if it is done now, it just is adding to the politicly correct world we live in. how would they get on with al jolson these days i wonder?

[sebdevlin]

I'm more offended by some of the utter crap that is on the playlist (newton faulker murdering teardrop)than some word which was never meant to be offensive when it was wrote and has been stamped on by the PC brigade at the BBC to protect us all.

[KingTutsWWH]

With any luck, all this manufactured media-hype will encourage people to download the original and it'll beat X Factor to Christmas No. 1.

So... the Radio 2 listeners are old and ugly enough to handle this offensive language though?

[Monitorabbit]

I imagine radio edits are needed sometimes, and on another forum I post on it's an automatic 7 day suspension for even previewing that word, although very strong swear words like f*ck and c*nt are not censored and go completely unpunished!

It has to be a tough job deciding what can and can't be allowed on air. And the 'n' word and derogatory words referring to sexual orientation are maybe more likely to offend than other words?

The word in question doesn't offend me, was it even really meant as a slight on gay people in this context? Maybe it was used as an example of the low-life language used by the characters in the song.*

Edit:

*I see Jean MacColl has said this too. I didn't copy her, honestly!

[Monitorabbit]

With any luck, all this manufactured media-hype will encourage people to download the original and it'll beat X Factor to Christmas No. 1.

That would be brilliant!

[sebdevlin]

With any luck, all this manufactured media-hype will encourage people to download the original and it'll beat X Factor to Christmas No. 1.

So... the Radio 2 listeners are old and ugly enough to handle this offensive language though?

I didn't know radio two had a different version oh well its because they don't want the the yoofs copying because of course they all speak perfect english with ner a cuss word used :rolleyes:

[DC]

wait until mark radcliffe ousts steve wright, the old folks will go into cardiac arrest. are radio 2 still playing kristian leontiou?

[Jono]

It's like when they played the pancake at the disco track and took the word whore out about six months later.

[Jono]

A decision has been made that it is not offensive, and the full song will now be played.

[sebdevlin]

Oh the irony they bleeped it out the song but mentioned it every half an hour on the news. For the first and last time ever i'm going to use txt speak ROTFL

[Guest]

*cough* publicity stunt

[Lucinda]

I read about this in the Daily Telegraph this morning (not my choice - my right-wing-in-denial mother reads it) and thought it was a bit silly to censor it now. Glad to hear Scott just now playing the full uncensored version. I'm not in favour of anti-homosexual language, but I don't think it was meant to offend the gay population as a whole in this case.

[unclesirbobbyrobson]

I voted no - I am not easily offended

[Guest]

If I want to hear vile homophobic lyrics, I just put 1xtra on.

[DC]

# i'm heartbrokeeeen. #

[Timsk]

For all the attention they called to the apparent censorship, they haven't half said the word a lot of times over the course of the day. Very strange all round.

[sinister]

If I want to hear vile homophobic lyrics, I just put 1xtra on.

Haha couldn't agree more!

Faggot is an offensive slang term used in another country thousands of miles away. In this country it's the name of a culinary dish that is meatballs in gravy.

I get tired of the b******ised version of the English language that trickles back across the Atlantic being used these days. The clue is in the name of the language, English.

I suppose I'd better be on the look out now for Da politikally corect feds innit?

[sinister]

I also object to the word b a s t a r d i s e d being asterixed out!

[Bumble_85]

English is made up of loads of bits of different languages. Including Americanisms.