Canadians ban Dire Straits song from airways ??...HUH ?...slap my bitch is ok, but this is not ?
Matt,
That's reminiscent of the recent uproar over reprinting Mark Twain's masterpiece 'Huck Finn' in order to make it more politically correct.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/05/new ... es-n-word/
I'm pretty darn sure (positive in fact) that Mark Knopfler and Mark Twain both intended to draw attention to bigotry and show how ridiculous that behavior is. Unfortunately once in a while someone gets carried away with the literal reading of artistic works and concludes that they either don't belong in polite society or at least need some touching up. I'm sure our Canadian friends will straighten out the responsible individual.
Tom
That's reminiscent of the recent uproar over reprinting Mark Twain's masterpiece 'Huck Finn' in order to make it more politically correct.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/05/new ... es-n-word/
I'm pretty darn sure (positive in fact) that Mark Knopfler and Mark Twain both intended to draw attention to bigotry and show how ridiculous that behavior is. Unfortunately once in a while someone gets carried away with the literal reading of artistic works and concludes that they either don't belong in polite society or at least need some touching up. I'm sure our Canadian friends will straighten out the responsible individual.
Tom
I did not know about this and it is a little embarassing. Canada as always been a country of free speach but every now and then manage to to make a storm in a glass of water. This censorship is based on the complain of one person. If nobody complains , no censorship. Knopfler does not use the faggot word in the live song and he will edit the master to change the word (from what I read) so he also feels to be somewhat out of line. But the censorship is definetely overboarded. Most stations are still playing the song as a protest. I am pretty sure all the countries do that at one point or another. I am not saying it is right, there are always going to be government agencies with the mandate to "protect the people" that are not protecting from the right stuff.
Marc
Marc
The CBSC may find this harder to enforce than they thought. Many Canadian radio stations receive their programming via satellite from U.S. companies (like Dial-Global). The Canadian affilitaes have no control over the music played on their stations.
Bill
Bill
