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Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« on: January 14, 2011, 07:33:45 AM »
http://theothermccain.com/2011/01/13/that-little-*Not nice word for gay men*-with-the-earring-and-the-makeup-hes-now-banned-in-canada/

It looks like the shrinking violets north of the border are too delicate to hear Mark Knopfler's guitar stylings and his lyrical irony.


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“Money for Nothing” was ruled by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council to be “extremely offensive” and thus inappropriate for airing because it uses an anti-gay slur..."

"You know what’s an even more insulting slur? “Canadian.” Where I come from, buddy, them’s fightin’ words. Any *Not nice word for gay men* in Alabama would kick your ass if you called him a “Canadian.”

Somebody call Mark Potok at the SPLC. Tell him I played this homophobic anti-Canadian anthem and demand to be denounced for it!



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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2011, 09:01:27 AM »
Between this and the move to edit Mark Twain, I'm feeling the eerie sensation of being transported back in time to places I don't particularly want to go.
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2011, 09:24:59 AM »
Teh H8speech.  It must be banned!   [tinfoil]

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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2011, 09:26:26 AM »
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It looks like the shrinking violets north of the border are too delicate ...

Water's cold up there.  Your "violet" would shrink too.

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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2011, 09:36:08 AM »
Yea Buddy.  That's his own hair.

It's an honor for artists to have their work banned.  It confirms the art has touched someone deeply.  
It's the highest artistic compliment (aside from the money).
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2011, 10:32:46 AM »
If Dire Straits overdubbed the words "the little maggot" ( ;/) with something else, they can make it acceptable.

May I suggest "that slut Palin" or "that nazi Bush"? That's about as PC as you can get.
« Last Edit: January 14, 2011, 04:30:28 PM by Monkeyleg »
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2011, 10:34:37 AM »
I heard a live version of that song on youtube sung by the Dire Straits or at least just Mark Knopfler (definitely not a cover) and they had changed that line.
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2011, 11:09:44 AM »
When I first read this I thought " you have to be shitting me". Then I saw the part about it being in Canada, and somehow, it made sense.  [barf]
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2011, 11:26:51 AM »
How long has it been since "Money for Nothing" was released ... 25 years or longer?  And NOW Canada wants it banned? ? ? ? ? ? [tinfoil] :facepalm: ??? ;/
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2011, 11:42:26 AM »
I love it.

No way, eh.

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Starting at 8pm Friday night, the Edmonton, Canada classic rock radio station K97 will  play the recently banned Dire Straits hit, "Money for Nothing," nonstop and unedited for an hour in protest of a Canadian regulator's decision to ban the original version of the song, first released in 1985, because it contains the word "fa---t.."

"We're not afraid of repercussions. We have never had a complaint in the 25 years we have played the song," K97 Music Director Todd James told FOX411. "We will play it in its entirety and unedited as we have always done and if someone wants to file a complaint we will take it from there."

http://entertainment.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=23786&content=47028418&pageNum=-1
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2011, 11:54:20 AM »
So does this mean Canada also just found out about MTV?
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2011, 12:14:27 PM »
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So does this mean Canada also just found out about MTV?

No, they just found out what the word "*Not nice word for gay men*" means.
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2011, 12:25:12 PM »
I thought they were singing about cigarettes. :facepalm:
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2011, 12:27:25 PM »
Me too... 
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2011, 01:07:14 PM »
Are they though?  Why would a cigarette wear makeup?  How would a cigarette be a millionaire and have an airplane?
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2011, 01:21:37 PM »
Quote from: 41magsnub on January 14, 2011, 01:07:14 PM
Are they though?  Why would a cigarette wear makeup? 
Ever seen a cigarette butt after being smoked by a lipstick wearing woman?

I'll let someone else take the lead on the second question.  =D
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2011, 01:52:29 PM »
meet our new idiotic overlords. =|

yes it's coming south, remember what happened to anyone that mentioned obama was a lib during the election.


oh, and the cig thing is from the original meaning of fagot. ;)
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #17 on: January 14, 2011, 02:08:12 PM »
Quote from: 41magsnub on January 14, 2011, 10:34:37 AM
I heard a live version of that song on youtube sung by the Dire Straits or at least just Mark Knopfler (definitely not a cover) and they had changed that line.

Yeah. When he performs it live, he uses the word "mother" now.  That is also the word used in the radio edit. 
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2011, 06:17:33 PM »
Quote from: TommyGunn on January 14, 2011, 11:26:51 AM
How long has it been since "Money for Nothing" was released ... 25 years or longer?  And NOW Canada wants it banned? ? ? ? ? ? [tinfoil] :facepalm: ??? ;/

Naw, it just took this long for some Canadian gov't 'tard to finally look the song up on a lyrics website...
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2011, 06:26:50 PM »
they just saw UHF. :laugh: twinkie dogs? Mmmm. :laugh: :lol: :laugh:
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2011, 06:51:45 PM »
Quote from: TommyGunn on January 14, 2011, 11:26:51 AM
How long has it been since "Money for Nothing" was released ... 25 years or longer?  And NOW Canada wants it banned? ? ? ? ? ? [tinfoil] :facepalm: ??? ;/

....And it's surprising that the socialist paradise of the North would be against a song about "money for nothing...checks for free"....  =D
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2011, 11:36:31 AM »
checks for free?  i thought it was "chicks for free"!
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2011, 11:50:23 AM »
No, it's "tuques" for free.
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Re: Dire Straights Banned In Canada
« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2011, 01:10:59 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on January 14, 2011, 06:51:45 PM
....And it's surprising that the socialist paradise of the North would be against a song about "money for nothing...checks for free"....  =D

That was good.  I laughed.   :lol:

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