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no Faggots in Fairytale of New York

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    no Faggots in Fairytale of New York

    Radio 1 gone mad

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7149525.stm
    BBC Radio 1 has said it will stand by its ban on the word "faggot" from the Pogues' 1987 Christmas hit Fairytale of New York to avoid offence
    Your parents ruin the first half of your life and your kids ruin the second half

    #2
    Originally posted by MrsGoof View Post
    Good idea.

    I am still not used to people saying "I am going out for a fag" meaning they want to have a smoke.

    Also, it took some time to get used to people referring to each other and me as "mate"

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      #3
      Originally posted by AtW View Post
      Also, it took some time to get used to people referring to each other and me as "mate"
      Like that ever happened!

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        #4
        A BBC ban just ensures its success.

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          #5
          Originally posted by wendigo100 View Post
          A BBC ban just ensures its success.
          J'taime, moi non plus!

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            #6
            Jeremey Vine said earlier: "Radio 2: playing the songs Radio 1 won't let you hear".

            Last minute Christmas number one?
            Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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              #7
              Did they replace it with shirtlifter?

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                #8
                The BBC have banned the word without there actually being any complaints. Isn't that just the darndest thing? Well done BBC, you've opened up a right can of worms here.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                  J'taime, moi non plus!
                  Oui! And Relax!

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                    #10
                    Faggot has only recently meant gay here in the UK among the yoof, it's American slang ffs!. Soon someone will campaigning to get faggots taken off the supermarket shelves.

                    Actually the only thing that upsets me about that song is when Kirsty McCall sings to Shane McGowan "you're handsome". She should have been done under the trades descriptions act
                    Last edited by Bagpuss; 18 December 2007, 14:01.
                    The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

                    But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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