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Should the word "******" be censored in Fairytale of New York

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Saw this ongoing on another thread and was wondering if people are as bothered by it as one poster in particular was.

Is it political correctness? Is it right to beep it out or change it? Should I even have censored the thread title?

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eamonnq

Nah

Blitzkrieger

Which word? Christmas?

MagicIRL

The song was written in a different time.

Just like early Warner Bros. cartoons that depict racism, history should never be re-written to fit into the current (however correct) way of thinking.

thelad95

Scumbag? ******? Slut? Which one OP?

PeterParker957

Omackeral wrote: »

Saw this ongoing on another thread and was wondering if people are as bothered by it as one poster in particular was.

Is it political correctness? Is it right to beep it out or change it? Should I even have censored the thread title?

I believe not.

I have no problem with it, no one I know has a problem with it and the friends I have who apparently "should" have a problem with it said "get over your f**king self, it's only a word".

Ballstein

Ronan Keating singing they song is far more offensive than any word will ever be.

PeterParker957

Ballstein wrote: »

Ronan Keating singing they song is far more offensive than any word will ever be.

Done.

TheQuietFella

Ballstein wrote: »

Ronan Keating singing they song is far more offensive than any word will ever be.

Brilliant!!!!!

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Not before a judgement has been reached at the International Court of Justice anyway.

Ronan Keating ‘Fairytale Of New York’ Trial Begins At The Hague

whisky_galore

Good song but waaaay overplayed.

faceman

The word is also used throughout the second verse of Dire Straits song “Money for Nothing” and System of a Down song “Hollywood Boulevard”.

I don’t agree with censorship unless the content is inciting hatred or devoid of artistic merit.

DavyD_83

I'm a firm believer that no songs should be censored.
Play them in full or not at all.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

rtron

Next ye'll want Cypress hill to take out the ****** word in all they're songs.

wakka12

thelad95 wrote: »

Scumbag? ******? Slut? Which one OP?

They say fagg!t in the song I think thats what he's talking

scumbag you maggot you're a cheap lousy fagg!t

Im gay and I don't think it should be changed, its the ONLY decent christmas song lets leave it alone

Your Face

The original classic song will far outlast the current regrettable fashion of PC false outrage.

me_irl

Bundle of sticks?

whisky_galore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbDKNHMDrEU

Wheeliebin30

But conor McGregor used it and has now been labelled homophobic????

TheQuietFella

wakka12 wrote: »

They say fagg!t in the song I think thats what he's talking

scumbag you maggot you're a cheap lousy fagg!t

Im gay and I don't think it should be changed, its the ONLY decent christmas song lets leave it alone

Completely agree! Should 'smack my bi*ch up' be censored also?

What about 'White Christmas' Should that get the elbow also in case we

offend all our new brothers and sisters from sunnier climes!

PeterParker957

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

But conor McGregor used it and has now been labelled homophobic????

Context. He meant it in the sense that someone was acting weak.

Plus he's a bo***x and so gets zero leeway!

PeterParker957

TheQuietFella wrote: »

Completely agree! Should 'smack my bi*ch up' be censored also?

What about 'White Christmas' Should that get the elbow also in case we

offend all our new brothers and sisters from sunnier climes!

http://metro.co.uk/2017/12/13/ucl-apologises-asking-students-dreaming-white-campus-7157665/

We're getting close. Lunacy!!!!

[Deleted User]

Just noticed the word is literally bleeped out in the thread title!

TheQuietFella

PeterParker957 wrote: »

We're getting close. Lunacy!!!!

Yeah, it's going that way isn't it!

There's a billboard on the quays in Dublin advertising 'Smirnoff Vodka' featuring three transgender men with the caption 'Labels are meant for bottles' which I think is very apt and everyone should remember that!

andekwarhola

Is it actually bleeped out anymore? Every time I hear it on the radio, it's unexpurgated?

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

TheQuietFella wrote: »

Completely agree! Should 'smack my bi*ch up' be censored also?

What about 'White Christmas' Should that get the elbow also in case we

offend all our new brothers and sisters from sunnier climes!

White Christmas could also encourage coke heads to relapse into addiction.

Rory28

PeterParker957 wrote: »

We're getting close. Lunacy!!!!

#blacksnowmatters

TheQuietFella

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

White Christmas could also encourage coke heads to relapse into addiction.

Another nail in the coffin for this Christmas classic!

Endaaaagh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp8_FzJO458

Turnipman

And, while we're all enjoying ourselves in the PC sandpit, what about Joseph Conrad's excellent novel written in 1896?

Should it be thrown out of President Michael D Higgins's library in the Aras - assuming that it's there!