Canada is at it again, bans Dire Straights from radio

[disolitude]

rocketpig said:

disolitude said:

rocketpig said:

disolitude said:

lo, pretty funny.

I am pretty sure that most people in US would wish this was one of the problems they were having instead of...Sarah Pailin for example.

Sarah Palin will someday go away. The continued trampling of free speech will not.

I wouldn't call this a violation of free speech..I can still say "faggot" out loud if the situation calls for it..without getting arrested. And I can still play Dire straits on my MP3 player.

Its more like a fail in political correctness if anything.

It is the government controlling expression on a national level. That's free speech.

Knowing how things work in Canada, I am pretty sure this was a case of...

Government Dude1: "Another old, bitter person complained about Dire Straits's song today"

Government Dude2: "This is the 10th time in a week"

Dude1: "We have to submit a report to Mr. Harper every time this happens as he has nothing better to do these days"

Dude2: "Screw that, too much work...just ban the song on radio which old people listen to... CBC"

Dude1: "sounds good"

And here we are...