Canada is at it again, bans Dire Straights from radio

[rocketpig]

Feylic said:

rocketpig said:

http://reason.com/blog/2011/01/13/canada-bans-dire-straits-money

America has its problems but damn, I'm glad this ain't one of them.

Apparently no one in Canada is able to discern the difference between the use of a word to instill hatred and the use of a word for IRONICAL purposes, which is how the word "faggot" is used in "Money for Nothing".

On the other hand, it's refreshing to see that America hasn't cornered the market on stupid

"The King's Speech", a movie involving no violence of any kind, no nudity or sexual inuendo of any kind, is rated R in the states for 11 uses of the F word. The word is said 11 times in a learning environment, with no ill intent meant towards anyone else, the guy is just trying to get words out of his mouth to practice vocal exercies to get rid of his stutter. This is bullshit. Oh, and it's PG13 in Canada.

Not saying this makes Canada any less wrong for banning this song, but seriously, rated R! WTF!

If you don't understand the film rating system in America, take a number and get in line.

Read up on Stone and Parker's take on the MPAA rating system when they made the South Park film. It's hilarious. Every time the film was rejected as being too obscene for even an R rating, they would turn around and make it WORSE. Eventually, the film was approved for an R rating. No one really understood why.