Canada bans music.

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:44 pm

Canada bans 30 year old Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" song.
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..the word "faggot" in its lyrics and is discriminatory to gays.

The 1980s song Money for Nothing by the British rock band Dire Straits has been deemed unacceptable for play on Canadian radio.

In a ruling released Wednesday, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council says the song contravenes the human rights clauses of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Code of Ethics and Equitable Portrayal Code.

The council is an independent, non-governmental group created to administer standards established by its members, Canada's private broadcasters. Its membership includes more than 700 private radio and TV stations across the country.

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http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2011 ... z1AwCSe1Ue

mnementh · Post by **mnementh** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:33 pm

With any luck, every radio station in Canada will agree to raise a single digit to this non Governmental group and play the song every hour on the hour untill this insanity is revoked.

Bureaucratic PC drivel!

Sandy

Post by **wiseguy** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:40 pm

mnementh wrote:With any luck, every radio station in Canada will agree to raise a single digit to this non Governmental group and play the song every hour on the hour untill this insanity is revoked.

Bureaucratic PC drivel!

Sandy

Absolutely!

djBe · Post by **djBe** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:49 pm

When was the last time you heard Meredith Brooks, Rollings Stones or Elton John sing "BITCH!" on the radio?!?!?