Insect wiring - language -> censorship...

From: Bryan Pope <bpope_at_wordstock.com>
Date: Tue Jul 27 12:19:36 2004

And thusly Vintage Computer Festival spake:
>
> When will this entirely way too priggish society we live in get over
> itself already? One of the most enlightening moments I've had in recent
> years was when Hans Franke was visiting a few years back. We were
> watching some show on TV (probably on Comedy Central) where some swear
> words were bleeped out. I, of course, having been raised in this
> obnoxiously Puritanical society, did not flinch. But Hans was like,
> "What!?" He was befuddled. Over what I did not know. I thought maybe
> he didn't understand the joke that was said. No, no, he understood the
> joke just fine. He was shocked--shocked!--that the curse word was
> bleeped! This distinctly American practice had been lampooned on German
> television, and he thought it was just the Germans poking fun at the
> uptight Americans. He was astonished that the practice was real and
> alive in the 21st century!
>

Another example of that... There is a show called "Fashion Television", made
by the independent TV station City TV, based out of Toronto, Ontario.. It
features models walking down the runways showing off the latest fashions
oftentimes with see-through tops or no tops at all. This was shown around
6PM on weekends..

But if you ever see it on American TVs, the good bits are all pixelated out.

BTW, this show is unofficially known as Boob TV in Canada... 8-)

Cheers,

Bryan Pope
Received on Tue Jul 27 2004 - 12:19:36 BST