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blazey · 18-12-2007, 19:08

Anyone with any common sense would see that this is not really a question of political correctness and censorship at all, its another way of attracting publicity in the medias direction, in this case radio 1.

Young people aren't easily offended, in fact I think the majority of young people enjoy a bit of offensive banter, as do most people. Would comedians be successful if they didn't say things a bit out of line every now and again?

Look how successful the likes of older comedians, say for example Roy Chubby Brown, and younger ones like Jimmy Carr are, and they make jokes that have crossed the line all the time and people of all ages enjoy their acts. Faggot is hardly a highly offensive word, and I think everyone my age has an uncle that seems to say a swear word at every oppurtunity. If people are offended by the word Faggot then they need to get out more.

18-12-2007, 19:08	#22
blazey God Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denton/Oswaldtwistle Posts: 3,638 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 993	Re: Todays Youth - Easily Offended ? Anyone with any common sense would see that this is not really a question of political correctness and censorship at all, its another way of attracting publicity in the medias direction, in this case radio 1. Young people aren't easily offended, in fact I think the majority of young people enjoy a bit of offensive banter, as do most people. Would comedians be successful if they didn't say things a bit out of line every now and again? Look how successful the likes of older comedians, say for example Roy Chubby Brown, and younger ones like Jimmy Carr are, and they make jokes that have crossed the line all the time and people of all ages enjoy their acts. Faggot is hardly a highly offensive word, and I think everyone my age has an uncle that seems to say a swear word at every oppurtunity. If people are offended by the word Faggot then they need to get out more.