An offensive word.
Which word?
The F word.
Which F word, you may ask?
From the Washington Times:
In the song, Dire Straits' lead singer Mark Knopfler sings in the persona of an appliance-installer looking at his store's TV section and gawking "at them yo-yos [who] play the guitar on the MTV."
The manual laborer expresses a mixture of admiration, dismissal and envy about the musicians' occupation as "ain't working" but allowing them to get "money for nothing and your chicks for free."
The offending line occurs in the third verse, where the worker gawks at MTV showing "the little faggot with the earring and the makeup." Two other uses of the word occur, referring to the performer having "his own jet airplane" and being a millionaire. At the time such MTV male stars as Boy George, Softcell and the Human League either dressed as women or wore sexually ambiguous makeup.
The lyrics in this version appear to be changed to "little queenie" and "little Mama" and "little trucker."
This isn't the first time the politically correct country has banned speech that someONE considered offensive. Mark Steyn has been a target of lawsuits and accusations of "hate speech."
This is why, as abhorrent as the WBC and the Nazi movements are, their speech must be protected, although certainly the community can offer relief through positive community actions such as an "angel action," which was started by a left wing group.
Why protect their speech?
Because they're coming after YOU next.
Fahrenheit 451.
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