xfm et al

[zotz]

I was listening to XFM Scotland this morning - more because I never had than because I had any great hopes for it - and was gradually getting some idea what kind of station it is, when I suddenly had it rammed home exactly what kind of station it is. There was a news item about a classic rock band called the "Sex Pistols" doing a one-off gig to mark the thirtieth anniversary of their album . . . "Never Mind The Blank".

Oh, for fuck's sake. Scumsucking shitehawks.

And in vaguely similar news, have I mentioned lately that faith schooling's a total abomination?

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[zotz]

I have on tape (somewhere) a documentary on swearing, presented by Jerry Sadowitz - he is, after all, a bit of an authority. One of the points he makes along the way is that causing offence is often a matter of context and phrasing. For example, if he were to say "I've pricked my finger", nob0ody would think anything of it, where as if he said "I've fingered my prick" things would be very different.

I think what he was driving at is that it's not the words themselves that are offensive, but the ideas behind them - but then, saying Blank instead of bollocks fools nobody, and neither does insisting on printing f*ck, c*nt or N*rm*an T*bb*t instead of the actual words.

In other words, people don't make sense on this issue, and it's pointless trying to drag logic into it.

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indeed, let subtle irony rule ;)