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Old 05-06-2011, 11:17 AM #1
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Default BBC executives rule most offensive word in English language is 'a good joke'

Using the "N" word

In a scripted joke, radio presenter Sandi Toksvig said:
'It's the Tories who have put the "n" into cuts'
The BBC was at the centre of a new decency row last night after ruling
that the most offensive word in English is acceptable for broadcast.
The Corporation decided that the word – most abhorrent to women – has lost much
of its 'shock value' and is tolerable for radio and television.
An executive who cleared it for daytime transmission on flagship Radio 4 even said it would 'delight' many of its audience, who would 'love it’.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1OOomTfOh







I think we would need to hear the Joke

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I honestly have no idea what this means
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Using the "N" word

In a scripted joke, radio presenter Sandi Toksvig said:
'It's the Tories who have put the "n" into cuts'
The BBC was at the centre of a new decency row last night after ruling
that the most offensive word in English is acceptable for broadcast.
The Corporation decided that the word – most abhorrent to women – has lost much
of its 'shock value' and is tolerable for radio and television.
An executive who cleared it for daytime transmission on flagship Radio 4 even said it would 'delight' many of its audience, who would 'love it’.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1OOomTfOh







I think we would need to hear the Joke
It was the letter N.

N isn't a word.

Apart from anything - it's the type of show that has this type of subtle humour - and I expect those who watched it showed 'faux' outrage - I happen to hate the word when it's used in it's full form - but it was a clever way of putting her point over.
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hahahaha arista that isn't what it means! it's nothing to do with racism! add the letter N into the word CUTS and see what you get....
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hahahaha arista that isn't what it means! it's nothing to do with racism! add the letter N into the word CUTS and see what you get....
When you have to explain subtle humour - it completely ruins both the humour and the subtleness behind it in the first place.
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i love how the letter N can cause so much controversy even when used in an entirely different context
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the C word, arista
though I'd have thought the N word was more offensive
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the C word, arista
though I'd have thought the N word was more offensive
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I was just about say it wasn't the word 'nigg*r' that was being to referred to, but the word '*****s'.
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i love how the letter N can cause so much controversy even when used in an entirely different context

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yes i do. there is absolutely no mention of racism in that article, you've fabricated the meaning of it from in your own mind, dear Arista.
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Oh I thought it meant "n*gger" as well Seems obvious now
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yes i do. there is absolutely no mention of racism in that article, you've fabricated the meaning of it from in your own mind, dear Arista.

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No kind of racial slur makes sense in that context!!11!!1!!!!!111!
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Well I thought she might have been saying that the cuts have become so widely unpopular it equated to the word "n*gger" becoming socially unnaceptable
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They've just realised that?
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