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- chanop, on 06/25/2008, -10/+132No, you can curse all you want but you can't even mumble the word "black" or Al Sharpton will roll you up in a burrito and eat you.
- MacroDaemon, on 06/25/2008, -7/+78*****, piss, *****, *****, *****, *****, and *****
- AsSubtleAsABrik, on 06/25/2008, -2/+71"U2's Bono gushed, "this is really, really f****** brilliant" while accepting a Golden Globe, which sent 234 complaints"
Wait, so out of everyone who watched the Golden Globes, only 234 complained? And we're catering to them? Seriously? How many millions of people watch that? - MattL920, on 06/25/2008, -3/+49Define "Us". Me, personally? No. Most rational people? No. The uptight *****-eating cocksucking ***** with sticks up their asses who get pissed and send thousands of ***** complaints every time someone shows their ***** on tv? Yeah, but ***** those *****.
Hope that didn't offend anybody. - Chirp08, on 06/25/2008, -1/+44As we all know 1 complaint = 1 million angry people.
- HyperJack, on 06/25/2008, -2/+43http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_words
The words are (with examples):
1. ***** - There is bird ***** on the statue.
2. Piss - I have to piss like a race horse.
3. ***** - ***** you.
4. ***** - She has a beautiful *****.
5. ***** - Go to hell, you *****.
6. ***** - You are a *****.
7. ***** - I want to touch your massive *****.
Later, Carlin referred to three additional "auxiliary" words:
1. Fart - I farted.
2. Turd - Who dropped a turd in the urinal?
3. ***** - Shave that hairy *****. - ericthegreat, on 06/25/2008, -1/+37It's not nearly as shocking as half the ***** you can find online...
- donkevin, on 06/25/2008, -2/+25Dugg for the awesome mental image of someone being rolled up into a burrito and eaten by Al Sharpton.
- jull1234, on 06/25/2008, -1/+23You know what people don't talk about much these days? Pussy farts.
- inactive, on 06/25/2008, -3/+25Remember, MF is a derivative. It should be cut out.
- inactive, on 06/25/2008, -0/+20***** just sounds like a snack
- awtripp, on 06/25/2008, -3/+21One person getting offended is more important than the millions who realize it's not a big ***** deal what so ever. There are hundreds of examples of one letter setting off a ***** a tidal wave of censorship.
***** them. - davewashere, on 06/25/2008, -1/+15Ah, so it's sort of like the South Park rules for "*****." You're allowed to say "oh *****, I forgot to do my homework," but you can't say "excuse me teacher, I have to go take a *****."
- GreatSunJester, on 06/25/2008, -1/+13I think you just unlocked a secret level in Grand Theft Auto.
- enclaved, on 06/25/2008, -0/+11I hope it did, how else are they going to know you're talking about them!
- CTK14A, on 06/25/2008, -0/+11"Activist organization responsible for 99% of FCC complaints"
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20041207-4442 ... - diggerphelps, on 06/25/2008, -0/+10I have a harder time believing 234 people watched the Golden Globes.
- sat0shi, on 06/25/2008, -0/+9Actually, it depends.
If the submitter is referring to 'Seven Dirty Words' as the title of a skit, then "does" is appropriate.
Get your head out of your ass. - ChaosProfessor, on 06/25/2008, -0/+9because then you would have to include ***** but then ***** kinda takes center stage because it is the only non 1 syllable word
- lepton, on 06/25/2008, -0/+9You can say prick your finger, but not finger your prick! -Carlin
- CravenTwain, on 06/25/2008, -1/+9That's a line of dialogue from "Deadwood".
- backseatchris, on 06/25/2008, -2/+10I hope this is not the skit for which he is remembered by. This was a funny skit, but nonetheless, a simple skit. His greatest, funniest skits are by far waaaaay more complicated. For such an intelligent, funny man, I hope he is not remembered for a simple skit he did so many years ago.
Miss your brilliance George - Shakermaker, on 06/25/2008, -1/+9The problem is that those 234 people all probably belong to the religious-right, who claim to have money to lean on advertisers.
What the networks need to do is tell these people to STFU and turn the channel if they don't like it. - Psythik, on 06/25/2008, -0/+7And you have it enabled, why?
- bassman12593, on 06/25/2008, -3/+10In 2003, U2's Bono gushed, "this is really, really f****** brilliant" while accepting a Golden Globe, which sent 234 complaints -- against TV stations that carried the awards show -- flooding into the FCC. But the FCC didn't levy sanctions. Instead, it decided the f-word is permissible on broadcast TV as long as it does "not describe sexual or excretory activities or functions."
WTF?!!??! - BufordT, on 06/25/2008, -0/+6Judging by the single quotations, I would say he was referring to it as a title, which in fact makes "does" the correct choice.
- chrgrose, on 06/25/2008, -3/+9Reminds me of when I try to watch an R rated movie with my parents....
Suddently you'd think you were watching another 9/11 event on TV with all the associated gasps, wide eyes, and looks of horror if an actor said '*****'. - cabdirazzaq, on 06/25/2008, -0/+6Wait a minute. If I got this right, you ate an entire cake without inviting me?
- MiDri, on 06/25/2008, -0/+5awkward!
- chanop, on 06/25/2008, -1/+6What happens when you watch XXX rated movies with your parents?
- belebih, on 06/25/2008, -0/+5"preserve and help restore America's culture, character, traditional values, and morals against the assault of the liberal media elite."
***** Kristen Fyfe! ***** her and ***** the Culture and Media Institute! - Wolfsoap, on 06/25/2008, -1/+6***** YOU; YOU CARWASH *****.
-Susie, Curb Your Enthusiasm - chronobyte, on 06/25/2008, -0/+5The skit "Seven Dirty Words" IS Carlin's; the seven dirty words mentioned in the skit aren't.
Weren't you taught better? - moxley, on 06/25/2008, -2/+7(I posted this in another thread earlier, but Carlin was the ma and it fits better here, so I hope nobody minds):
*******! It's a sad ***** day, this ***** sucks. At least we can suck from the ***** of HBO, playing the grand old ***** HBO specials often enough to make right-wing censoring ***** piss themselves nightly. **
George Carlin made the world a better place....RIP. - davdev, on 06/25/2008, -0/+5A good woman Sucks ***** ... get it now?
- CTK14A, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4Toots meet *****, *****, Toots
- Albear89, on 06/25/2008, -1/+5Don't play dumb
- scarysnow, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4Since when do facts have anything to do with stand-up comedy routines?
- VnutZ, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4In the wake of George Carlin's passing, I too can't help but revisit his timeless masterpiece on offensive language. Just what makes words and phrases offensive anyway? And why do people feel "okay" by simple word substitution? It always irritates me to find the holy rollers feeling all smug about their righteousness despite their own swearing by using innocuous words like "fudge" and "dang" as if the meaning of their exclamation is suddenly purified.
http://www.omninerd.com/blogs/Offensive_Language_v ... - DrvThruPnk, on 06/25/2008, -1/+5Apparently they do, since they're all censored in that story.
- enicholas, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4You misunderstand. The official obscenity rules refer to "words which describe sexual or excretory activities or functions". ***** can obviously be used to describe a sexual activity, and ***** can obviously describe an excretory function.
They were merely saying that what Bono said was neither sexual nor excretory and therefore not obscene. Of course ***** never has an excretory meaning, but that's not the point; they were just affirming that ***** is not obscene in that context because the official rules require an obscenity to be either sexual or excretory and it was neither. - katorga, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4I always thought that was one of his weakest bits. It is like movies relying on sex to be "edgy". Its been around since the dawn of time, and is usually a sign that the writer has nothing and turns to rehashing the same old bawdy themes that go back to cave paintings. Ho hum. His other stuff was killer.
- GeorgeStone2, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4I remember watching a film with my parents, then there was a random sex scene.
Why was i so imbarressed?
Who knows.. - LogicBomB, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4I refuse to watch movies on channels that censor anything, even slightly. TBS I'm looking at you.
If a tv station has the ***** gall to put a "language / violence / nudity" warning in front of a movie that they then proceed to censor the ***** out of, they can go ***** themselves. - daviddiaz, on 06/25/2008, -0/+3absolutely. I hear kids at work saying *****, bitch, ***** (these are white kids, btw), etc like it's no big deal all the time. That is, unless their parents are there.
my point is, they don't get this from TV. Their upper-middle class parents aren't gonna let them watch those things. They pick it up at school among themselves. it's normal. Therefore, the censorship is unnecessary. - Escamotage, on 06/25/2008, -0/+3You're all preaching to the choir. `As long as the FCC keep fining, and the soccer moms stay unemployed, these words will always be shocking.
- inactive, on 06/25/2008, -0/+3Digg's damn obscenity filter takes out everything but piss.
Does this mean we can now say piss on TV? - Shakermaker, on 06/25/2008, -0/+3"I'm simply expressing my point that these words no longer are as feared as they used to be and are often used in ever-day dialog."
When was the last time you heard "*****" or "*****" in a prime-time comedy? If you knew the monologue it talks about these word being used on TV. Seems to me that you don't hear any of these word STILL on network TV.
Moron. - RoccoMcTaco, on 06/25/2008, -0/+3You four-eyed *****!
- MadOtaku, on 06/25/2008, -2/+5I believe you may have severely overestimated the total number of people currently alive. You may want to recount because out previous estimations place the population at a significantly smaller number than 234 billion.
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