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If you're living in a free country, say "Fuck" on TV.

by _Codemonkeyism 9y ago

DanBC 9y ago
I don't understand your point. Fuck is said very often on UK tv.
- pjc50 9y ago
  .. after 9pm. British TV censorship used to be much weirder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%9394_British_broadcasting_voice_restrictions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%9394_British_broadc...
  - DanBC 9y ago
    the watershed is a guideline, and you can hear fuck before 9pm. the watershed doesn't apply to radio, and you can hear fuck any time of day on bbc radio 4, although they do try to limit it to times children won't be listening.
- CodeWriter23 9y ago
  Fuck is more of an adjective or conjunction in the UK, whereas in the US it’s definitely considered profanity.
  - pjc50 9y ago
    No, it's definitely profanity in the UK too. Every now and again some profanity makes it through and someone has to make an apology. Today it's for a hilarious spoonerism on BBC Breakfast: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/4762492/bbc-breakfast-louise-minchin-apology-swearing/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/4762492/bbc-breakfast-... Edit: guidelines at http://www.channel4.com/producers-handbook/ofcom-broadcasting-code/protecting-under-18s-and-harm-and-offence/offensive-language http://www.channel4.com/producers-handbook/ofcom-broadcastin... or http://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidance/live-output/guidance-full http://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidance/live-outpu... (content warning: actually says the banned words, obviously). There's something very funny about imagining the serious discussion that must have resulted in these documents.
- _Codemonkeyism 9y ago
  Yes in the UK. Or on the rest of Europe. In many other places which consider themselves free, there are a lot of things you can't say on TV, "Fuck" being one of them. There is no beeping on German TV at all, though you may be prosecuted if you say something illegal (slander e.g.). In in a globalized world we're ending up with the lowest common denominator.

If you're living in a free country, say "Fuck" on TV.

DanBC 9y ago

I don't understand your point. Fuck is said very often on UK tv.

pjc50 9y ago
.. after 9pm. British TV censorship used to be much weirder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%9394_British_broadcasting_voice_restrictions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%9394_British_broadc...
- DanBC 9y ago
  the watershed is a guideline, and you can hear fuck before 9pm. the watershed doesn't apply to radio, and you can hear fuck any time of day on bbc radio 4, although they do try to limit it to times children won't be listening.
CodeWriter23 9y ago
Fuck is more of an adjective or conjunction in the UK, whereas in the US it’s definitely considered profanity.
- pjc50 9y ago
  No, it's definitely profanity in the UK too. Every now and again some profanity makes it through and someone has to make an apology. Today it's for a hilarious spoonerism on BBC Breakfast: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/4762492/bbc-breakfast-louise-minchin-apology-swearing/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/4762492/bbc-breakfast-... Edit: guidelines at http://www.channel4.com/producers-handbook/ofcom-broadcasting-code/protecting-under-18s-and-harm-and-offence/offensive-language http://www.channel4.com/producers-handbook/ofcom-broadcastin... or http://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidance/live-output/guidance-full http://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidance/live-outpu... (content warning: actually says the banned words, obviously). There's something very funny about imagining the serious discussion that must have resulted in these documents.
_Codemonkeyism 9y ago
Yes in the UK. Or on the rest of Europe. In many other places which consider themselves free, there are a lot of things you can't say on TV, "Fuck" being one of them. There is no beeping on German TV at all, though you may be prosecuted if you say something illegal (slander e.g.). In in a globalized world we're ending up with the lowest common denominator.