I have one word - context

Thanks to a complaint from a Canadian radio listener last year, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council ruled that the Dire Straits song Money for Nothing (released in 1985) is no longer acceptable for radio airplay in its current state. The problem is that it contains the word ‘faggot’ in the lyrics. No mention of the chimpanzee stereotyping........

So now, the only way the song can be played (I’m guessing) is if the offending part of the song is edited as follows:

“See the little [bleep] with the earring and the makeup Yeah buddy that's his own hair That little [bleep] got his own jet airplane That little [bleep] he's a millionaire”

It’s a good thing Frank Zappa’s tunes never got played on mainstream radio.....

On a somewhat related note, the book Tom Sawyer is being re-written to remove the 'n' word. Not making that up....