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OnlinePoker

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Thu Nov 9, 2017, 08:52 AM Nov 2017

Canada decides the F-word is not taboo for radio listeners' ears

It may be still be too blue for English speakers, but authorities in Canada have ruled that the word “fuck” is no longer taboo on French language broadcasts as its use is so commonplace.

The Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council (CBSC) had previously classified the word as being suitable only for adults in both French and English, banning its use on radio and television to beyond the evening watershed and even then, only with a warning.

But after complaints from listeners that the French-language Montreal radio station CKOI-FM had twice aired clips with the word this year, it changed its mind in a ruling released Wednesday.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/09/baise-moi-canada-decides-that-the-french-f-word-is-not-taboo-for-listeners-ears

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Meanwhile, in the States, you can show people getting blown away all you want but show one little nipple and everybody goes into meltdown.

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Canada decides the F-word is not taboo for radio listeners' ears (Original Post) OnlinePoker Nov 2017 OP
But......sex is dirty HAB911 Nov 2017 #1
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