Money for Nothing

So the CRTC has banned 'Money For Nothing' because of the word 'faggot'.  It only took them over 25 years to get around to it though.  I find it interesting that a song that went to number one, stayed there for around three weeks, won a Grammy, had already gone through the same controversy when it originally came out, is now thrust back into the spotlight because 1 person complained. ONE.  Not a gay and lesbian alliance, not a whole group of people, but one person who obviously didn't pay attention to the context that the word was used.  Don't get me wrong, calling someone that word is wrong on many levels, but in the song, the character that utters the word is a caricature of a knuckle dragger that uses the word because he is jealous that the rock star on TV is getting more tail than him.  Could Mark Knopfler have gone with a different word?  Yep, and he did in a radio edit that was done in the 80's.  Does he have to?  Now that is a different question because there is something called artistic license, not to mention freedom of expression.  Up here in the Great White North in a little document called the 'Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms' in section 2(b) there is a provision that guarantees: "Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: ... (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication". 


So what's next.  I can think of numerous songs that if you picked apart the lyrics, you could find issues.  Not gonna list them though.... no need to make it easy on anyone.  If someone wants to do that I ain't going to help.


I guess the only thing I can do is this....

Oh, by the way..... Money For Nothing is number 91 on the iTunes top download charts.  Not too shabby for a 25 year old song.