A Fundamental Difference Between the US and UK

[Arising_uk]

Famous Americans who want to be on the show because they can at last experience what freedom of speech on TV is actually like.

[bobevenson]

Please, BBC America censors "The Shining" on TV, and don't come up with your usual bullshit that it's not the BBC but its American affiliate, because if that were true, it would mark the BBC as the biggest whore on planet Earth!

[Hobbes' Choice]

In 1965, "Satisfaction" was a hit, giving the Rolling Stones their first number one in the US. In the UK, the song initially was played only on pirate radio stations because its lyrics were considered too sexually suggestive. -Wikipedia

If we are going to judge the difference on what happened 50 years ago. I think you are on a loser.

Vietnam; political assassinations; race riots; police shooting students; ....

Meanwhile thousands of teenagers in the USA were burning copies of Beatles' records and the KKK issued them death threats..

On an historical note.
I doubt the story is true. Or if true, banned for a very short time. I remember hearing the song played on TV on "Ready Steady Go!" and on "Five, Four, Three, Two, One".
And asked my Nanna what "Satisfaction" meant.
I remember rolling around on the pouffe, pretending to get no satisfaction from it, singing whilst I was doing it. I was five.

[bobevenson]

Ohhhhhh, did I hit a nerve?

[Hobbes' Choice]

Ohhhhhh, did I hit a nerve?

No you are wrong as always.

fact is that no network is under any obligation to play any tune.
The fact that it was on TV from day one simply refers to the fact that there was more than just the BBC.
ITV played it continuously

CBS used to ban lots of stuff too.

[Hobbes' Choice]

Please, BBC America censors "The Shining" on TV, and don't come up with your usual bullshit that it's not the BBC but its American affiliate, because if that were true, it would mark the BBC as the biggest whore on planet Earth!

The BBC America is run by Americans. The clue is in the title.
No one is under any obligation to play anything.

[Hobbes' Choice]

What juxtaposition, you limeys talking about famous Americans being interviewed by an obscure British interviewer!

At least we are allowed to say "cock" and "fuck" on TV; words banned by your own networks.

Here's something no network on the US would touch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85R8O9COLqo

[Hobbes' Choice]

Here's one more for Bob.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO0bN7gtWOE

[Arising_uk]

Please, BBC America censors "The Shining" on TV, and don't come up with your usual bullshit that it's not the BBC but its American affiliate, because if that were true, it would mark the BBC as the biggest whore on planet Earth!

Er!? It's not bullshit and I have no idea why you think this makes them 'whores'.

By the by, you're talking a lot about whores lately, whats up? Can't afford them anymore?

[FlashDangerpants]

Bob hasn't had a whore in ages, you can't climb into the back of a mobility scooter with a hooker.

[bobevenson]

Please, BBC America censors "The Shining" on TV, and don't come up with your usual bullshit that it's not the BBC but its American affiliate, because if that were true, it would mark the BBC as the biggest whore on planet Earth!

The BBC America is run by Americans. The clue is in the title.
No one is under any obligation to play anything.

The BBC doesn't give a fuck how its name is used, huh?

[Lacewing]

Please, the mod has a bad British habit of deleting threads.

Mostly just your threads.

Please, stop embarrassing the rest of us Americans on this forum, Bob, and go find yourself another forum who gives a crap about your nonsense... ideally one for Delusional Nutjobs Ravished by Satan so that you'll fit right in and stay there, away from the broader public.

[Arising_uk]

The BBC doesn't give a fuck how its name is used, huh?

Not when it's got America tacked on to it no. Although I bet they find the irony funny.

[Hobbes' Choice]

Please, the mod has a bad British habit of deleting threads.

Rather an amusing comment as are most of Bob's ravings.

I declare this Forum to be the least censored moderated forum on the planet.

Challenge it, if you like. Prove me wrong. Find yourself an American forum that has not already banned you Boob! Show us the Forums from the USA where the moderators are less free handed.

No- can't ???

[bobevenson]

Let's just say it's a bad habit for any mod on Earth.