Rod Liddle bemoans the embourgeoisement of football. He says that we have gone too far in banning foul language and other bad behaviour from our foot ball grounds. Furthermore, he seems to be of the view that laws are not what changes behaviour; it is evolution of society. I am not sure whether the kind of culture we have where certain words and phrases are taboo would have come about without the law. He does have a point as to the limits; how far is far enough?
In another part of the same newspaper, Jeremy Clarkson raises similar points. He points out that whatever is said on TV could potentially offend some organisation who has a “website and a spokesperson”. He points out that having banned the f-word, the n-word and the like perhaps we should stop. He is particularly concerned at the practices and policies of the BBC where a ‘compliance’ procedure has been developed to make sure that none of its employees says anything which could possibly offend anyone. What will happen to challenging programmes and comedy, I wonder!
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Submitted by karamat on Sun, 2009-01-04 21:53.