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Post by Best First » Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:03 am

Brendocon wrote:Yeah, because Madonna's never done anything controversial at all... :oops:
meh, unless you are rather reactionary then i don't really think she has.
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Post by Brendocon » Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:08 am

Am I reactionary? I don't find her swearing at all offensive, I was just inferring that it's quite tame when compared to some of her previous exploits. Dropping an F on pre-watershed live television was never something I'd have considered beneath her.

The tit from Razorlight probably only did it to try and be controversial and edgy. It annoys the hell out of me when bands try to get famous by being arrogant ***** when their music could probably do it for them. It's like Gay Dad all over again.
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Post by Best First » Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:59 am

Brendocon wrote:Am I reactionary?
not at all, just meant in general. People liek madge are only controversial to daily mail ****s and salf appointed moral guardians.

hmm:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g8/story/0,13 ... 93,00.html
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Post by spiderfrommars » Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:46 pm

This gets on my tits:

http://nme.com/news/112896.htm

Some people need to sort out their priorities.

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Post by Brendocon » Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:57 pm

400 out of how many millions? That technically qualifies as lunatic fringe, doesn't it? And by that token we can have them all burned alive?
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:11 pm

supposedly, 8 out of 10 ppl around the world watched it? (I find that hard to belive) and so if only 400 ppl got upset, perhaps the [composite word including 'f*ck'] should be allowed before the watershed as it obviously doesnt bother anyone...
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Post by snarl » Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:40 pm

I found this:

"With British-German relations at an all-time low after the failed EU budget summit"

in the guardian story worth a chuckle - what about the 2 ****** wars chaps!
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