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Blazing Saddles – To ruin a western town, a corrupt political boss appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
A classic comedy from the early 70’s that spawned so many catchphrases that er still in place today. Very politically incorrect to today’s standards, but a gem nonetheless. We’re pretty equal in our opinions this week, and neither of us really wanted to say the N-word, although it’s in the movie plenty of times.
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November 18, 2012 @ 2:46 am
Ah, censorship… you got me. Okay, if you want an example of why you should not fear the “N” word, try this on for size. Although words should be used appropriately, and not replaced with idiotic slang, words do not have inherent meaning or magical powers. The meaning of a word is the missing part of its contexts. (A famous rhetorician said that.) So people who are afraid to utter the “N” word in an academic, thoughtful and non-hurtful way (or people who are afraid to leave posts in this vein on their websites) are the same people who are afraid to utter the name “Jehovah” because apparently that god likes to punish anybody with the audacity to say his name out loud—totally reasonable, right? These are the timid atheists who are afraid to admit out loud that they think there is no god because, on the infinitely tiny chance they may be wrong, they will get smited. These are the supposed journalists who report that Ann Coulter called the President ‘the “R” word’ instead of saying “retard” because they are afraid to report events as they actually happened, even though nobody calls people with mental handicaps “retards” these days, so where is the stigma? Is the word “special” (because of that Special Olympian) going to be the next one that people get huffy about, because “retard” came from the scientifically accurate use of “retarded” to explain at the time of the term’s coinage what was known about the mental development of these unfortunate people? I guess the lesson here is to never abbreviate anything.
I’m not bitter about being censored. Drew owns this website. The master (or “massa” or “M” word) can censor a dumb ole darkie like me if he wants to. My words have become his property, his chattle. He can “R” word (the other “R” word) the “A” hole of my thoughts down behind the wood pile. And yes, in case my name rings a bell: I’m the guy who thinks Nick Starr is a douche for faking his suicide to get attention. And I think he is a major douche for broadcasting it to get all the attention possible. When I was suicidal I quietly committed myself. I didn’t pull a publicity stunt. Nick banked on the magical powers of “suicide” (the “S” word?) for his own gain. Instead of sparing the feelings of people who may care about him, he exploited them. He made “suicide” a word with an agenda, the equivalent of the “N” word being laden with agendas of hatred and fear. Just like how some people openly use the “N” word in friendship and comraderie within their own clique, but still know how to slap an agenda onto this mystical word for their own gain in contexts they litigiously decide could “make them some money” (I meant to say, “hurt their feelings”). Gimme gimme gimme retributions for events that happened centuries before my time.
I guess I overestimated the D&D brand and its subsidiaries. I should have paid more attention to the “never profound” tag. Then again, “always profane” is in the same breath. Profane without offending anybody…. or is that an oxymoron, or a smart business strategy considering the difficulties involved in maintaining a public presence?
By the way: “Where all the white women at?” No offensive words in that sentence, but it was uttered by Bart with the express intention to offend. His context was offensive, not his words. So, which of those words should we outlaw now? 50% of those words begin with W, so let’s just say there is a “W” word that we cannot utter—or is that censorship based on alliteration, meaning we should never utter the “A” word (the other “A” word) again? Shit, I’m confused. Too bad my thoughts here are more likely to be erased than addressed…. shit, is that another “A” word?