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Old 11-30-2004, 05:03 PM   #1
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Default The words "God fearing" are deemed too offensive for ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE!
You've gotta read it to believe it.

Damn. That is just messed up. Who does the Rolling Stone fear? Would this actually offend their readers' sensibilities?

I'm shocked.
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Old 11-30-2004, 05:14 PM   #2
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It isn't the words "God fearing". It's "offensive", "sick" and "THEY". (Reminds me of Sesame street. "This episode was brought to you by the words...")
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Old 11-30-2004, 05:16 PM   #3
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Actually, having read the article, it doesn't say they had a problem with "God fearing".

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1. The word "Offensive" was deemed too "offensive".

2. They wanted us to remove the word "sick" in the phrase, "you believe only a sick person would buy our products".

3. They wanted us to remove the word "THEY" in the phrase, "See all the t-shirts THEY don't want you to see".
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"God fearing" wasn't the objectionable part.

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1. The word "Offensive" was deemed too "offensive".

2. They wanted us to remove the word "sick" in the phrase, "you believe only a sick person would buy our products".

3. They wanted us to remove the word "THEY" in the phrase, "See all the t-shirts THEY don't want you to see".
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:rolling:
I bet we all just spent the time reading the article then posted without refreshing the page!
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Old 11-30-2004, 05:38 PM   #6
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Yeah, okay...I misread. But still, what a bunch of wankers!
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Old 11-30-2004, 11:39 PM   #7
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Utter Toss Pots.
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Old 12-01-2004, 06:57 AM   #8
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Excuse me, please remove the word "utter" from that post. It's offensive!
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Old 12-01-2004, 08:12 AM   #9
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1. The word "Offensive" was deemed too "offensive".

2. They wanted us to remove the word "sick" in the phrase, "you believe only a sick person would buy our products".

3. They wanted us to remove the word "THEY" in the phrase, "See all the t-shirts THEY don't want you to see".
I am having trouble wrapping my mind around the fact that they found the above words offensive. The fact that they did is so fucking stupid that to try to encapsulate their degree of stupidity with mere words would be a fruitless endeavour.
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Excuse me, please remove the word "utter" from that post. It's offensive!
:rolling: You actually had me going for a millisecond reading that!
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