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From: elf@utcsrgv.UUCP (Eugene Fiume)
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Subject: Re: MTV Censorship
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Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 15:00:02 EST
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> So what's the point? If the black groups couldn't get MTV to change their
> minds, neither can the gay groups. I don't think it really matters if MTV
> plays it or not. I doubt an audience that likes to see women in bondage
> would like to see gays portrayed as "regular" human beings. Now, if the
> video were filled with "fag bashing" ...
> 
> _________________________Bert S.F. Lo (lo@harvard.ARPA)_________________________

Wellllll, Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy" is concerned with "fag bashing"
to some degree.  By the way, is it true that the Eurythmics' "Sex Crime"
has been pulled from many U.S. radio stations?  Apparently, many swift-minded
radio programmers have completely misunderstood the lyrics.

Eugene Fiume
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