Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!elf From: elf@utcsrgv.UUCP (Eugene Fiume) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: MTV Censorship Message-ID: <601@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 15:00:02 EST Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.601 Posted: Tue Dec 18 15:00:02 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Dec-84 15:42:39 EST References: <2639@dartvax.UUCP> <217@harvard.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 18 [] > 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 {decvax|allegra}!utcsrgv!elf