Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 12:14 pm
Read here about Canadian censorship.
The comment? Here's an example ...
I once saw a stand-up comic do a bit about, "Have you ever had to fight a black guy at night w\ no lights around? It's unfair." Apparently, that dude would've gotten fined in Canada.
The Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council said it found "nothing redeeming in the allegedly comedic notion that an American president should be shot, still less that this would be easier to achieve because of the color of the president's skin. It was a disturbing, wounding, abusive racial comment".
The comment? Here's an example ...
The New Year's Eve "Bye Bye" comedy program -- shown by the French-language Radio Canada network -- generated more than 200 complaints. In one segment, two hosts discussed Obama's election in November 2008. Obama, who took office in January, is the first black U.S. president.
"We're not racists. It will be good to have a Negro in the White House. It will be practical. Black on white, it will be easier to shoot him," one of the show's hosts remarked.
I once saw a stand-up comic do a bit about, "Have you ever had to fight a black guy at night w\ no lights around? It's unfair." Apparently, that dude would've gotten fined in Canada.