Euphemisms

[solarbird]

Euphemisms being created: Racists devise new code word: "Canadian." Yes, really.

Euphemisms being ignored in favour of reality: the Asia Times writes about "US-style torture" spreading to Thailand.

Euphemisms as a business model: I thought the idea was dumb - cutting up movies to remove "offensive" content for Mormons and "social conservatives" - but I didn't see the harm, and if customers wanted their movies cut up like that and the proprietors weren't making bootleg copies, I figured, hey, leave 'em alone, what's the problem? I kinda had some sympathy for these guys. Oh, look, here's the problem: turns out that the "FlixClub" people doing this? They were also busy soliciting 14 year olds for sexual favours and filming them for kiddie pr0n. Bastards.

Comments

[oh6.livejournal.com]

I had actually heard of "Canadian" used as a code word for homosexuality on Sports Night, I think it was. Maybe it mutated into this.

[smeehrrr.livejournal.com]

You know, the thing that really pisses me off about this is that they're making it much more difficult to make fun of Canadians.

[solarbird]

Those fuckers ruin everything.