I had a conversation with some friends about a week ago about how offensive Prince was seen to be in his day and how tame he looks now. So we are obviously more de-sensitised than we were (no shit), but also there are always going to be complaints about what is in good/bad taste.
To be fair I almost never see music videos and so do not know how bad they may have got.
In terms of language there are very few single words that I think are offensive - again much of this is down to a dictat of what is acceptable by society. "Cunt" is a word that many people find deeply offensive in modern day but (I believe) that is a relatively recent thing and it was not seen as being particularly rude.
Words designed to hurt are a different matter )whether they are to refer to people's race, creed, sexuality or physical ability/attributes) and I find these deeply offensive.
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Date: 2005-03-16 02:40 pm (UTC)To be fair I almost never see music videos and so do not know how bad they may have got.
In terms of language there are very few single words that I think are offensive - again much of this is down to a dictat of what is acceptable by society. "Cunt" is a word that many people find deeply offensive in modern day but (I believe) that is a relatively recent thing and it was not seen as being particularly rude.
Words designed to hurt are a different matter )whether they are to refer to people's race, creed, sexuality or physical ability/attributes) and I find these deeply offensive.