How come on TV I can Oh God with no censor. I can say dammit and no censor. But if I put them both together and say GodDammit one of the words will be censored?
How come on TV I can Oh God with no censor. I can say dammit and no censor. But if I put them both together and say GodDammit one of the words will be censored?
Because “goddamnit” is a blasphemy, and the vast majority of laws in the world were written by religious zealots of one stripe or another.
Not really logical, but that’s humanity for you.
I said laws in general, not TV censorship.
We’ve got plenty of issues in the US, but let’s not pretend the UK is a bastion of freedom in the world.
I can still wear a “From the River to the Sea” shirt in the US.