Censorship part II

So, I'm watching Chris Rock on Comedy Central. After a big long bleeping opus, I finally hear a "clean" word. All of the sudden "tossing salad" (yes that kind) comes out of my speakers...and interesting choice for censorship.

Private Censorship

Who needs government censorship when we have Wallmart. I'm not completely familiar with the parental advisory sticker, but if it is anything like the MPAA rating system, another self-imposed system, then it probably has certain criteria for the sticker. For example, if you have ever wondered what the difference between an R and a PG-13 movie is, I'll tell you. A PG-13 rating is limited to a particular number of cuss words in a movie and has no nudity. I believe 3 instances of the work fuck will get you an automatic R. In addition, it matters how the word fuck is used. "Fuck you!" is not as bad as saying "I want to fuck her." It all will depend on how many fucks and how you use them. If you don't believe me, I was witness to a conversation with the producers of a movie and they were trying to think of the instances of "Fuck" and trying to get it to 3 or less.

So, I'm sure the record industry has some similar criteria and wouldn't mind a little fucking every now and then. I'm tempted to comment on Wallmart being the biggest distributor of music in the country and the affect of their policy against stocking any album with a parental advisory sticker on it. Not to mention the hypocrisy of the policy when they still sell R movies and violent video games. Apparently it's ok to censor as long as it doesn't take much profits away from the company.

EDIT: I think it is hysterical that spell check wants to change "fuck" to "Fuji".

Are the NeoCons also Neo Isolationists?

I just wanted to say thank you for allowing me to exist. I say this since according to Ann Coulter last night on Fox News, said "Canadians should be thanking us (the United States) for allowing them to exist in the same continent that we do." So thank you again, perhaps more groveling is needed, I'll have to ask Ann. Apparently, Canada shouldn't protest Bush or US policy because they live under the protection of the US military, and they are just lucky the US hasn't taken us over yet. Ann tells us that Canada has no army and no way of protecting themselves. Perhaps, Canada should watch out, it won't be the first time the US has attacked a country with provocation (zing!).

My question is what do Conservatives want to happen? It seems that they want the world to do whatever the US says or else. The or else being something like they will stop policing the world and pull out US interest and money from any country that disagrees. It is almost this bizarre Isolationist strategy: we are protecting our interest and our interests only and to do that we need to interfere with the government and policies of every other country in the world.