Fairytale of New York

[masterwig]

Whats all the uproar over a box of meatballs ?

I always took it to be referring to them.

A) they are Irish and fit with the artist
B) it's preceded by 'cheap, lousy' which is exactly what faggots are, shitty offcuts and offal.
C) it rhymes with maggot which is convenient

I don't for one second think Kirsty Maccoll is accusing Shane Magowan of homosexual tendancies.

Some people just like to be offended.

 

[7evens]

What homophobic slur

"You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy... [slur]"

We all know the line.

 

[Tanzeylee]

"You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy... [slur]"

We all know the line.

The Irish meaning of faggot is not the same as the American meaning

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

Crikey bobs it's a good job Pink Floyds "Waiting For The Worms" isn't a Christmas song, the lyrics would get a lot of knickers in a twist.

 

[urban genie]

"You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy... [slur]"

We all know the line.

We di9 and 99.9% 9r people would know it we know have have wrote it, confident they did in good faith.
Your lack of being able to writw the word shows you have a problem with the word both verbally and literally, bit also thay you.are and insult those possible offended by npt confronting th word

 

[7evens]

We di9 and 99.9% 9r people would know it we know have have wrote it, confident they did in good faith.
Your lack of being able to writw the word shows you have a problem with the word both verbally and literally, bit also thay you.are and insult those possible offended by npt confronting th word

Merry Christmas to you too, mate! Broken keyboard or a little too much tipple?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I always took it to be referring to them.

A) they are Irish and fit with the artist
B) it's preceded by 'cheap, lousy' which is exactly what faggots are, shitty offcuts and offal.
C) it rhymes with maggot which is convenient

I don't for one second think Kirsty Maccoll is accusing Shane Magowan of homosexual tendancies.

Some people just like to be offended.

They have a shit day if they can surf the net and find sod all about which to be offended - often on other people's behalf.

 

[7evens]

Where's this idea come from that we're only now having this debate because of social media when it's raged since at least the mid-1990s?

 

[aguero93:20]

"You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy... [slur]"

We all know the line.

The word is Faggot.

 

[Magicpole]

You can’t ban words because some **** will be offended. We would have no words left. I hate the term bad language, it’s just language. Some language may be innapropriate in certain gatherings, calling the priest a boring **** at mass, type of thing, but the fixation with demonising and sanitising spoken or written words, is a slippery road.

A slippery **** of a road.