Fear of naughty words
• Wearisome Bedfellows
Doug Ose fears he'd have to explain to his children what certain words mean. Words they'll learn the meaning of anyway and doubtlessly use. The naοve American craving for spurious purity will never end.
But if a group of U.S. congressmen have their way, those words will soon be illegal. A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives this month would outlaw the expression on TV and radio of seven well-known words, including the four-letter terms for defecation, urination, fornication and the female genitals, as well as compound words that imply one resembles an anus, performs fellatio or engages in maternal fornication.
Doug Saunders, The Globe and Mail: Wanna hear the F-word? Fuhgeddaboutit!