We gotta install microwave ovens

[Dr. Zoidberg]

Custom kitchen deliver-ay-ay-ies!

[ian]

You stream your gaming on the twitch tv
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and your games for free

[ian]

Also it saddens me to hear the song played with the faggot lines removed and removing it from lyrics listings..

Mark Knopfler essentially refers to himself as a faggot from another persons perspective. How is that offensive?

[Dr. Zoidberg]

The song isn't about Knopfler, it's about Duran Duran. When Knopfler overheard two blue collar workers talking in an electronics store, it was a DD video that was playing on MTV.

See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy that's his own hair




Mark Knopfler looked like this:




No makeup, no earring and nobody is jealous of his hair.

[ian]

The song isn't about Knopfler, it's about Duran Duran. When Knopfler overheard two blue collar workers talking in an electronics store, it was a DD video that was playing on MTV.

He's essentially saying people who learned to play the guitar and drums on MTV are getting money for nothing from a third person prospective.. So musicians, thus himself... so how is the line offensive?

[Dr. Zoidberg]

But they are also calling them a derogatory term for a gay male, so some gay people would find it offensive and people that were bullied and called that wouldn't want to hear the word while listening to pop songs on the radio.

It wasn't a big deal in Australia because nobody used that term until the mid to late 90s when the internet started kicking in. If it had have been "See the little poofter with the earring and the makeup" it might have been different, although probably not that much.

[ian]

But they are also calling them a derogatory term for a gay male, so some gay people would find it offensive and people that were bullied and called that wouldn't want to hear the word while listening to pop songs on the radio.

It wasn't a big deal in Australia because nobody used that term until the mid to late 90s when the internet started kicking in. If it had have been "See the little poofter with the earring and the makeup" it might have been different, although probably not that much.

Even if poofter had been used, it still isn't offensive.

[ian]

And Monty python used Poofter in a sketch, one of the funniest sketches ever..

NO POOFTERS!!!

[Dr. Zoidberg]

NO POOFTERS!!!