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Originally posted by ScousePete
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's television watchdog banned a supermarket chain on Monday from using the word "faggot" in a commercial, referring to a traditional British dish.

Somerfield's ad featured a husband complaining about his wife's repetitive cooking.

When she told him it was Friday so he was getting his usual faggots, a traditional dish of meatballs in gravy, he said: "I've nothing against faggots, I just don't fancy them."

"Three listeners were offended, as they believed the husband's response alluded to homosexuals, faggots being a derogatory term for them," said media watchdog Ofcom.

But Somerfield denied Ofcom's charge. "Faggots were chosen to demonstrate the idea because they are commonly perceived as an outdated and slightly comical product, not because of any allusions to homosexuality," it said.

But Ofcom ruled that the term was "highly derogatory" and banned the advert from being broadcast again.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...tain_faggot_dc

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Originally posted by Lothianlad
Radio Scotland it said he may well lose his licence with the Scottish Tourist Board..I hope he will with the kind of language he used.

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Originally posted by Lothianlad
Why are people so obsessed?

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Originally posted by manc1976
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So one minute you're saying it's a good thing people not be allowed to be homophobic, then they are obsessed if they try to rid the world of prejudice and what not.

Where do you stand?

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Originally posted by doctor scrumpy
So a man is not allowed to practise his religion in the privacy of his own house then ? Since when did those rights end in a democracy ?

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