Sensitivity or stupidity?

**Goofball** · 08-31-2005, 17:53

Heard on the news this morning that some radio stations in Canada have pulled the song "New Orleans is Sinking" by The Tragically Hip from their playlists. I think this is pure crap. Not only is it an excellent song, but it's also about 15 years old and clearly is not about New Orleans literally being flooded.

I guess they should stop playing "Rock You Like a Hurricane" as well...

Idiocy...

**Ser Clegane** · 08-31-2005, 17:59

Originally Posted by Goofball

Heard on the news this morning that some radio stations in Canada have pulled the song "New Orleans is Sinking" by The Tragically Hip from their playlists. I think this is pure crap. Not only is it an excellent song, but it's also about 15 years old and clearly is not about New Orleans literally being flooded.

I guess they should stop playing "Rock You Like a Hurricane" as well...

Idiocy...

They did something similar here in Germany after the Tsunami when a song with the (translated) title "The perfect wave" was taken off air.

I would generally consider this to be excessive PC, however, I can understand that nobody wants to deal with potential accusations of being a completely insensitive klutz.

**PanzerJaeger** · 08-31-2005, 21:07

Its just not in good taste to play a song with that title while people are dying in New Orleans do to flooding.

You'll get your song back in a few weeks - Im sure youll survive without it. If not, buy the CD.

**Ronin** · 08-31-2005, 21:32

just dumb...

it´s like after 9/11 the new copies of the first offspring album don´t have the song "kill the president" on it....moronic PC idiots...*picks up his original copy and cranks the song up to 10*

**yesdachi** · 08-31-2005, 21:51

After 9/11 the Spiderman movie was edited to not have a twin towers scene.

The radio stations could just not play the song rather than making an announcement that they won’t be playing it. A little more tact and no one would have even noticed.

**Zalmoxis** · 09-01-2005, 03:58

And I thought Canadians had sense.

**bmolsson** · 09-01-2005, 04:17

Its a question of taste and respect. No reason to be offensive if you can avoid it.

**Strike For The South** · 09-01-2005, 04:25

Originally Posted by bmolsson

Its a question of taste and respect. No reason to be offensive if you can avoid it.

I dont have to type

**Proletariat** · 09-01-2005, 04:29

Since I laughed a little, it was probably tasteless. But, the song didn't kill anybody and making light of a situation doesn't hurt anyone except the emotionally labile, so I gotta go with BFD on this.

It's rude and crass and uncalled for but there's bigger fish to fry at the moment.

**Bartix** · 09-01-2005, 08:16

This always happen after catastrophe.

The example here mentioned may be less silly than some other

http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat...mber=293859584
after Twin Tower item, some banned songs:

AC/DC – "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Louis Armstrong – "What A Wonderful World"
The Beatles – "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
Rage Against The Machine – all songs

**GoreBag** · 09-01-2005, 08:30

I vote 'stupidity'.

**English assassin** · 09-01-2005, 09:35

Ask yourselves, is it possible that someone who has lost their home or a relative might be upset if they heard the song in the next few weeks? I guess yes, so its sensible not to play it.

Of course last time I looked Canada and New Orleans were a long way apart, but who knows where people have relatives these days.