Wednesday, October 11, 2006

"Ass?" Allowed or ‘beeped’ - is it a swear word?

Wednesday October 11, National Nine News Sydney.

Story 1 – the flag burner has been asked to carry the flag on Anzac day. One of the ‘vox pops’ said, “Someone will kick his ass all the way up the hill”.

Story 2 – drunk Bondi resident smashes car windscreens. One of the ‘vox pops’ said, “I’d like to kick his a**”.

The word ‘ass’ in the first story was allowed to be said and not ‘beeped’ where the word ‘ass’ was ‘beeped’ in the second story.

What do you think, is ass still a swear word or should it be ‘beeped’ out on the news?

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