Okay, I can understand bowdlerizing words like f**k and sh-t and j@k$%m*ckled… but as the son of a Dick (as in “short for Richard”), I’m a little narked at what seems to be going on in this screenshot of the iTunes podcast directory:
I’m not sure if this silliness is happening at Apple’s end, but the Chronicle’s RSS feed happily uses the D-word without any apparent fear of causing offence.
During the unlamented Mulroney years, the chin seated Paul Dick and Gerry Weiner side by side. As the clerk called out the names for roll call votes, I was always pretty sure that the whole chamber was stiffling a laugh (“… Mr. Weiner… Mr. Dick…”).
I wonder if the software in question would filter Hansard.
Hmm. Maybe Peter Newman’s book will shed a little more light on Mulroo’s motivations…
Some honourable members: Oh oh.