Shut the frak up, BSG
March 3rd, 2008 | by z3rb |Okay, as much as I love you, BSG, stop it with the fucking use of “frak”. If you’re going to say “fuck”, why not just say “fuck”? I know what you’re implying, so just say it. I won’t be offended, I promise.
Rawr.
Also, Turisas + Alestorm + Norther tomorrow with Murray and Peter, really can’t wait <3
3 Responses to “Shut the frak up, BSG”
By Jeremy Banks on Mar 24, 2008 | Reply
’cause the FCC are stupid.
Or something.
By Mick on Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
No, it’s because the show is broadcast on national television and you can’t say “Fuck”, “Shit”, “Asshole”, etc etc on TV. To do so would cost the production company money in fines.
So BSG writers get around it by using another word that is not a recognized expletive, but can be recognized as such.
Personally I think it’s a quite clever way to make a point: “Four letter words” only have the meaning you put into them. But how do you regulate them? You can’t, because eventually another expletive word will come around to replace it. If the meaning is the same, how can one be obscene?
“Fornicate off”
“You fornicating bastard!”
“Abso-fornicating-lutely”
“Did you SEE that excrement? That was fornicating wild!!”
“Oh Fornicate! My mom caught me wearing her underwear again. I’m in deep excrement…”
By z3rb on Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
I know that, Mick, but I fail to see the point. If you’re going to say “frak”, which obviously means “fuck”, you might as well say “fuck”. It’s not like frak should offend anyone less than fuck. And frankly, if people are offended by swear words in the context of a TV show they should get a grip anyway.