Dire Straits song banned in Canada for anti-gay slur

In 1985 this song was an international hit. I was 12 years old then and remember it well. In 1985 this song was everywhere, including MTV. In fact is was "Money for Nothing" that launched the network. It is great song with one hell of a guitar riff that has now been banned by our neighbors to the north.

From the Washington Times:

The Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing" was ruled by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council to be "extremely offensive" and thus inappropriate for airing on radio or television because it uses an anti-gay slur.

The decision against St. John's radio station CHOZ-FM in Newfoundland was released Wednesday. In it, the panel ruled that the word "faggot" "contravened the Human Rights Clauses" and its ethics code and is "no longer" permitted "even if entirely or marginally acceptable in earlier days."

What will be next, the censoring of Huckleberry Finn?

H/T: The Other McCain

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