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Canadian sex

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Canadian sex

: Oxymoron? Apparently not.

I was driving up north yesterday, flipping through the dial, when I came upon a talk show on the University of Toronto station with a guy with the creepy voice of an exhibitionist — well, not that I’ve ever seen one or heard one, thank goodness, but I imagine this is what one sounds like — talking to a young woman on the phone about her sex life.

She uses the F word and there’s no bleep.

She then goes on to talk about being invited to a sex party. The host says he thinks that’s just wonderful. He thanks her for sharing. He asks his fellow hosts what they all think about this and they all think it’s wonderful.

And then, without an ounce of irony, he says that when the next station pledge time comes, he wants to offer a ticket to a sex party as a prize.

And this country had a problem with Howard Stern?

14 responses to “Canadian sex”

  1. Alasdair Robinson Avatar
    Alasdair Robinson

    Apparently you haven’t heard about the problems with CHOI-FM in Quebec…

  2. Angus Jung Avatar
    Angus Jung

    Why in the world would he have?

  3. Tom Avatar
    Tom

    Though I believe there isn’t FOX News in a lot of parts of Canada, so it’s kind of strange the way things word.

  4. Robert McClelland Avatar
    Robert McClelland

    And this country had a problem with Howard Stern?
    Sadly, Canada is infested with puritanical right whingers too.

  5. marc weisblott Avatar
    marc weisblott

    Here’s how it works in a nutshell: If nobody complains about the content, then there’s no contentious issue–and since there’s no basis upon which the station could be fined for wrongdoing (which is why CHOI-FM is being shut down entirely as punishment), there’s no witchhunting involved. If someone did take offense, they’re most likely appeased with a reply explaining the context (there was probably a disclaimer run before and during the program) … and the complainant would hafta be pretty steamed up (no pun intended) to take their grievance to another level. That’s more likely to pertain to content deemed offensive to minorities etc., not smutty stuff.

  6. Trump Avatar
    Trump

    Sadly, Canada is infested with puritanical right whingers too
    Too bad the Canadian issues with Howard Stern come from political correct left wing loonies. Once again, Robert McClelland is wrong, but keep trying little buckaroo, even a broken clock is right 2x a day so there’s hope for you yet!

  7. Robert McClelland Avatar
    Robert McClelland

    Too bad the Canadian issues with Howard Stern come from political correct left wing loonies.
    No they didn’t. The problems came from the puritanical right just as I said.

  8. Richard Bennett Avatar
    Richard Bennett

    No, Robert, the complaints against CHOI-FM came mainly from the leftist-feminist crowd complaining about homophobia, ablisim, and sexism.
    At least get your demons straight.

  9. jeremy in NYC Avatar
    jeremy in NYC

    Oh, please….Rahbert doesn’t do facts…..he’s a performance artist.

  10. Andy Avatar
    Andy

    I would imagine that Parliment would react IF they had 50,000 letters of complaint (using the 10:1 ratio) as did the US Congress over the Jackson Costume.
    Politics is politicians responding to the public outrage. Jackson and Stern have tweaked a response. Nay-saying does not remove the threat of an outraged public to wreak havoc on the party in power.
    Smug condescension does not make the outraged go away. It only encites and inflames them more.
    The Canadian electorate is a more domesticated beast than their American cousin. The American electorate is less predictable, less controllable, more excitable and much more passionate.

  11. Robert McClelland Avatar
    Robert McClelland

    the complaints against CHOI-FM
    I was talking about Stern.
    That’s a completely different topic.

  12. Richard Bennett Avatar
    Richard Bennett

    No, Robert, it’s not. Most of Stern’s critics are leftist-feminist, mainly objecting to homophobia, sexism, ablism, and racism; his menu is pretty much the same as CHOI-FM morning jock, that Filion guy.
    Get your demons straight.

  13. hey Avatar
    hey

    stern’s a jackass, and his schtick sucks on radio…
    his tv show is a bit better as they edit down, but then blur everything.. again a waste…
    but most of his opposition in canada came from left wing feminists opposed to his objectification of women
    in canada you can get government funding for feminist lesbian porn, get persecuted for being anti-left, but can do anything you want to the perceived right (not that I like the socons)
    it is illegal in canada to quote from the bible on the issue of homosexuality and gay marriage…
    people have been charged and convicted for buying and running ads that are simply biblical quotes… they’re not very nice people and have irrational fears, but canada has no free speech for the right or main-stream conservative judeo-christians… if you are “diverse” you can say whatever you want…
    its just lovely

  14. Robert McClelland Avatar
    Robert McClelland

    Richard, the CHOI-FM incident and the Howard Stern incidents are not the same and the complaints did not come from the same group of people. It was the puritanical right whingers who complained about Stern. Look it up.