Critics: Shatner sitcom puts &$*# in our minds

Or is it it *(#*)%?

May 21, 2010 at 3:28PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

By all means, yes, this will work:

This is almost a metaphysical conundrum, like South Park showing Santa and claiming that it's really Mohammed in a suit. You have to imagine the thing that's taboo in your own head. Is the PTC contending that people will be forced to imagine naughty words of all sorts, and run them through the template to see which one fits?

"Any luck, son?"

"No, dad, but I'm up to 'dadgum it all to jingo."

"Well, tell me if you get a match."

I'm not one of those people who believe the nets should be able to work blue 24/7; save that for the pay channels. But we're talking about a sequence of unpronounceable characters, and if that's offensive, then you'd better put a strip of tape over the numbers on your computers, because if you think "SHIFT" and look at them, it's like an Eddie Murphy routine up there. Dayem!

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