And he points out that it only takes one complaint to set such changes in motion.'When the decision is rendered in favour of the complainant, it's like: 'Wait a second, it's 34 million to one against?'' said Cross, the host of 'The Ongoing History of New Music' and the curator of exploremusic.com.'It's the perceived inconsistencies: 'Why can I watch 'Family Guy' at 7 o'clock and there doesn't seem to be a problem there. If you look to the origin of the word, it's disgusting.'Radio veteran Alan Cross says the issue isn't necessarily the song, but the inconsistency of the rules. Websites to pick up on the story) and prompted furious debate on Twitter, where 'Dire Straits' and 'CBSC' were both trending topics in Canada.Observers were divided over whether the decision was justified or, ultimately, all for nothin'.'I think it's extremely important to take these words out of lyrics in popular culture,' said Helen Kennedy, executive director of Egale Canada, an organization that promotes equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-identified people.'It perpetuates the stereotype, it's negative and it's offensive.

1 on the charts in Canada and the U.S. It won a Grammy, reached No. However, in the ensuing 26 years, it has become a word that has caused hurt and offence to a number of people.'The controversy over 'Money for Nothing' actually isn't new.The song was a massive hit upon its release in '85. I just went and edited it and I've never heard anybody complain about it being edited either.'The decision by the standards council comes a controversy continues to rage over a Montgomery, Ala., publisher that has issued a censored version of Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' The new edition replaces the word 'nigger' with 'slave.'Cross, meanwhile, says the 'Money for Nothing' decision isn't censorship so much as an example of a shift in what's considered acceptable language.'Maybe when it came to homosexuality, things were a little bit less enlightened (in 1985),' he said.'It was just an epithet that was thrown around and (people) didn't think too much of it. CHOZ-FM must announce the council's latest decision - which carries no monetary penalty - on air.The station would not comment on the decision Thursday, but non-compliance could conceivably have an impact on its next licence renewal.The standards council did not immediately return calls for comment.Brad Muir, director of operations for classic rock stations C103 in Moncton and FRED FM in Fredericton, says he wasn't 'all that surprised' by the ruling.His stations actually decided to edit 'Money for Nothing' about two years ago after a listener complained.'Whether the intent of the word is meant to be offensive or not, it doesn't really matter - it's how kids hear it nowadays,' he said in a telephone interview.'So it wasn't that big of a deal for me.

'That's one of the top testing songs, that's one of the primary songs that all classic-rock stations play, all the time.''I think it's kind one of those hot buttons. In fact, he suggests that its enduring popularity is part of the reason people on both sides of the issue are so upset.'That song is a staple in classic rock formats, absolutely,' he said. (But) the standards, the tolerance levels are a bit different in each city, town, province.'Muir says 'Money for Nothing' remains an essential for radio playlists. 'Most of us sit around and wait for the phone to ring and go, 'OK, when is someone going to hear that and who is going to complain about that?''Because we always want to play the music as it's recorded, that's what we feel we have an obligation to do.

And I think everybody might just be a little oversensitive.

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