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06-10-2011, 01:47 AM
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“There are rules you must respect,” say French officials about a new restrictive ban on the words “Facebook” and “Twitter” in French media.
The ban announced by France’s audiovisual authority aims to stop “clandestine advertising” of the two American social media giants, and is the latest in a long history of attempts to regulate images and words ranging from “e-mail” to Coke in La Republique.
Forbidden in France: the words 'Twitter' and 'Facebook' - CSMonitor.com |
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06-10-2011, 01:53 AM
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Silly frenchies, so terrified of having their language 'corrupted.' I wonder if they've banned the term google yet?
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06-10-2011, 01:54 AM
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Now there's a country that knows the value of protecting and preserving its culture and language instead of bastardizing them in the name of diversity.
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06-10-2011, 02:19 AM
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Location: California
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Originally Posted by hammertime33
Now there's a country that knows the value of protecting and preserving its culture and language instead of bastardizing them in the name of diversity.
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They do protect their culture, including food and wine. |
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06-10-2011, 05:00 AM
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Location: NJ
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Banning words?
Where'd they get that idea?
Love to see a list of countries ranked as to which one has the most politically and legally banned words. Maybe we can be #1 ?
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06-10-2011, 06:40 AM
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Location: Philaburbia
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They'll only be "banned" until the language academy comes up with a more French way to say them.
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06-10-2011, 06:44 AM
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You kids knock it off and eat your freedom fries.
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06-10-2011, 06:48 AM
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Nice to see some kind of resistance to marketing. I find it very disturbing how many of my friends freely repeat ads and jingles and "like" products on facebook, even though no one is paying them to do so.
It's bad enough that we get so much manipulative advertising from the companies themselves, without having it constantly rebroadcast by the general public, or in this case, by reporters.
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06-10-2011, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by j_cat
Nice to see some kind of resistance to marketing. I find it very disturbing how many of my friends freely repeat ads and jingles and "like" products on facebook, even though no one is paying them to do so.
It's bad enough that we get so much manipulative advertising from the companies themselves, without having it constantly rebroadcast by the general public, or in this case, by reporters.
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We must agree. The state knows best when it come to acceptable speech.
And because of your dedication to the party comrade,I'm recommending you for an apartment with it's own bathroom when one becomes available. |
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06-10-2011, 06:59 AM
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Location: Austin
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Originally Posted by hammertime33
Now there's a country that knows the value of protecting and preserving its culture and language instead of bastardizing them in the name of diversity.
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I guess you like to have a big powerful government telling you how to live your life... telling you what words you can use.
Most of us don't. We value freedom of speech. |
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