Wednesday 16 October 2013

The Word With a Nerd Podcast – Episode Four is Live!

Get the episode here...

Just in case you choose to ignore the warning on the page, whilst I don't want to say it's an offensive episode but there is a somewhat deliberate usage of a word I personally have distaste for and don't use it at all in all but a very few select circumstances ... like how I used it in this episode.

I think I go into it more in the next episode but I'm a huge anti-censorship advocate, and I believe that ultimately nothing should be censored, especially speech. I also believe strongly in self-censorship,  no this isn't hypocrisy, in that I think the individual is perfectly entitled to refuse to watch something or say something that doesn't agree with their own sets of morals... I just more strongly believe that that person should never force others to abide by such strictures. And before someone takes me to task on this by implying that this means that laws against things physical violence, murder, rape, etc shouldn't exist, they are full of shit and should remove themselves if they believe that is the case (see the argument "If God doesn't exist, what's the stop me from raping and killing however I want?")

That being said I think this and next weeks episodes I'd highly encourage everyone to listen to if they are interested in the topics discussed as they are somewhat significant and we do try and create a good dialogue about it.

2 comments:

  1. "there is a somewhat deliberate usage of a word I personally have distaste for and don't use it at all in all but a very few select circumstances ... like how I used it in this episode."
    ...but "Tony Abbott" is two words?

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  2. That's a term I have distaste for... hmm maybe I use that as a replacement for other filthy disgusting terms, "What a bunch of Tony Abbotts!" ... it has potential

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