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context matters
Mar. 4th, 2006 01:07 amMy hypothetical neighbor has this little yippy, puff-ball dog he walks everyday. It's a shitzsu.
My other hypothetical neighbor has a mental disorder that manifests itself as an uncontrolable urge to play with dog poop. One day he was out in the yard, and he made a little model city completely out of dog poop. It included a minature zoological gardens, which, naturally, he called "the shit zoo".
The first story would be allowed to be told on American broadcast television without editing; the second would not. Because context matters.
My other hypothetical neighbor has a mental disorder that manifests itself as an uncontrolable urge to play with dog poop. One day he was out in the yard, and he made a little model city completely out of dog poop. It included a minature zoological gardens, which, naturally, he called "the shit zoo".
The first story would be allowed to be told on American broadcast television without editing; the second would not. Because context matters.
