i have a colloquialism question for americans

[bassman]

What channel do you watch that censors GD but not sh*thead? I strongly doubt the FCC would find the latter acceptable. As a matter of fact, the FCC has generally ruled that GD is not legally profane, but frequently finds variations of sh*t to be legally indecent. It may only be after a certain hour of the evening, but sh*t is commonly used on television now. Hell....I remember South Park having an entire episode that counted how many times the word was used. This was around the time the ratings board finally let up on the restrictions. Maybe 5 or so years ago? That's allowed, but they bleep out the "God" portion of GD, from what i've seen. Such as? Substantive criticism of religion is not censored, just casual profanity. I'm not aware of any profanities in current usage that refer to specific other religions. If anything, gratuitous insults against other religions are less tolerated than gratuitous insults against Christianity. Compare controversy over the depiction of Jesus Christ on South Park (practically none) to controversy over the depiction of Mohammed on South Park (hugely controversial, and censored by Comedy Central). I can't think of any direct references off the top of my head, but I know i've seen many a joke at the expense of other religions, while anything related to christianity gets more of a censor.