If Radio 1 do play that wretched song.....

Perhaps you'd like to expand on your definition of 'good guidance'. Then the collective wisdom of this forum, at least, can give its opinion on the appropriateness or otherwise of what that definition is.

I think those of us who are criticising censorship do "get it", completely.

Twitter is a useful tool for pertinent articles. Saves a lot of digging.

I think the most basic kind of good guidance you can give to children and young people is to teach them to respect the feelings of others and to not inflict unnecessary pain. I would teach them that kindness is important.

J08 I get it.

I think children should be guided to understand that political censorship is unhealthy.

I hope the the "collective wisdom of this forum" is n' t going to be Micelf and Bags.

Oh, and nanaej.

If only a certain recently deceased politician had been so guided!

Censorship is not respectful or kind.

Which is most important to you, political correctness or the way our young people act towards one another in the future.

What kind of a society do you really want in the future?

That comment is offensive. And you know it.

No one, as you very well know is inflicting unnecessary pain on a pair of 59 year olds who have an interesting past and who were not punctilious in visiting their mother.

What children need to be guided in is due courtesy, and far more importantly, using their minds to think for themselves using the evidence and not being swayed by uninformed prejudice.

I don't care what the collective wisdom is, here or anywhere else. The collective wisdom has been shown to be wrong over and over again.

Remember, the average age of the audience on Sunday will probably be around fourteen.

I think what you want is the politically correct thing, jings. I and others are arguing for freedom of expression whether or not what is expressed is politically correct.

I agree with almost all the comments about the song. Margaret was a hard headed , strong woman, but i would never call her a wicked witch!

And why do you define an objection to censorship as 'political correctness'?

And why do think that 14 year olds are incapable of thought or discrimination?

Neither would I, liminetta, but that's beside the point. Some people do want to sing a song that contains those words, knowing that it will be associated with Thatcher. And what's more, they will, regardless of the censorship, proving that this censorship is as useless as it is wrong and stupid.

I think Lord Hall is desperately trying to be politically correct.

And you still haven't explained why you think why the Beeb should censor a song.

Might as well play it, it's been all over the news bulletins so we have all heard it! ( or has that been said before, not paying attention, feeling poorly..... aaaaahhhh)

I think 'political correctness' is a construct of the political right of centre created in an attempt to ridicule attitudes and ideas they did not agree with. Many of the crazy stories that made headlines were proven to be incorrect (e.g the alleged banning of singing Baa Baa Black Sheep etc). A bit like the H&S myths!

You seem to have contradicted yourself, jings. One of your comments suggests that the argument against censoring the song is trying to be politically correct, and another suggests that you think the Director of the BBC is trying to be politically correct.

I think he should stop trying to please people (whoever) and have the guts to simply do the right thing. He must know that censorship in a free society is poisonous.

I have made my views quite clear on the song being broadcast but I do not think the choice of the song is any way innocuous and it is ridiculous for anybody to try and argue it is only a fun, harmless way of expressing feelings for a woman who has just died.

Why, because these are some of the lyrics and it is obvious why it was chosen. It is a sad day for our society when this is how we will be remembered as a nation.

Ding Dong the whitch is dead. The witch is dead. The Wicked old Witch is dead..

She's gone to where the goblins go. Below Below Below.

Yo ho let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.

As coroner I must ever, I thoroughly examined her.

Yes let joyous news be spread, the Wicked Old Witch AT LAST IS DEAD.

Sigh! I'm saying that political correctness is being put above any sense of common decency.

Micelf I say what I want to say, not what others demand me to say.

It's back to my previous comment about worshipping false Gods.You are giving your own perceived "rights" more importance than the feelings of others, and the well being of young people.