> I don't understand the distinction you're making that truncating a song is not insulting to one's intelligence, but blanking out words is.

I'm not. I wasn't talking about truncation vs. blanking but rather the content they're removing or blanking out. Removing profanity from songs, either by truncation or blanking, is something I see as simply a radio station targeting a family audience, which is fine by me under the current conditions (namely that the uncut versions of these songs are still available via other venues). Removing violent lyrics -- again, either by truncation or by blanking -- is what I consider insulting, as this is apparently done under the misconception that people are so weak minded that hearing violent lyrics will cause them to be violent.