Rolling Stone Magazine Not So Cool?

I smell a (creepy, corporate censor in a) suit. In my last post, I credited Rolling Stone Magazine for its "500 Greatest Songs Of All Time" issue (December 9, 2004). It seems as though the folks at TSHIRTHELL.com are much less impressed. They claim that the hipster mag that features gangsta rappas, scantily clad, teenage pop divas, liquor and cigarette ads insisted that three words be removed from their advertisement submission. The words? "offensive," "sick" and "THEY." TSH adamantly refused. RS can certainly reserve the right to censor or refuse ads, and TSHIRTHELL.com ware is designed to shake-up sensibilities, but RS can't legitimately play Michael K. Powell and Eminem at the same time. Here's the story: http://www.tshirthell.com/miscpages/rollingstone.htm

Curiously, another company, t-shirtsthatsuck.com (http://www.t-shirtsthatsuck.com/) got away with using the word "offensive" in its ad. Must be the context.