The ludicrous situation of censorship

There's nothing quite so irritating as censorship. Censorship has no place in a truly free society. Whilst we berate the Iraqis, North Koreans, Chinese and so on, we're just as bad in the West. How irritating is it to see car number plates pixelated out in the news? But even more irritating is the censorship of bad language in music. Why is it that I can hear the 'F' word on my TV after 9 in the evening, but I can't hear it on the radio at any time? Even on 'adult' radio stations such as Absolute mild expletives are replaced, silenced or even bleeped out. However, what is even more irritating in inconsistent application of the rules. Whilst watching the BBC's coverage of Glastonbury, I noticed that in Lily Allen's "Not Fair" ditty, that the lines "I lie here in the wet patch in the middle of the bed" and "I've spent ages giving head" were obliterated as usual. I'm not sure which of those words count as swear words, but that's a discussion for another day. Now, Ms Allen, being one of those creative types, went on to perform a different version of the this song from the one recorded on her "It's not me" album. This meant that she returned to the aforementioned lyrics, twice, and both times the lines were heard in full! I mean, come on, either you censor it, or you don't! Once again, I can see good use of the licence fee! NOT.