Censorship Oddities?

[Koh]

For example, why is it okay to say ass and hole separately, but not okay to say asshole?

Because it has a different meaning. In this particular case, putting the two words together has a meaning which is commonly seen as an offensive insult, while separately they mean different things. The word "deadline" has a different meaning than "dead" and "line".

True, but dick, which is a synonym for asshole, isn't censored.  I'm generally anti-censorship, because if you really were offended by something that's featured in a TV program, all you'd have to do is change the channel and move on with your life, but if there's going to BE censorship, I just ask for some consistency, lol.