600,000 Send Letter To NBC: Stop The Anti-Christian Bigotry.

[madmusic]

"Thus far 614,553 individuals have sent an email to NBC asking them not to show Madonna's mocking of the crucifixion of Christ and to stop censoring Bible verses from Veggie Tales."

Maybe http://www.mediacoalition.org/reports/wildmon.html">Donald E. Wildmon's American Family Association ActionAlert really did result in 600,00 emails. If so, it would sure be fun to have that email list!

[mondo joe]

1. Talking vegetables are blasphemous.

If God wanted carrots to talk he'd have given them mouths.

[shain from kane]

8. Brussels sprouts and turnips talk back to me. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

14. This is true, although it's the nuts you have to really look out for.

They can be downright evil.

[knitter4democracy]

19. If you like to talk to tomatoes, if a squash can make you smile...

If you like to waltz with potatoes up and down the produce aisle . . . Have we got a show for you! Veggie Tales, Veggie Tales, Veggie Tales . . .

We like Veggie Tales in our house, but I didn't even know they were on Saturday am television. I'm sure my kids didn't, either. Why watch them there when there are ads on to try to get my kids to want everything they're selling when I can get the DVD and watch ad-free?

[mondo joe]

28. Tomatoes aren't even a vegetable. More blasphemy!

They're a FRUIT!

[knitter4democracy]

40. So's the cucumber.

Larry's pretty fruity, too . . . ;)

[Blue Gardener]

2. They have remote controls

Maybe they should learn how to use them. If they stick to the fundie channels on cable then maybe they'll be happy.

[Parche]

3. krishtuns

They are a bunch of hippokrits............

[KurtNYC]

4. so censor Madonna and un-censor (if that IS the case) veggie tales

There is no integrity without consistency.

[valerief]

5. Well, the boys in prison have to spend their time doing something,

don't they? Why not write fundy letters and get paid a fundy stipend?

I certainly don't believe 600,000 real people wrote NBC. There aren't that many fundies that know how to… Oh, I'll be nice.

[ForFuxakes]

6. I guess i missed the

Madonna thing...to what are they referring?:hide:

[madmusic]

23. Madonna Clarifies Crucifixion

by Natalie Finn
Sep 21, 2006, 8:30 PM PT

As Tori Amos once asked, "Why do we crucify ourselves?"

Well, Madonna, for one, does not do it for spectacle. Nor does she strike the pose because she's suffering from a "spiritual crisis," as multiple religious figures have suggested since she started suspending herself from a cross while onstage this year.

http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,20073,00.html?rsslatest

[Lars39]

7. Why do they care?Romans12:2 And be not conformed to this world...

[earth mom]

9. Sounds just like the so called "War on Christmas"

Why in the hell can't these people shut up?! The last thing they are is persecuted. :eyes:

[texasleo]

10. Maybe they should burn things

[Robbien]

11. The Family ActionAlert is very power thing

It is the reason why the far right is able to influence most media outlets. For over ten years the crazy christian conservatives have put a lot of time and money into their keyboard attack machine.

[madmusic]

26. And got FCC fines kicked up 10 fold. n/t

[Generic Other]

12. What the heck are Veggie Tales?

Are these people mentally disabled? Because I can find no other explanation for the fact that these concerns were the spark that lit a fire under a half a million people who took the time to express their anguish and pain by email. Beyond normal belief.

The deaths of thousands of American soldiers and Iraqi citizens barely register in their Happy Meal brains...The utter moral decay and corruption to be found in the halls of government make no impression in the wet cement that's their brains...The permanent disenfranchisement of the American voter due to illegal vote tampering is a fact that sinks to the bottom of their brains without ever coming up for air...That e-coli between their ears...Holy Mother of Turnipheads!!

[Lurking Dem]

13. Christian based cartoon

Very popular here where I live. Because the kids going to church on Sunday morning, Monday night Bible study, Wednesday night services, and Friday evening to avoid secular weekend activities just isn't enough.

[tigereye]

15. Veggie tales are pretty mild and quite funny

it seems to be the only "Christian" cartoon with a sense of humor and some wicked song parodies. I've watched them with my kid (we aren't particularly religious and are quite sensitive/wary of proselytizing in any form) and they are actually kind of cute.


As far as Madonna goes, I do find it odd that her hanging on the crucifix is ok, and Veggie Tales comments about Jesus are not. And I'm about as far from a RW wacko as you can get.

[Generic Other]

18. Not being a viewer, I'd guess NBC is appealing to a larger demographic

than brain-damaged fundies who do not make up the majority of the viewing audience howevermuch they wish to think the world revolves around them.

But more to the point, it's their stupid focus on brain dead issues that really merits my scorn and ridicule.

[tigereye]

34. oh, yeah, I agree fully

but there is kind of an odd contrast between what they will allow and what they won't and who knows who makes that decision and why.

I think it might be that I'm sick of Madonna's attention grabs - their satiric or social commentary nature tend to be obscured by her need to shock and for attention.

I'd actually rather see Bob the Tomato than her, he's funnier.

[madmusic]

29. Is "Veggie Tales" really censored?

Just asking and wonder what was cut.

[tigereye]

33. I read that they planned to delete the part where Bob the Tomato

says that god loves you very much, etc. etc. I think he usually said that at the end.

[knitter4democracy]

41. He always says, "And remember:

God made you, and He loves you very much."

I can see why it was cut off. I don't know why anyone's upset, though.

[knitter4democracy]

21. Here's their site.

http://www.bigidea.com/

They're pretty funny, actually. The silly songs are the best. We like them and watch those and 3-2-1 Penguins, too. I wouldn't watch them on tv, though, what with all the ads trying to brainwash my kids.

[MrCoffee]

16. So did any of you write to ABC about Path?

Just wondering...

[porphyrian]

17. Out of 300 million American citizens, who gives a shit? - n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

20. 600,000 individuls, eh?

600,000 individuals who happen to be complaining about two completely different things?

Yeah, and I'm Mary Queen of Scots.

[Coventina]

22. Any so-called "Christian" who complains about Madonna's cross thing

obviously didn't see it.

If they had, they would have seen that it was a very thoughtful, respectful part of the show dealing with sacrifice and suffering for those who are sick, poor, and helpless. The whole thing ended with a scripture. It was very moving.

Madonna knows more about Christ and Christianity than these morans do.

[JackBeck]

27. Yup. My thoughts exactly.

If you have seen the performance, you'd realize that she's drawing attention to the millions of children who are either born with HIV, or have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS. You'd think that these Christians, who claim to always be thinking in a child's best interest, would be spending more time signing petitions, or calling upon their government to do something about these beautiful children who don't have the resources they need in order to cope with their lot in life.

600,000+ hypocrites and counting...

[SalmonChantedEvening]

24. Pfff ... just another 'focus group' and we all know

He don't heed no groups with all that focus.

[eagler]

25. Christians are easy targets. Polk fun at Islam

and see what happens.

[madmusic]

30. Many Democrats are Christians.

Many here, in fact. It's the censorship and attempt to control everyone's mind that is the issue.

[dogfacedboy]

35. The City of Chicago is predominantly Catholic and Democrat.

And by predominantly, I mean the 75% or higher range. The vast majority of far-right Christians reside in the outlying areas. Until all this hubub about right-wing evangelicals made it to the news, I never knew there was such a thing. Everyone I grew up around who had religion was a Liberal Catholic or Jew.

[mondo joe]

32. I thought the point was that Islam was in the wrong on free speech.

Are you suggesting Christianity be more like that?

[dogfacedboy]

36. Don't know enough about it to poke fun--yet. n/t

[JackBeck]

31. How is Madonna being blasphemous?

Jesus wasn't the only one who was ever crucified.

[Atman]

37. 655,000 Iraqis can't send e-mails to anyone, thanks to W.

.

[symbolman]

38. Takebackthemedia.com

demands that they Crucify Bob the Tomatoe and stop censoring our favorite blond vegetable... :)

Talking Vegetables for CHRIST? THe only time vegetables should talk is when you've eaten the mushrooms that didn't come from the store ...

[SpreadItAround]

39. Help us, we're oppressed!

We control all three branches of government and enjoy tax-free status, won't someone think of the Christians?