Posted on 12/16/2008 11:47:50 AM PST by bloodmeridian
My son was playing on Nick Jr.'s Free Draw making a Christmas tree and when he went to write 'merry Christmas' The program would not allow him to type the word Christmas on his drawing. The error message was "Word Blocked" (also blocked where the words and phrases: Savior, Pope, Blessed virgin Mary, St. Nick, Hark the herald angels sing, Silent night, Away in the manger, no crib for his head, and even 'Obama is the AntiChrist', but I think it was because of the word Christ, not Obama, because I was able to write his name alone.)
I was able to type in muhammed, Hanukkah, Eid and Kwanzaa and anything pagan like Yule, Beltaine, Samhain etc. So it seems that only the Christian celebration of this season is unacceptable. I quickly sent emails to Nick Jr. and Viacom Inc. which owns the brand as well as TV Land, Paramount Pictures, CMT and many others.
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I personally CONFIRMED it. It’s 100% true!
Even the words “Jesus” and “Christ” are blocked!
This is bias and censorship of ENORMOUS proportions. What a travesty!
Oh yeah...forgot to mention....Xmas is just fine to use.
Yep, any word with “Christ” in it is blocked. I tried writing “Allah,” and that word was blocked as well.
Bizzaro. You are right. Did it myself.
I do note “Xmas” works.
Maybe try “Mohammmed sucks Diego’s. . .”
. . . sorry couldn’t resist.
Also, they allow “Stalin” but block “Hitler.” So if you’re a national-socialist totalitarian murderer you get banned, but a communist totalitarian murderer responsible for 20 million deaths that’s ok.
Someone ought to complain that their hispanic son named Jesus can’t sign his name to his card, haha.
I can’t post to photobucket from work, but it’s letting me type all sorts of stuff in it, and not blocking me. I’ll email you a screenshot if you want to post it - but I’ve got Merry Christmas, God and Jesus, The Pope. Let me know if you want to see it, but I’m not getting any blocked word message. Maybe it’s scared of my IP :)
I tried it too, after finding the site on my own.
Bible is blocked ... and God is blocked.
They also block Buddha and Allah.
Xtopher....
LOLOLOLOL!!!
Can't be censorship, only government agencies can censor.
What about Xenu?
I put a sarc tag on that “of course it is,” but it got stripped out.
“Someone ought to complain that their hispanic son named Jesus can’t sign his name to his card, haha.”
Christopher
Christine
Can’t either
Mohammed, however, can.
Bible is blocked...
but guess what isn’t?
Koran
So don’t use it and write to Nick Jr and tell them so.
Allah was blocked. Santa Claus was allowed.
Apparently Saddam Hussein wasn’t evil enough either. He’s allowed.
Poor little Xtopher can’t type his name to his card, but Saddam can type all the live long day.
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