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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Pandy, see Mr. Jazzy’s post #79. That’s why I think we all shouldn’t complain. Let’s not say anything about it. Maybe the programmer is a conservative. ;-)
That's interesting. I wonder if it is blocked if you spell it correctly? 'Buddha' FWIW the Buddha is not a "god." By his own words "I am just a man."
I just tried “Merry Christmas”, and I got, “Sorry, word blocked.” But it accepted “Happy Kwanzaa.” What are you doing differently?
I wouldn’t have any reason to watch Nickelodeon but if they support the Glowbull Warming/Climate Should Never Change garbage that’s reason enough to block the channel.
I’m at this URL:
http://www.nickjr.com/playtime/cats/games/all_games/nickjr_freedraw.jhtml?=
I just typed in Merry Christmas, clicked on the screen again and typed Happy Kwanzaa, and no blocks. I don’t know what I’m doing differently. It’ll probably act differently once I get away from my work system and try it at home.
My kids had me try a few other words, and it appears Harry Potter and Star Wars are blocked, too. Go figure.
I followed your link and tried it again, and Merry Christmas was blocked for me again. Let us know what happens from your home computer.
If someone is really determined, they can just split banned words into two or more unrecognizable parts creating text in different places on the screen and then click the move option and slide the boxes together to make one word. :)
Do you remember that horrid English brat blaming adults for global warming? I can’t find the darn thing.
Nickelodeon disappeared from our TV when I discovered they were MTV junior.
I'll be registering my complaint.
I tried it in Firefox and Internet Explorer. “Christmas” is blocked.
No I don’t remember him. I don’t have kids (you know that) and I don’t watch kiddie shows. I can barely stand to watch History, Discovery or Nat. Geographic when they have a show on an interesting subject because of their blatant leftist propaganda. If I had my way the producers, directors, actors and “scientists” who blather their lefty BS on those supposedly scientific channels would be slathered in bacon grease and dropped on an ice floe in the middle of polar bear territory.
I can agree with that. However I linked you to that brat. He was so nasty & awful. That video has to be somewhere & I plan to somehow find it.
Wow; Thanks for the news, I just tried it out for myself.
Guess it’s time to disallow Nickelodeon at our house, too.
There is a reason minors can't legally make decisions for themselves.
Ah but you love Sassy & she loves you.
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