Posted on 12/30/2005 11:40:04 AM PST by NYer
“Several news stories today are reporting on the decision by Comedy Central to pull a scheduled rerun of the ‘Bloody Mary’ episode that was shown on ‘South Park’ on December 7-10. The decision reflects what I asked for in our news release of December 8. Therefore, I commend Comedy Central for finally making the right decision. That it aired in the first place, however, does not speak well for the bigots responsible for creating it.
“In our December 8 news release, I also said, ‘Remember, they chose to insult Our Blessed Mother on the eve of the Immaculate Conception, and the holy day itself.’ The episode in question featured a statue of the Virgin Mary spraying blood from her vagina. It was one of the most vile TV shows ever to appear, and that is why I asked Joseph Califano, a practicing Catholic and member of Viacom’s board of directors (Viacom is the parent company of Comedy Central) to issue a public condemnation of the ‘Bloody Mary’ episode; I also asked that he do whatever he could to pull any scheduled reruns of the episode.
“On December 9, the day Califano received our request, he released a statement condemning the episode. He also said that any further decisions would have to be made by Tom Freston, president and chief executive of the New Viacom. For the past few weeks, we have been in touch with Freston’s office awaiting his decision. Yesterday, we received a phone call from Tony Fox, executive vice president for corporate communications at Comedy Central, informing us that there were no plans to rerun ‘Bloody Mary.’
“Already, we are being deluged with hate mail that is as obscene as it is viciously anti-Catholic. All because we exercised our First Amendment right to request that Comedy Central not offend Catholics again! But we’re used to such things and will not be deterred.”
Of course, the "idiot" was intended as an insult by me. You are the one who tried to link it to blasphemy, and I explained that it cannot be, because there is no obscenity in the word (354); I then elaborated by providing a context in which it is not even derogatory. I obviously did not mean to call the creators of that stupid cartoon "blessed" in any way.
Objectivism is faith. Any complete system of knowledge has a foundation of faith. Now, I understand that "idiot" is commonly used as an insult, but "faith"?
I think Catholics generally believe something along the lines that knowledge of truth and ethic must be reveled from God and accepted through faith. Objectivists believe it must be extrapolated through observation and reason. So our disagreement is that you think knowledge is a product of faith in God’s revelations and I think God is a product of man’s reason. I’m not interested in debating it again now, just in briefly describing it to show you why wishing me well in my faith is received about as well as me wishing you well within the religion and God you’ve created. I hope that helps.
Best regards in the New Year.
I know that. So your faith in that the extrapolation process yields knowledge.
Then your departing swipe after my graceful regards and well wishes was not inadvertent. You should have better things to do that are consistent with your high values than sink to that. Regards.
You are the one all week long defending idiots that insult me, and now you act offended because I did not give you a hug in the end?
No, I’m pointing out that you didn’t just not “give me a hug”, but took a weasley little off topic sucker punch at my ideology. If that’s how you want to promote yourself and agenda, feel free.
You brought up objectivism, not me. Note that I did not refer to Rand's bodily fluids. Still need that hug?
Huh? Oh yea, having described how South Park insulted my ideology too justifies your little duplicitous pathetic attempt to jab at it as relevant to our discussion…
Since you’ve spiraled into evasive nonsense for several posts in a row now, go ahead and take the last word. By now I’m sure anything you say would be more of the same.
I didn't realize that. Have a hug. You poor thing.
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