Posted on 01/26/2002 9:02:00 PM PST by montag813
Did anyone see the disturbing (and quite unfunny) "TV Funhouse" segment on SNL this evening?
They were attempting (one supposes) to insult Pat Robertson, but succeeded only in ridiculing Christians and those who value life and the unborn.
They portrayed a fictional Robertson-sponsored cartoon, in which "embyonic cell" and "Ted Trimester" (1st-trimester fetus) characters were placed in a work environment, as if they were high-powered workers. The characters were unintelligable, yet the other adult characters responded as if those two were geniuses. Also interspersed were a "Mr Parkinson" man seeking to kill the fetuses for their stem cells, who, upon being shown Jesus' image by the the "cell" character, ripped up a homosexual porno magazine (the "Robertson" scharacter asserts that if someone has a disease like Parkinsons it must be because Jesus is punishing them for being gay) and gives up his gun.
The message was clear: it is absurd to suppose that life begins at conception, because it is absurd to suppose that fetuses could function in the workplace. Also the piece asserts that one would have to be an extremist, homophobic Christian to value the unborn or have a problem with harvesting fetuses for stem cells.
Christianity is mocked and absurdly portrayed throughout the piece, which received very few laughs from the audience (do they really expect it to be funny?)
My wife and I were shocked by this, and the more we thought about it, the more disturbed we became.
montag
Free speech is not some kind of absolute. You are not free to libel or slander. You are not free to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater. It used to be the same with pornography. For 200 years we lived quite well and successfully without the DNC, the ACLU, and the LP approving of the most degrading and vicious of pornography. To allege that the Founding Fathers fought and died for the allowance of pornography is ludicrous. But you applaud the efforts of 'fine journlaists' such as Larry Flynt?
PS that's Triumphs trademark line.....not an insult per se.
Ohmigod! I still have that on tape somewhere! I loved the part where he groused about having to do photo ops with a Girl Scout, saying "This is the part of the job I really hate!"
Thanks for reminding me of a total classic. :-D
This is just a "TV show" too...
"Law and Order": purveyor of pro-abortion propaganda
Do you think "TV shows" like these have no effect on the culture at large?
I'm so glad you are RELAXED while our nation's media runs full steam ahead in promoting the culture of death. Thanks for setting me straight...I'll just laugh and know that it's all "just a TV show".
Actually, you are. You misunderstand the minority opinion of Justice Holmes in a 1919 case wherein he used that as an example.
You are free to yell fire - you are simply civilly and criminally liable IF that action results in a riot. If it does not, you cannot be charged with anything.
It used to be the same with pornography. For 200 years we lived quite well and successfully without the DNC, the ACLU, and the LP approving of the most degrading and vicious of pornography. To allege that the Founding Fathers fought and died for the allowance of pornography is ludicrous.
Who is talking about porn? Your complaint was against networks broadcasting things "offensive to religious sensibilities."
Get your mind off porno and out of the gutter, CJ.
Thank you for your kind remarks --FOR ME TO POOP ON !!
%-)
But only 10% are without a sense of humor and by their own comments they havent watched TV in years, especially SNL.
How many times saying "The Constitution and its amendments do not grant power to the people, it's the OTHER WAY AROUND" will it take?
Of course no one has a so-called right to yell 'fire' in a theater. The Constitution only prohibits the GOVERNMENT FROM STOPPING A PERSON.
You should. Stress is a killer.
So is apathy.
Oops, I knew that. Guess it must be bedtime. Good night all.
Perhaps both of you should just give in and enjoy the mind dope.
To laugh off ridiculous propaganda is no less a sin than to dismiss it because no one seems to be paying attention.
Would you enlighten me on what Scriptures it says that life begins at conception? If you dumb enough to watch SNL I can't wait to see how you answer me, if you do.
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