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ABC bleeps 'Jesus' out of broadcast
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Posted on 06/11/2002 2:14:05 PM PDT by vannrox
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"Conservative Catholics and evangelical Christians are expected to accept this double standard and keep our mouths shut," he said...
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06/11/2002 2:14:06 PM PDT
by
vannrox
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posted on
06/11/2002 2:14:30 PM PDT
by
Mo1
To: vannrox
"Under the circumstances, we were concerned it would be offensive to our audience," Hoover said. This is really disturbing to me. Whenever there is a "bleep" on television, we are conditioned to assume it was a word(s) which are traditionally considered to be "obscene." Usually, if you watch the mouth of the speaker, you can even "see" what they're really saying. So now they're bleeping "Jesus;" hmmm......when did that word become obscene?
To: ex-Texan
*ping*
To: EggsAckley
welcome to the end times...
To: vannrox
ABC was right. Behar was using the Lord's name in vain. It is Behar who should be in hot water, not the network.
Unfortunately, a bleep sounds like a bleep, and nowadays, a bleep sound has acquired the impact of a profanity or obscenity, so that when viewers heard the bleep sound, it sounded to them as though the network was making the judgment that the name "Jesus" is offensive.
A bleeping tempest in a teapot. Don't forget that Falwell needs to keep his name in the news, and needs something to write about in his fundraising letters.
To: Arthur McGowan
keep telling yourself that.
To: EggsAckley
This might be a digression, but what the heck...
I know that in English, we often say the word "Jesus" when we hit our thumb with a hammer [for example], or as an exclamation of mild displeasure.
The Spanish speaking community, however, use this in place of "God Bless You" when someone sneezes for example. They will also use it as the first name of a male son - something unheard of in the English speaking world.
Cultural difference really, but kind of interesting from that perspective...
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posted on
06/11/2002 2:29:03 PM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: Arthur McGowan
ABC would undoubtedly have "bleeped" the name anyway.
Hey, you're posting on Free Republic?!?!?!?!?!. Certainly ABC can defend itself without your assistance.
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posted on
06/11/2002 2:30:04 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: vannrox
those Dasholes!!!
To: Arthur McGowan
Behar was using the Lord's name in vainI'm sorry, but I have to disagree. How many times a day do you or others say "Thank God for......(fill in the blank)?" How do you know that Behar meant it to be "in vain?" She's obviously extremely grateful to have succeeded in her diet, and if thanking Jesus is what she feels, then you can't judge her intentions. I do, however, agree with you totally about the images that a bleep gives us (see above.)
To: vannrox
Are you sure ABC was not saying their standards does not allow the use of "Jesus" as in, "oh Jesus, not again." That usage is an exclamation. In the context it was used, did the person mean it literally, as in "Thank you Jesus" or as an exclamation, "Thank you, Jesus."
I think we need to call on ABC to answer what it is they are intending to prevent.
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posted on
06/11/2002 2:35:14 PM PDT
by
BJungNan
To: vannrox
Tomorrows headline,"JESUS BLEEPS ABC OUT OF BROADCAST"!
To: Arthur McGowan
Saying "Thank you, Jesus" is no more using the Lord's name in vain than saying "Help me, Jesus", which I believe is pretty much what the New Testament is all about.
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posted on
06/11/2002 2:39:21 PM PDT
by
cmak9
To: vannrox
Actually, I do find the taking of the Lord's name in vain to be offensive, and I'm glad they "bleeped" it.
I'm rather tired of people slinging that name around, attached to everything from winning the lottery to buying a new automobile.
It's sacrilege.
I'm sure that the ABC folks didn't think of it that way, but they unwittingly did something right for a change.
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posted on
06/11/2002 2:39:48 PM PDT
by
Illbay
To: vannrox
Have you ever watched The View? Four sleazy liberal idiots, one more stupid and screechy than the next. If Joy Behar mention my name on the show, I'd want it bleeped out.
Star Jones, the fat black lady on The View reminds everyone daily that she's a lawyer, but I saw her on one of the quiz shows, and they handed her many very easy legal questions and she did not know the answer to even one.
To: Illbay
Jesus you're uptight. It's just a word. Many Mexicans name their kids Jesus.
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posted on
06/11/2002 2:48:21 PM PDT
by
JHawker
To: Illbay
How is saying "Thank You, Jesus" taking His name in vain?
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posted on
06/11/2002 2:52:29 PM PDT
by
Dakmar
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To: vannrox
This oughtta be O'Reilly's "Most Ridiculous Item of the Day".
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