Was Jerry Falwell Right About the Teletubbies?

[tv1a]

Apparently, some people didn't appreaciate my way of honoring the memory of Jerry Falwell last week. This came from Reuters News Service via the Drudge Report....

Poland to probe if Teletubbies are gay

Mon May 28, 2007 1:20PM EDT
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's conservative government took its drive to curb what it sees as homosexual propaganda to the small screen on Monday, taking aim at Tinky Winky and the other Teletubbies.
Ewa Sowinska, government-appointed children rights watchdog, told a local magazine published on Monday she was concerned the popular BBC children's show promoted homosexuality.
She said she would ask psychologists to advise if this was the case.
In comments reminiscent of criticism by the late U.S. evangelist Jerry Falwell, she was quoted as saying: "I noticed (Tinky Winky) has a lady's purse, but I didn't realize he's a boy."
"At first I thought the purse would be a burden for this Teletubby ... Later I learned that this may have a homosexual undertone."
Poland's rightist government has upset human rights groups and drawn criticism within the European Union by apparent discrimination against homosexuals.
Polish Education Minister Roman Giertych has proposed laws sacking teachers who promote "homosexual lifestyle" and banning "homo-agitation" in schools.
But in a sign that the government wants to distance itself from Sowinska's comments, Parliamentary Speaker Ludwig Dorn said he had warned her against making public comments "that may turn her department into a laughing stock."
The 10-year-old Teletubbies, which features four rotund, brightly colored characters loved by children around the world, became a target of religious conservatives after Falwell suggested Tinky Winky could be homosexual.

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[Old Paths]

Was Jerry Falwell Right About the Teletubbies?


IF he was, it's probably one of the few things he was right about

[Rhymis]

There is something perverted about any thing that begins with "TELE"

[Pragmatist]

Don't these people have anything else to occupy their time?

[Arphaxad]

Originally Posted by Rhymis

There is something perverted about any thing that begins with "TELE"

teleological argument-the argument for the existance of God based on the assumption that order in the universe implies an orderer and cannot be a natural feature of the universe.....



ARPH

[tv1a]

It's ironic a cartoon which shows a teltubbie greeting Jerry Falwell at the Pearly Gates is considered in poor taste while pronouncing eternal damnation on a dead person is not taboo?

Originally Posted by Old Paths

Was Jerry Falwell Right About the Teletubbies?


IF he was, it's probably one of the few things he was right about

[Old Paths]

Originally Posted by tv1a

It's ironic a cartoon which shows a teltubbie greeting Jerry Falwell at the Pearly Gates is considered in poor taste while pronouncing eternal damnation on a dead person is not taboo?

WHO in the world did this?

[TalkLady]

Originally Posted by Rhymis

There is something perverted about any thing that begins with "TELE"

telegraph, telephone,teletubbie....progressively more perverted over time..yep.

[Praxeas]

As weird as it may sound, JF might have been right after all. Those kinds of shows do promote a sort of unisex and also though Bugs Bunny and Porky pig might have included many to be nudists you could still tell they were male characters

[Arphaxad]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

As weird as it may sound, JF might have been right after all. Those kinds of shows do promote a sort of unisex and also though Bugs Bunny and Porky pig might have included many to be nudists you could still tell they were male characters

Bugs Bunny was a cross dresser, so was elmer fudd. Do you remember the one where Fudd bought some stuff and the total was $6.66? or when the tired guy checked into the hotel and his room was 666? hmmm.



ARPH