Oh, Gawd!
: England is turning into America. The red states are spreading. Church attendance rises in London.
: More evidence of red-state seepage into England: An outcry of prigs and prudes against the BBC airing of the Jerry Springer play.
4 responses to “Oh, Gawd!”
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They pay what, 225 dollars for the right to watch British TV, including the BBC? Seems to me they have a bit better reason than those in the US to complain about what is shown on their television.
I first read about this in this article:
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=14748&sd=01/08/05-01/10/05
One of the protesters makes a good point, I think.
“The use of foul language together with mocking Jesus Christ and portraying him wearing a nappy with sequins is highly offensive to Christians, and we felt that it was totally wrong,” he told Reuters. He said the British Broadcasting Corporation, which is funded by license fees from the public, would not risk upsetting minority faiths in Britain like Islam or Buddhism. “Because we are Christians, they think we are fair game for any insults,” he added after dozens of people burned licenses.
There’ll not be an Allah on BBC television wearing a diaper anytime soon, I can tell you that. I’ll be more sympathetic to the BBC’s position on this when they demonstrate that they’re willing to be equal opportunity offenders. They have offended Christians many times over the years. Any memorable BBC events that offended muslims? Certainly Muslims are no less quick than Christians at getting angry at one thing or another, and the BBC has been around for 80 years, so you think there’d be something… -
Bloggerheads has the
best round up of this campaign.
As of this morning the BBC has reiterated it will go ahead with the screening. Its Director General; Mark Thompson, a practising Catholic, said “There is nothing in this which i believe to be blasphemous” -
Church attendance = red state?
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This campaign does follow some recent successes by Hindus and Muslims in getting things that they don’t like off the air. Not shocking that a majority (or larger minority) starts to get a bit upset when they see other groups get treatment that they don’t.
