Poland targets 'gay' Teletubbies

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

A senior Polish official has ordered psychologists to investigate whether the popular BBC TV show Teletubbies promotes a homosexual lifestyle.

The spokesperson for children's rights in Poland, Ewa Sowinska, singled out Tinky Winky, the purple character with a triangular aerial on his head.

"I noticed he was carrying a woman's handbag," she told a magazine. "At first, I didn't realise he was a boy."
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Ms Sowinska wants the psychologists to make a recommendation about whether the children's show should be broadcast on public television.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6698753.stm

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Zombie Falwell!

[Red Zelda]

1. Poland?

Still a great joke.

[truthisfreedom]

2. Since when do gay men carry red handbags?

I'm surrounded by gay neighbors and I've never seen any of them carry women's accessories.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. Oh come on, gay, transvestite...It's all the same.

:sarcasm:

I remember when Foulwell was flapping his gums about this tripe. My response was to buy my 18 month old a purple Teletubby costume.

[Skittles]

43. don't get me started on those g.d. crossdressers

I HATE it when they have nicer legs, smoother skin, flawless makeup, than I do - it is a disgrace! :o

[acmavm]

3. What is wrong with me? Why can't I see the connection between

Teletubbies and gays?

[Kurovski]

4. Because you're sane?

:shrug:

[silverojo]

33. ROTFLMAO!

Seriously, if there's anything people should object to about the Teletubbies, it's the nauseating TV show itself.

WTF's the big deal about a handbag, anyway? Phoenix Suns basketball player Mark ("That's no f***in' foul!") West used to carry a handbag--he wasn't gay, and if anyone had suggested he was to his face, he could've crushed that a-hole like a pop can!

[Kurovski]

38. Mr. West, just like toddlers,

doesn't see that items have a gender.

I mean, estrogen doesn't start coursing into your bloodstream when you touch a handbag.

Someone is born gay, het, bi, transgendered, or lesbian. The accoutrement make not a lick of difference.

The silliness over this crap is gay panic, and discomfort over biology. It crosses over into the absurd and ugly when folks start making it an issue of control and politics.

And I agree with you that toddlers should not be watching television.

[rpannier]

44. Because you're not trying hard enough...Let me help you

Go get your Bible...I'll wait here while you get it.

Got it? Good.

Not start hitting yourself in the head 50-100 times with your Bible.

That should kill enough brain cells to allow you to see the connection.

Hope that helped.

[dbackjon]

5. Jerry Falwell

Must be possessing her now.

[knowledgeispwr]

10. No kidding...

with the things I've been hearing about the Polish government (wanting to penalize all abortions and end "homosexual propaganda towards youth" in layman's terms threatening any gays or perceived gays in education, etc) I'm surprised it's taken this long.

[flvegan]

6. Hatred hates a vacuum

And to add the obligatory joke...and with as much a Falwell sucked, she's likely not going to fill that vacuum herself.

[Forkboy]

7. Falwell only took slightly longer to come back than Jesus did.

:puke:

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[SayWhatYo]

9. Maybe he's a metrosexual....

[0rganism]

11. Those psychologists could be investigating why people link teletubbies with sexuality at all

I think a study of the sexuality of teletubby-obsessed homophobes would be much more fruitful, so to speak.

Frankly, if upon watching The Teletubbies, the most disturbing thing you come up with is "some of them look gay", you haven't really thought about the show. The world of the teletubbies is a bizarre, quasi-totalitarian environment, in which the inhabitants are cyborgs with televisions implanted in their abdomens who must obey a faceless fatherly mechanical voice in all things and windmills periodically sprinkle contact hallucinogens across the landscape, all for the amusement of a godlike Star Child. These poor creatures are tormented with a steady diet of synthetic "tubby toast" and charged with the meaningless oversight of an erratic appliance/pet called the Nunu which ostensibly cleans their dwelling, but frequently runs amok. And then there are the rabbits, lots and lots of rabbits, who never figure into the storyline yet seem to be nearly everywhere...

There are numerous grounds upon which to fear The Teletubbies, and none of them are overtly or even passingly sexual.

[woo me with science]

36. You nailed it.

That show has always creeped me out.

If there is any sexuality, it probably has to do with the rabbits.

[TrogL]

37. So you're going to ignore all those rabbits?

Got to be a message there somewhere.

[0rganism]

39. the message of the rabbits is likely one of the acceptability of rodent infestations

Another possibility is they are actually robotic rabbits -- or if you prefer, rabbitic robots -- who provide mobile video surveillance capabilities to the fatherly mechanical voice.

[customerserviceguy]

40. Rabbitic robots?

Talmudtubbies?

I have to smoke a LOT of dope to really appreciate that show!

[tavalon]

49. Yeah, teletubbies scared me too

until I watched an episode while on acid. Then, it made perfect sense.

[sandnsea]

12. Maybe it's his wife's purse

And she's got him trained well. Like most men in America. :P

[SayWhatYo]

16. I think it's a manbag...

[FVZA_Colonel]

13. I feel like I'm traveling back in time...

N/T.

[sakabatou]

14. Zombie Falwell 2'nded

[fightthegoodfightnow]

15. Well Everyone Knows Teletubbies are responsible for 9-11

:crazy: Jerry Falwell told me so.

[Mendocino]

17. It's the work of Polish evangelist...

Jerzy Fawellski.

[rpannier]

22. Funny

I love it.
Very clever.
If there was a way to recommed your comment -- I would.

[Mojambo]

18. Polish jokes are officially back on the table. n/t

[Kurovski]

41. I'll bring the Kishka and Luksusowa.

"So the Kaczynski brothers, Lech Walesa, and the pope enter a gay bar in Lodz..."

[TheWatcher]

19. Maybe we SHOULD Forget About Poland.

[Evergreen Emerald]

20. ITS A MAGIC BAG!

What the hell is wrong with people?

[Ilsa]

25. Uncle Vernon said, "There's no __ such thing __ as MAGIC!" nt

[rpannier]

21. The body may be gone, but the spirit of Radical Christian Cleric Jerry Falwell lives

Kind of like Revenge of the Living Dead without the popcorn.

[koopie57]

23. actually,

I think they should be more concerned about the yellow one with the phallic symbol sticking out of its head.

I wonder how she decided tinky winky was male? Do you think she turned him over like we do with kitties? Or did she x-ray his bottom?

[Ilsa]

24. Gee. Why does everything in fantasyland have to have a gender?

I mean, it's a fantasy. Is it really such a stretch for people?

Damn. Good thing Falwell and Poland can't get into my dreams.

[Solly Mack]

26. American Conservatives Organize Social-Issues Conference in Poland

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271155,00.html

Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who will address the congress, heads a conservative government that has tangled frequently with European Union officials over such issues as gay rights and his nation's tough abortion laws. Last month, after Polish officials proposed firing teachers who promote homosexuality, the EU parliament asked its anti-racism center to examine "the emerging climate of racist, xenophobic and homophobic intolerance in Poland."

Co-sponsors of the congress include the American Family Association, Concerned Women For America, the Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, the Heritage Foundation and the Seattle-based Discovery Institute, which promotes the "intelligent design" concept of the universe's origins and questions Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

[Skip Intro]

27. They are serious and committed, absoluteley determined to force their narrow views

and twisted values not only upon the US, but upon the world.


They won't stop.

[Solly Mack]

28. It's their mission and be damned to the rest of us

[davsand]

29. You just KNOW there's a really BAD joke somewhere in this.

It is not PC and it isn't probably even all that funny, but you just know it is there...



Since when do toddlers even recognize gender--let alone sexuality?




Laura

[IndianaGreen]

30. The "evil" Communist Poland had abortion rights and gay rights

but ever since the good Polish Catholics took power and introduced good old American "freedom and democracy," abortion rights have been severely curtailed, and gay bashing has received official sanction.

I don't see how any rational woman or LGBT Pole would want to go back to the bad old days of Communism when abortion was freely available and loving someone of the same sex was okay.

Isn't "freedom and democracy" something wonderful?

[David__77]

35. Right-wing "pro-democracy" movement cease being such once in power.

They are all about "free speech" and "free" this and that until they win, and then it's all about clamping down and enforcing dictatorial, capitalist, reactionary law and order.

[leftist.]

31. I forgot Poland!!!

Holy Shit!

[Matilda]

34. Reminds me of the fuss about Noddy and Big Ears.

Some people got their knickers in a twist about the fact that a couple of male toys shared a house.
Shock! Horror! As if the three and four-year-olds who read Noddy would make the connection.

And there's always Bert and Ernie .....

Some people need to get a life.

[medlakeguy]

42. OMFG!!!

the teletubbies are working with the gay agenda to destroy our marriages, rape our babies and resurrect hitler!!

[Az_lefty]

45. local news caster reported this story and ended with...

"you know, this story is just loaded with Polish jokes".

[Merrick]

46. Maybe he's packing heat in there

maybe they're MI5 agents in gay looking disguises intended to keep the evil-doers off guard? That would be pretty manly.

[King Coal]

47. I forget about Poland.

[Honeycombe8]

48. What makes her think Tinky Winky is a boy? Or any gender?

Teletubbies are fictional characters that are not people or animals of any sort. I like the Teletubbies and have watched the show a number of times (yes, I admit it). I didn't think they were any gender.

Also, I think Tinky Winky's "purse" has a picture on the front, like some sort of sci-fi case (laptop carrier or briefcase or carrying tote). It didn't look like a purse to me.