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Sun Feb-20-05 11:04 PM
Response to Reply #131 |
| 134. the GOVERNMENT is denying equal rights,! |
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Edited on Sun Feb-20-05 11:04 PM by FarceOfNature
such as the rights conferred by contracts such as marriage, insurance, adoption, even HOUSING, etc. And people who vote for politicians who enact laws to deny these rights to gays are ALSO denying their deserved equal rights.
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| -I feel kinda offended by the The Simpsons' "warning" |
Stop_the_War |
Feb-20-05 07:05 PM |
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That was pretty fucking dumb, wasn't it? |
Cooley Hurd |
Feb-20-05 07:06 PM |
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tongue in cheek, i'm sure.... or was it from the network? |
KaliTracy |
Feb-20-05 07:07 PM |
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No, it came on as a network message... |
Cooley Hurd |
Feb-20-05 07:09 PM |
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Fox certainly doesn't want to alienate their base n/t |
wtmusic |
Feb-20-05 07:31 PM |
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"Warning, the following show has discussions of 'colored people'..... |
matcom |
Feb-20-05 07:08 PM |
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Not on the Simpsons they don't - lol /eom |
ChairOne |
Feb-20-05 07:33 PM |
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Carl Carlson |
Siyahamba |
Feb-20-05 10:53 PM |
#126 |
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Are you sure the warning |
globalvillage |
Feb-20-05 07:08 PM |
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mine, too -- but I'm also not watching at them moment. n/t |
KaliTracy |
Feb-20-05 07:09 PM |
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Dont you think the sad thing is.... |
HamiltonHabs32 |
Feb-21-05 02:39 AM |
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We do know, it wasn't sarcasm |
Comicstripper |
Feb-21-05 12:41 PM |
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Either way, it provokes a response. |
renaissanceguy |
Feb-21-05 12:57 PM |
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You SHOULD be offended |
Catch22Dem |
Feb-20-05 07:09 PM |
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The warning made me turn off the show nt |
Bluebear |
Feb-20-05 07:09 PM |
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I'm straight |
Sgent |
Feb-20-05 07:18 PM |
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You should have stuck around |
Catch22Dem |
Feb-20-05 07:31 PM |
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I've seen clips of the episode already. I ain't holdin' my breath... |
HypnoToad |
Feb-20-05 07:09 PM |
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I'm nearly sure that is from the network |
LSdemocrat |
Feb-20-05 07:09 PM |
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It's not even on here! It usually is at this time. Weird. |
katinmn |
Feb-20-05 07:10 PM |
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The warning should have read... |
Fridays Child |
Feb-20-05 07:13 PM |
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LoL, amen. nt |
blueblitzkrieg |
Feb-20-05 07:19 PM |
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Remember the last season of "Ellen"? |
LostinVA |
Feb-20-05 07:21 PM |
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"A full hour of Viewer Discretion Advised!" was what I heard, seemed jokey |
Inland |
Feb-20-05 07:22 PM |
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this is the caveat |
prodigal_green |
Feb-20-05 07:22 PM |
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Well, without that warning, millions would have filed for divorce... |
Liberal Veteran |
Feb-20-05 07:24 PM |
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Me too, but i'm glad there doing the show. I'm surprised my station |
KnowerOfLogic |
Feb-20-05 07:37 PM |
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Feb-20-05 07:37 PM |
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Put the warning before episodes with opposite sex marriages... |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 07:39 PM |
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Feb-20-05 07:42 PM |
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Being gay is not a "life-style" n/t |
Stop_the_War |
Feb-20-05 07:45 PM |
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Whatever. I still appreciate the warning of sexual content. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 07:46 PM |
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There was no sexual content in the episode. Did you watch it? |
Stop_the_War |
Feb-20-05 07:48 PM |
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No, and I don't want my children to watch it. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 07:50 PM |
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Feb-20-05 07:53 PM |
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What the fuck? |
Jesus H. Christ |
Feb-20-05 09:10 PM |
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Feb-20-05 11:02 PM |
#133 |
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Feb-20-05 11:21 PM |
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Umm, OK.... |
antigone382 |
Feb-22-05 09:23 AM |
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Equating the subject of gay marriage with sexual content |
Walt Starr |
Feb-20-05 08:04 PM |
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one of the most idiotic fucking things I've ever read on DU! |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 09:16 PM |
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Mayfield? |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 10:04 PM |
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hometown of Leave it to Beaver. |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 10:09 PM |
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The following episode had more "sexual content" |
jmm |
Feb-20-05 09:42 PM |
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If you equate a gay couple with having sex... |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 07:48 PM |
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So be it. It's not suitable for MY children to watch. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 07:56 PM |
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Who said your kids had to watch? |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 08:00 PM |
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Do your children watch the Simpsons on other nights? - n/t |
Zenlitened |
Feb-20-05 08:35 PM |
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Yes, usually they do. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 09:29 PM |
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And THIS is the one time you find it unsuitable? |
Zenlitened |
Feb-20-05 09:53 PM |
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It's unsuitable but I wouldn't say it's the ONLY time. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 10:08 PM |
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Good luck |
Zenlitened |
Feb-20-05 10:10 PM |
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Let me tell you how I feel about you. |
readmoreoften |
Feb-21-05 01:20 AM |
#155 |
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Well said. Homphobia leads to social violence |
ultraist |
Feb-21-05 01:39 AM |
#157 |
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This is true. |
bloom |
Feb-21-05 12:43 PM |
#175 |
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That's stupid on so many levels its not even funny.... |
Solon |
Feb-20-05 08:35 PM |
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You have to ask? |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 09:26 PM |
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Are you against gay marriage? |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 09:28 PM |
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I'm not certain. Yes, I think gay couples should have legal rights ,such |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 09:42 PM |
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Why aren't you certain? |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 09:52 PM |
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Because I am undecided about that issue. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 09:58 PM |
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um, what's there to decide? |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 10:01 PM |
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if you're completely "removed" from the situation and admittedly |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 10:02 PM |
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Gay people make up between 3-10% of the population, |
LeftyMom |
Feb-21-05 01:51 AM |
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Let's be real |
readmoreoften |
Feb-21-05 02:51 AM |
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I thought about mentioning that |
LeftyMom |
Feb-21-05 03:09 AM |
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I hear ya, but maybe their knees need jerking |
readmoreoften |
Feb-21-05 03:34 AM |
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To Be Fair |
GiovanniC |
Feb-21-05 11:50 AM |
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not that I want to tell people how to raise their children |
TheWebHead |
Feb-20-05 10:02 PM |
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You make a very good point. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 10:44 PM |
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I don't understand |
gollygee |
Feb-20-05 08:36 PM |
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It blip's my "inappropriate" radar. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 09:14 PM |
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Feb-20-05 09:18 PM |
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I really, really don't care if it does. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 09:27 PM |
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Feb-20-05 09:29 PM |
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It's hardly an ignorant environment. We just see things differently. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 09:50 PM |
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Feb-20-05 09:57 PM |
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And you aren't winning over any support for your cause. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 10:00 PM |
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I am hateful of bigoted sentiments. |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 10:07 PM |
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I don't teach my children that gay people are bad, etc. I simply |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 10:28 PM |
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You teach that |
Pithlet |
Feb-20-05 10:30 PM |
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I disagree with putting it in children's books or cartoons. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 10:33 PM |
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why? |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 10:35 PM |
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That's too bad. |
Pithlet |
Feb-20-05 10:38 PM |
#116 |
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you still haven't satisfied your gaps in reasoning.... |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 10:43 PM |
#120 |
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Ok but here's what I don't understand about that. |
nothingshocksmeanymore |
Feb-20-05 10:47 PM |
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I'd prefer that they learn from me. Not cartoons. Not manipulative books |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 11:02 PM |
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what "manipulative" books are you referring to? |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 11:07 PM |
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Many children's books try to manipulate. I'm not talking about any |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 11:14 PM |
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give an example... |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 11:21 PM |
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Manipulate? |
ultraist |
Feb-20-05 11:35 PM |
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yes but you see the pointlessness of generalizing |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 11:37 PM |
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what's with the "manipulative" crap? |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 11:09 PM |
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you say you don't know any gay people or much about |
StrongbadTehAwesome |
Feb-20-05 11:15 PM |
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by your own admission, you know nothing |
nothingshocksmeanymore |
Feb-20-05 11:22 PM |
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That's a start BUT |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 10:32 PM |
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I don't mean to offend anyone, but I just prefer people that I have |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 10:51 PM |
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we're not asking you to be "attracted" to them... |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 10:57 PM |
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Oh no |
Pithlet |
Feb-20-05 10:59 PM |
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Feb-20-05 11:12 PM |
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Umm. I'm not gay. |
Pithlet |
Feb-20-05 11:14 PM |
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Darn. |
Pithlet |
Feb-20-05 11:33 PM |
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gay = drinking, beastality, drugs, violence....you're something else... |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 11:18 PM |
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It was fucking REDNECKS that cost us the election |
ultraist |
Feb-20-05 11:51 PM |
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Just think about how you feel about rednecks and you will have your answer |
FromTheLeft |
Feb-21-05 01:03 PM |
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the list of things you include homosexuality in |
StrongbadTehAwesome |
Feb-20-05 11:18 PM |
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I don't give a damn how the rednecks in small towns in NC are treated |
ultraist |
Feb-20-05 11:45 PM |
#152 |
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"ya aint' from round here, is ya?" |
ultraist |
Feb-20-05 11:31 PM |
#148 |
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Homosexuality is not rocket science... |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 10:35 PM |
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Hateful? |
Pithlet |
Feb-20-05 10:25 PM |
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And to not screen them is to validate what people like you think. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 10:30 PM |
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Of course. |
Pithlet |
Feb-20-05 10:31 PM |
#109 |
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That's right. HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL should be validated |
ultraist |
Feb-20-05 10:42 PM |
#119 |
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I'm sorry for your children |
RedCappedBandit |
Feb-20-05 09:28 PM |
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I shield them from a lot of reality. It's not a bad thing either. n/t |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 09:53 PM |
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I hope you realize |
RedCappedBandit |
Feb-21-05 02:53 PM |
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How sad you are indoctrinating your children into a culture of hate |
ultraist |
Feb-20-05 09:48 PM |
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Hate? How is it hate to expose them to heterosexual relationships and |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 10:01 PM |
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Feb-20-05 10:10 PM |
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Do you make sure they don't hang around black kids too? |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 10:14 PM |
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nahh, it's OK as long as the Darkies don't want to date his/her daughter. |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 10:18 PM |
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Denying equal rights to all humans is BIGOTRY. BIGOTRY IS HATEFUL |
ultraist |
Feb-20-05 10:46 PM |
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Whose denying equal rights? What in the hell are you talking about? |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 11:00 PM |
#131 |
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the GOVERNMENT is denying equal rights,! |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 11:04 PM |
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oh boy...i'd be interested in your answer to post #103... |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 11:11 PM |
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You are! You said you are uncertain about Gay marriage AND |
ultraist |
Feb-20-05 11:26 PM |
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Did you ever think that one of your children |
readmoreoften |
Feb-21-05 01:28 AM |
#156 |
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Good post. There is NOTHING harmful about |
renaissanceguy |
Feb-21-05 01:03 PM |
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Any good parent teaches her kids to treat |
renaissanceguy |
Feb-21-05 12:59 PM |
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Feb-20-05 09:18 PM |
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fortunately |
ldf |
Feb-20-05 09:31 PM |
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Of course, to me it does. |
Carolinian |
Feb-20-05 10:03 PM |
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Why is it not "suitable for your children to watch?" |
ultraist |
Feb-20-05 09:38 PM |
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because, what - they'll turn gay and want committed relationships? or? |
thebigidea |
Feb-20-05 10:59 PM |
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then they SHOULD have a warning at the beginning of every |
prodigal_green |
Feb-20-05 08:02 PM |
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Damn straight! They should also warn theat everyone is yellow. n/t |
Swamp Rat |
Feb-20-05 08:54 PM |
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that would be great! |
bloom |
Feb-21-05 12:34 PM |
#171 |
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Waylon Smithers has been out for years... |
Cooley Hurd |
Feb-20-05 07:45 PM |
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thats why I think it was a joke |
Democrat Dragon |
Feb-21-05 12:11 PM |
#170 |
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Well it not something that everyone would want Kids exposed to |
Fescue4u |
Feb-20-05 07:41 PM |
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I didn't know gay marriage had sexual connotations...eom |
Stop_the_War |
Feb-20-05 07:46 PM |
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Feb-20-05 08:22 PM |
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So children shouldn't be allowed at weddings? |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 08:32 PM |
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I've never been to a same sex wedding |
Fescue4u |
Feb-20-05 09:18 PM |
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riiight. Yup all those dykes and queens get out the leather and whips |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 09:22 PM |
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Oh I have no idea |
Fescue4u |
Feb-20-05 09:27 PM |
#63 |
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"interesting"... |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 09:33 PM |
#73 |
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"If it were similiar to a Gay pride parade" |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 09:27 PM |
#62 |
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Certainly at the reception |
Fescue4u |
Feb-20-05 09:28 PM |
#65 |
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No, i'm black... |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 09:30 PM |
#69 |
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Well? |
Fescue4u |
Feb-20-05 09:32 PM |
#72 |
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I asked you... |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 09:33 PM |
#74 |
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Then the answer is no. |
Fescue4u |
Feb-20-05 09:36 PM |
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So then why would gay pride parades go through your mind |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 09:39 PM |
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I don't know |
Fescue4u |
Feb-20-05 09:42 PM |
#78 |
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yes and if you thought about it... |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 09:51 PM |
#83 |
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I thought it was tongue-in-cheek |
liberalpragmatist |
Feb-20-05 07:50 PM |
#32 |
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Haha... They'll Get the Decency Complaints Anyhow |
GiovanniC |
Feb-21-05 12:37 PM |
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I'm kinda torn about the warning, which surprises me |
AngryAmish |
Feb-20-05 07:50 PM |
#34 |
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explaining gayness to a kid is easy... |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 07:55 PM |
#37 |
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But this is the Simpsons. I mean, the show has always been edgy... |
Zenlitened |
Feb-20-05 08:44 PM |
#49 |
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Plus... |
detroitguy |
Feb-20-05 07:51 PM |
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Maybe there shoud be a disclaimer when you power on the TV set. |
Old and In the Way |
Feb-20-05 08:27 PM |
#43 |
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I found it funny that they would even have that message on. |
Dark |
Feb-20-05 08:32 PM |
#45 |
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My Mom once said... |
Disturbed |
Feb-20-05 09:21 PM |
#58 |
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I am playing devils advocate here... |
FromTheLeft |
Feb-21-05 01:29 PM |
#181 |
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Okay, what are the chances that a White Pride Parade |
readmoreoften |
Feb-21-05 02:42 PM |
#182 |
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But shouldn't we be better... |
FromTheLeft |
Feb-22-05 08:38 AM |
#189 |
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I don't know if the Simpsons have changed or I have. |
Blue in Portland |
Feb-20-05 09:21 PM |
#57 |
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Itchy and Scratchy are great! |
Lucky Luciano |
Feb-21-05 02:17 AM |
#160 |
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Yeah, I get it . . . |
Blue in Portland |
Feb-21-05 11:41 AM |
#166 |
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Are you sure the warning wasn't sarcasm? |
RedCappedBandit |
Feb-20-05 09:31 PM |
#70 |
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No, it was for-real. |
Zenlitened |
Feb-20-05 09:56 PM |
#88 |
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I'm sure |
Democrat Dragon |
Feb-21-05 12:00 PM |
#169 |
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I'm sure it was not. |
Zenlitened |
Feb-21-05 03:12 PM |
#184 |
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they didn't have a problem with the inscest marriage though. |
shadowknows69 |
Feb-20-05 09:55 PM |
#87 |
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Ending kind of sends the wrong message tho |
ArcRabbit |
Feb-20-05 10:34 PM |
#112 |
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It was kinda weird, but I think she had a good reason to dump him... |
sonicx |
Feb-20-05 10:37 PM |
#115 |
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true enough, but |
ArcRabbit |
Feb-20-05 10:40 PM |
#117 |
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This was an way to deal with the subject |
jmm |
Feb-20-05 10:40 PM |
#118 |
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I think it would have been worse if she decided to stay with him. |
Siyahamba |
Feb-22-05 08:40 AM |
#190 |
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WARNING: This thread contains discussions of same-sex marriage |
leftofthedial |
Feb-20-05 10:51 PM |
#124 |
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I believe it was fox that put that on, not The Simpsons crew. |
SemiCharmedQuark |
Feb-20-05 10:57 PM |
#127 |
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MODS I would like an explanation why my posts were pulled |
FarceOfNature |
Feb-20-05 11:56 PM |
#154 |
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It was offensive |
Behind the Aegis |
Feb-21-05 01:54 AM |
#159 |
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Fucking pathetic |
FM Arouet666 |
Feb-21-05 03:12 AM |
#164 |
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Reminds me of an old Mr. Show episode. WARNING: this program |
izzybeans |
Feb-21-05 11:59 AM |
#168 |
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A very disappointing episode |
Feles Mala |
Feb-21-05 12:42 PM |
#174 |
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Er, you're wrong on two counts |
Comicstripper |
Feb-21-05 12:48 PM |
#176 |
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sad, but, true, FOX was covering their ass |
Mrs_Beastman |
Feb-21-05 03:40 PM |
#185 |
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and when will this ass-covering end? |
readmoreoften |
Feb-21-05 05:29 PM |
#186 |
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According to the writers of that show... |
3lefts |
Feb-21-05 05:48 PM |
#187 |
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I wish I caught the episode |
readmoreoften |
Feb-21-05 07:02 PM |
#188 |
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I thought it was satirizing those who believe that gay marriage |
peekaloo |
Feb-22-05 08:43 AM |
#191 |
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My guess... |
FromTheLeft |
Feb-22-05 08:51 AM |
#192 |
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