From: "Barrett Brown" <barriticus@gmail.com> |
Date: 2/14/08, 15:27 |
Like any hipster worth his salt, I'm on the mailing list of a number of hyper-conservative, "pro-family" organizations, which is why I'm always so much better informed on the issues than you are. For instance, according to this e-mail I just got from Donald Wildmon of the American Family Association, the cable network TV Land (which I guess used to be Nick at Nite back in the day) has launched some sort of massive assault on Christianity, having determined, perhaps, that its audience is made up of radical atheists:
Dear ,
The TV Land network has a new feature starting this Saturday (Feb. 16) called "OHMIGOD, That's so 80's weekend." The series features movies from the 1980's. "OHMIGOD" is an irreverent exclamation for "Oh, my God!"
Hey, he's right!
The promotional ad is playing on the television broadcast and on their website at www.tvland.com. (WARNING: If you visit their website, the ad plays automatically.)
Be careful; you might hear someone using the term "Oh, my God," just like Donald Wildmon did a scant five seconds ago.
I can't tell you in words how offensive it is to listen to the advertisement for this new show as they must say "OHMIGOD" five times in 30 seconds.
I am not making this up. This is what the e-mail actually says. Can
you imagine what would happen if Wildmon ever found himself amongst a
gaggle of fourteen-year-old girls agreeing on the subject of someone's
level of cuteness? He would probably die of dehydration from crying so
much out of sheer offense.
Disrespect for Christians and God have gone on for some time with this phrase, but now we have a network that feels it appropriate to name an entire program series with this phrase.
And you know what would be worse? What if they show that movie with George Burns playing God? The one that was called, Oh, God! That was made in the '80s, right?
Ask TV Land to immediately stop using God's name irreverently.
I'm pretty sure that Larry Jones has blocked my e-mail address by
this point, what with all of those death threats I sent him after he
took Alfred Hitchcock Presents off the air, but I went ahead
and forwarded this to a couple of militant Islamic organizations of the
sort that take these things pretty seriously. See you in hell, Mr.
Jones!