Comments on: Complaints Against Penn & Teller’s Bullshit!

By: NYCatheist

NYCatheist — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:04:52 +0000

Back in 2005, I wanted to watch the episode “Holier Than Thou” (Season 3, episode 5) but for some odd reason it was missing from the list of available episodes on my Showtime On Demand channel. I called my cable company, Time Warner, and they said it wasn’t their fault because they just offer what is transmitted from Showtime. I then e-mailed Showtime and they told me it wasn’t their fault either because all episodes are available on their end. So why was it missing? I still have no idea. Someone was blocking it. Was it because that episode criticized Mother Teresa? When I checked the fan forum on Showtime, many other people, but not everybody, had the same problem. It was very annoying, and unsettling too. This wasn’t a “free” broadcast channel. This was cable! I was paying for it! Showtime has soft-core porn late at night, but they (or was it Time Warner??) block a show criticizing a religious figure. Argh!

By: HappyNat

HappyNat — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:32:37 +0000

Thanks for the laughs, some of those complaints are classic. One of the ones from Siamang was about a promo that ran between Chappelle and South Park. You watch those two and are bother by a comercial? Speaking of South Park and Bill Donohue . . . There is a great South Park (Fantastic Easter Special)where Donohue takes power from the Pope and throws Jesus ("the Jew") in jail for going against the church. I wonder what Bill thought when he saw that episode.

By: simple z

simple z — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:54:38 +0000

Every sunday att 10 or 11, Swedish tv broadcasts a mass/service from som church in Sweden. One single hour of a secular week.

We have heard angry complaints about that, tv has been sent lots of letters and email.

I would like to remind swedish atheists to use the same button you are referring to, and simply turn of the telly. It’s possible and can be done.

By: aidan

aidan — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:14:41 +0000

The Catholic League aka Donohue and a small ex-nun called Philomena, frequently create the impression that the values of Roman Catholicism should somehow govern conduct in civil society. The RC’s don’t ‘own’ Jesus. They don’t possess any copyright that I’m aware of. Yet any time a perceived slight is directed at the person of J, Donohue and minions charge and grab headlines. It might only be a Jesus joke, but if it gets enough play in the media old Bill will be on the case.

One reason the Catholic League offends me on a very personal level is because in my former homeland of N. Ireland the Church exercised a form of ecclesiastical tyranny for centuries. Ireland is just now beginning to throw off the yoke of Roman dominion. I was heartened to read about a poll in which the Irish voted 90% plus in support of access to the over-the-counter ‘morning after’ pill. Needless to say the dinosaurs in the Vatican were none too pleased.

By: Mriana

Mriana — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:41:45 +0000

Funny. He called Chocolate Jesus “one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever.”

Hey! I thought that was the sweetest one.

By: Spook

Spook — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:08:26 +0000

Hm. Interesting, but do their complaints really matter? This stuff is all on cable – surely the FCC hasn’t started leaning on them now, have they?

By: Rovakur

Rovakur — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:32:49 +0000

See this? Oh…yeah, no you can’t… Well, I’m playing the world’s smallest viola (which I once played…so going with the cliche/violin feels wrong).

[imitation original block quote ] Isn’t the Catholic League one guy with a computer?

And this is why I love coming here.

Me, too. What’s even more amazing is that all these complaints were made by only two individuals: Piss and Moan.

Thanks for the .pdfs Hermant and Siamang.

Just an aside… Did you know Teller is his full legal name?

By: Tim D.

Tim D. — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:38:51 +0000

Isn’t the Catholic League one guy with a computer?

And this is why I love coming here.

By: BZ

BZ — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:26:59 +0000

Isn’t the Catholic League one guy with a computer?

By: Siamang

Siamang — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:23:17 +0000

My favorites are the Daily Show ones. Bonus points for poor spelling and grammar there. Reading them is just hilarious:

When Jon Stewart described losing his keys as "bad", I think after that he said that the apocolypse was "shitty". It didn't get bleeped, and usually you guys are pretty good at that. Either you slipped up or my ears are going bad, but I played it about 10 times and I'm pretty sure that's what he said. Either way, please email me at the address above just to let me know. Thanks.

Last night I was watching the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, on the Comedy Channel, 7 PM, during one of the pieces about Madonna visiting Isareal, he mentioned her "TIT CONES" on TV.