On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:35:42 -0400
Professor Bubba <bu...@nowhere.edu.invalid> wrote:
> In article <jmqsdk$cpl$
2...@dont-email.me>, Dakota <ma...@NOSPAMmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On 4/20/2012 12:03 AM, Fidem Turbare, the non-existent atheist
> > goddess wrote:
> > > On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:31:22 -0700
> > > J<
jdyo...@ymail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Jon Stewart refused to apologize last night for the unprecedented
> > >> assault on Christian sensibilities he launched on April 16. In
> > >> that episode, ³The Daily Show² featured a naked woman with her
> > >> legs spread and a nativity scene ornament placed between her
> > >> legs; with the picture on the screen, Stewart laughed at what he
> > >> called the ³vagina manger.² To see the picture, click here.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Our effort against Stewart includes asking his most consistent
> > >> sponsors to pull their advertising (if necessary, we are not
> > >> ruling out a boycott of their products), and a lengthy public
> > >> relations campaign. The goal? To get him to apologize. If that
> > >> doesn¹t work, we can guarantee that his reputation will never be
> > >> the same.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Today we will contact Kraft, one of whose products, MiO Energy,
> > >> was one of the five sponsors that advertised on both the April
> > >> 17 and April 18 episodes. Moreover, we will contact those on our
> > >> ³Allied Organizations² list (over two days) to join this
> > >> campaign. They will be asked to contact Steve Albani, Senior VP
> > >> of Comedy Central Communications, and Kraft.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> This is just the beginning. Over the next several weeks, we will
> > >> contact every major Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Mormon and
> > >> Muslim leader and organization in the nation; they will be sent
> > >> the picture, along with Stewart¹s remarks. We will contact
> > >> Viacom (which owns Comedy Central, home to ³The Daily Show²)
> > >> making sure that all board members and senior management know
> > >> about Stewart¹s anti-Christian and grossly misogynist attack. We
> > >> will take out ads in newspapers, etc. We are not going away.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> What Jon Stewart did ranks with the most vulgar expression of
> > >> hate speech ever aired on television. His incivility cannot go
> > >> unanswered. Contact Steve Albani, Senior VP Comedy Central
> > >> Communications:
steve....@cc.com
> > >
> > > You forgot to mention that he's a South Park fan. If you mention
> > > this, it will surely add strength to your argument, for even had
> > > the creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, on his show at least
> > > once (and one of their main characters makes fun of Jewish people
> > > regularly on South Park).
> > >
> > > I hope that helps.
> > >
> > Bill Donahue should go on The Daily Show to make his case. Stewart
> > would shred him to pieces with wit and logic.
>
> Anybody who cares to see the "unprecedented assault" and "hate speech"
> for themselves, and make their own judgment about it, can go here
> (NSFW):
>
> <
http://www.uproxx.com/?p=65955>
I'm going to watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart now, and I'm going
to make sure I'm buying at least some of the products being advertised,
but more importantly I'm interested to see his response to this boycott
(assuming it's even well-known enough for him to notice).
--
Fidem Turbare, the non-existent atheist goddess
"A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets."
-- Napoleon Bonaparte