Rightie PC freaks

The European Commission says urgent action is needed to battle widespread obesity, and it's pressing food companies to take voluntary steps to halt the promotion of foods loaded with sugar, fat and salt to young people.

"I would like to see the industry not advertising directly to children," European Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou told the London Times. "The signs from the industry are encouraging, positive. But if this doesn't produce satisfactory results, we will proceed to legislation."

Any new law would focus on commercials aimed at children, especially those using animated characters like those from McDonald's.

A possible alternative to a complete ban is placing limits on advertising, such as allowing them only late at night, presumably when kids would be sleeping.

The commission's warning comes in the wake of growing obesity among European children. One in four kids on the continent is reportedly overweight, with a third of Italian and Greek children carrying too many pounds.

"The idea is that children are protected from direct marketing and advertising convincing them and inducing them to consume too much of this product," Kyprianou said. U.S. food giant Kraft has already announced it's stopping advertising to children under the age of 12.
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It's akin to getting rid of Joe Camel. :shrug:

a little different than catching teh ghay from silly cartoons.
 
Leslie said:
It's akin to getting rid of Joe Camel. :shrug:

a little different than catching teh ghay from silly cartoons.
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yep, it's just stupid.
It's like when PETA wanted to outlaw Elmer Fud. :lol2:
 
Leslie said:
It's akin to getting rid of Joe Camel. :shrug:

a little different than catching teh ghay from silly cartoons.
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Stupidity is the same world 'round
 
Gonz said:
Tinkie WINKY, Spongebob, Barney...let's all laugh at the silly Americans.
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:gay: stop it....the tellytubbies are british ;)
 
:note: RIGHTIE and 'PC' don't mix in the same sentence

Les is right....To get rid of cartoon characters because they promote homosexuality is not only different but - an entirely different issue to that of "Joe Camel" advertising for cigarettes - or Animated characters for fast-food - that is, unless you genuinely believe that homosexuality is bad for your health and society as a whole :tardbang:as well as being outwardy keen to promote the fact.

that would put you in the neo-conservative right blatantly non-politically correct category next to homophobia...almost as bad as extreme PC yet on the other end of the spectrum.

PC would be to take some cartoon the air because it promoted racism (ie: NODDY) - or a movie because it promotes anti-semitism...

To take something off for promoting homosexuality is super-right-non-PC attitudes in drag as 'PC' when really it is only a conservative perspective to what constitutes "MORAL CORRECTNESS" in this case: anything-with-a-hint-of 'gay' is not morally correct.

(though on second thought, when you have Right-wing politicians in full power then the whole theory is easily manipulated into a complete reversal of the original logic huh?)

I'm sure kids see and hear worse things on the news, from their parents, in the playground, in the movies etc....

Its more what I would consider another aspect of this really bizarre process of sanitization - hypocrytical that it is - where these moral-fascist groups that pop up and condemn the morality of this and that: acting as if they know what is best for the good of "the people" by poking at cartoons and music and video games and sexual content in movies and t.v...while at the same time sitting down in the nightly ritual of watching a bombardment of graphic news footage and sensational spin on current events without blinking an eye.
 
tank girl said:
To get rid of cartoon characters because they promote homosexuality is not only different but - an entirely different issue to that of "Joe Camel" advertising for cigarettes - or Animated characters for fast-food - that is, unless you genuinely believe that homosexuality is bad for your health and society as a whole :tardbang:as well as being outwardy keen to promote the fact.
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So, you're saying it's okay to promote values you think are okay while it's bad to promote things you disagee with? You dare to call me fascist.
 
I don't really see the connection between a cartoon Tiger, encouraging kids to stuff their faces with sugar for breakfast, and a kids-tv character, accused of being gay for occasionally holding hands with a friend.
 
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We just need to ban everything, make laws until everything come in a standard white box with all the Gov't approved notes on them.

If tinky winky causes my kid to catch the gehy, It would mean I didn't do my job very well.
 
Forget gay. Both Barney and Tinky Winky are examples of a grand conspiracy but the producers of childrens programming to make our children want to be purple. Purple I tell you!! Magnta from Blues Clues, she's purple too! And recently compiled statistic show that at least 25% of all muppets created for sesame street have also sported that evil colour! See? Facts lady's and gentlemen, you can't ignore the facts!

Camelyn
P.S.Y.C.H.O. - Parental Society for Youth Conspiracy Halting and Obliteration
 
OMG *thinks back to several days ago when the babay had used crayola markers to paint her legs ....purple *:eek6:

... the insidious plot is coming in my home.
 
:rolleyes:

Damn four more years of Bush--he's obviously behind this!

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/politics/20sponge.html?th

(http://www.bugmenot.com/)


SpongeBob needed no introduction. In addition to his popularity among children, who watch his cartoon show, he has become a well-known camp figure among adult gay men, perhaps because he holds hands with his animated sidekick Patrick and likes to watch the imaginary television show "The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy."

Now, Dr. Dobson said, SpongeBob's creators had enlisted him in a "pro-homosexual video," in which he appeared alongside children's television colleagues like Barney and Jimmy Neutron, among many others. The makers of the video, he said, planned to mail it to thousands of elementary schools to promote a "tolerance pledge" that includes tolerance for differences of "sexual identity."

The video's creator, Nile Rodgers said he founded the We Are Family Foundation after the Sept. 11 attacks to create a music video to teach children about multiculturalism.
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Imagery and subliminal messages.

Cartoons being used to introduce ideas into the minds of children.

Those who will slip this content into childrens' programming won't admit their intent and deny it when their critics figure out just what they're trying to feed to the kids. Somebody who feels that elementary school children need to be aware of homosexuality has a screw loose.
 
Heres something for ya, Les ;)

Spongebob: Unsafe at any depth?

This homophobic paranoia thing is getting old...:shrug:

Just another moral panic which these stupid uptight focus groups seem to be so good at manufacturing when they're done bashing Marilyn Manson, "liberal media" and French Films...:rolleyes:
 
I think...if anything at all should be investigated it should be just what exatly are the illicit substances these cartoonists are using to come up with such mental characters and storylines :lol:

And where do I get some?
 
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