Russian protestants try to shut down cartoon channel
The Moscow Times reports that the Consultative Council of the Heads of Protestant Churches have sent a letter to the Prosecutor General calling for the closure of 2X2, and independent cartoon channel.
The channel promotes “cruelty, violence, homosexual propaganda, religious hatred and intolerance” by broadcasting South Park.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:30 am
They should actually watch the show and understand it.
Cruelty ? No, it might show it, but it does not promote it.
Violence ? Same.
Homosexual propaganda ? If “propaganda” means treating people like equals, then they’re guilty.
Religious hatred ? Appropriate lack of respect certainly. Hatred ? Definately not.
Intolerance ? Emphatically not. They’re all for tolerance. It’s the heads of the protestant churches that are against tolerance.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:56 am
The Bible does all those things in various ways.
March 19th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Its the same problem with Computer game issues. Small minds cannot grasp the fact that showing something doesn’t mean Promoting something. As marc states, if the Bible in all its murderous glory were cartoonised, it would be far worse than anything currently shown. Mass murder, child murder, intolerance, racial/ religious hatred, religious hypocrasy and government corruption are just a few of the fun bits.
March 19th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Change the word ‘homosexual’ to ‘homophobic’ and it sounds pretty much like Russian church product on an average Sunday - as opposed to one when they’re whipping up hatred
March 20th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
[...] groups in Russia are urging (via) the Prosecutor General Yury Chaika to shut down the cartoon channel 2×2 for broadcasting shows [...]