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Old Oct 20th 2004, 4:05 pm
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We give those nappy wearing gay bashers every ******* Sunday of the year to do their thing and we have the one day and they still complain !

They want to rule the ******* world that lot.

Next thing you know there will be a a bloke in the Whitehouse who does what his evangelical friends tell him and the Rex Sox will be in the World Series.

(What..? oh ****...)
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Old Oct 20th 2004, 9:08 pm
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Originally Posted by thing1
My husband and I were watching an Ep of Red Dwarf and they showed a naked butt. I have to admit to spontaneously saying "Oh my!" We americans just aren't used to seeing nudity ion our TV programs...especially sitcoms. But we are used to seeing loads of violence. My "oh my" was a complete knee jerk, unconscious reaction to what I saw and my husband took pleasure in teasing me mercilessly about it. I've never considered myself prudish, but I suppose I am a product of my environment and I didn't even know it. LOL
The opposite happened to me. Kurt and I settled down to watch the movie The Full Monty a couple of months ago on tv. Not sure if you are familiar with it, but at the end, you see the guys in a row on stage, all with bare bums. I was looking forward to Kurt's (shocked) reaction about British film/tv, but .... to my horror, a big black "CENSORED" bar appeared over their bums! So in fact I was the one who was shocked. How prudish, in my opinion.
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Old Oct 20th 2004, 11:48 pm
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Originally Posted by dbark
I was looking forward to Kurt's (shocked) reaction about British film/tv, but .... to my horror, a big black "CENSORED" bar appeared over their bums! So in fact I was the one who was shocked. How prudish, in my opinion.
hahahaha We must have caught the same version on TV because we watched the tail end (no pun intended) of the Full Monty and hubby was shocked by the black bars covering their bare bums. What he found ironic was that they didn't have a problem showing their bums as long as there was butt floss in them, but when it came to their bums not having the butt floss they have to censor them. Um hello FCC...you can see the same amount of bum with butt floss as without. Maybe they were afraid you might catch a glimpse of one of their poop shoots. ROFLMAO Oh yes, we are indeed an uptight, prudish country.
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I heard a news bulletin on BBC Radio Five Live today, in between listening to all the sports stuff. It said that in Washington, USA (not sure if it's the city or the state) that Hallowe'en celebrations have been banned because it's now considered offensive to real witches. What the f*** does that mean?

A good laugh for the guys doing the program here but if it's true are they going even loopier over there? Who are these "real witches" for *****s sake? Don't answer that...I can guess.....I'm now listening to an item about certain wives helping their husbands fight some election or something...each one is slagging off each other's hairstyles....huge national problem that must be for the USA when our Scottish lads are going to risk their lives in some sandy craphole in Iraq.

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Old Oct 22nd 2004, 1:56 am
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Originally Posted by Lothianlad
A good laugh for the guys doing the program here but if it's true are they going even loopier over there? Who are these "real witches" for *****s sake?
Well shithouse county WA sets the precedent for the rest of the USA.


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Originally Posted by Jenney & Mark
Those who think celebrating Halloween is the same as "celebrating the devil" are hypocrites anyway -- because notice that they're NOT protesting against Halloween in general, only against celebrating it on a Sunday.

From the article:

It's a day for the good Lord, not for the devil," said Barbara Braswell, who plans to send her 4-year-old granddaughter Maliyah out trick-or-treating in a princess costume on Saturday instead.

So little Maliyah will be celebrating the devil if she trick-or-treats on Sunday, but not if she does it on Saturday? Give me a break.

The ironic thing is that the kids are probably crossing their fingers that Halloween will be celebrated on both Saturday AND Sunday this year, because that means a chance to collect twice the candy. I know I would be!

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What can you expect from a so called Christian, who blights her child with the name Maliyah!!! Isn't that the name of a devil from the 4th circle of Hell anyway?
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Old Oct 23rd 2004, 12:39 am
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Originally Posted by Lothianlad
I heard a news bulletin on BBC Radio Five Live today, in between listening to all the sports stuff. It said that in Washington, USA (not sure if it's the city or the state) that Hallowe'en celebrations have been banned because it's now considered offensive to real witches. What the f*** does that mean?
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...pookban22.html

http://www.komotv.com/stories/33612.htm

As a former practicing Wiccan, I find this action to be completely ridiculous. Obviously "witch" was a word that the Wiccan community adopted for whatever unknown crazy reason. Why is it that "wiccan" doesn't do as a title, I will never know. And make no mistake, it IS a nationally recognized religion much to the chagrin of the christian community. It would be interesting to see the history of the word "witch" to see how it was first used. I seriously doubt that ancient Wiccans called themselves witches. I also think it ridiculous that some school sports teams are being pressured to change their mascots because indian/native american folks are offended. I ask you why???

Geez louise, what next? People brought back from the dead on the operating table will want halloween banned because of Frankenstein's Monster? And will Christmas be banned because little people are offended by elves?*rolls eyes*
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