Teletubbies might get banned - Tinky Winky is possibly gay

Yax

Yax

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Poland might ban the show Teletubbies. Ewa Sowinska of Poland has encourages psychologists to study the program to decide whether it should be broadcasted. Sowinska fears that Tinky Winky's pink colour and his handbag might mean he's gay. And if he is, it's not suitable and  then it should not be broadcasted - According to her.

Now this is just plain silly. But it is bloody serious. What do you think of this discrimination? I mean, we all know this is about something bigger. It's about the entire polish attitude against homosexuals.
 
I'm all for banning Teletubbies. But not for this reason. Even if you want to ban TV shows for implied homosexuality (which to me is merely a twisted form of outing yourself), you can't ban the Teletubbies for that. Why? Because the Teletubbies have no fucking gender!. If they are genderless, how can they have any sort of sexual orientation? If you are not convinced, please look at the attached picture, in which I have subtly pointed out the nature of the Teletubbies' sexuality.

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At least Poland is a recent democracy, still trying to establish a resemblance of order, freedom and human rights in their country.  It is worst when Dubbya Bushie slams the kiddie show for its alleged inappropriateness.  Since the show is for little kids, I'd doubt we'd want to see obvious signs of genetalia.  I know I'm Canadian, and things might be a little more liberal in some parts of Western Europe.  :D
 
Tinky Winky isn't gay at all. It's a fucking pedophile alien from outer space. I recommend he's banned once and for all.  :mad:
 
Yax said:
Poland might ban the show Teletubbies. Ewa Sowinska of Poland has encourages psychologists to study the program to decide whether it should be broadcasted. Sowinska fears that Tinky Winky's pink colour and his handbag might mean he's gay. And if he is, it's not suitable and  then it should not be broadcasted - According to her.
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He's purple, not pink.  And I say purple because, how the hell do you tell?  The things have no genitalia, and even if they did have genders assigned to them, I'm sure you don't see Tinky Winky hitting onto whichever other Teletubby was supposed to be male (probably the one with the extremely phallic aerial coming out of its head...).

I can't believe we're discussing this seriously...really, we should be ripping the piss out of the whole issue :p
 
I thought kids don't watch Teletubbies any more. But the issue just highlights how ridiculous some officials can be in their excuse for banning/criticising/whatever such innocent kids programmes.
 
Perun said:
If you are not convinced, please look at the attached picture, in which I have subtly pointed out the nature of the Teletubbies' sexuality.
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Pointed out very subtly indeed :D.  As for the incident,  I agree with Raven and Albie,  we shouldn't be discussing this since it's so ridiculous,  and do kids watch this gay-twisted stuff? :uhm: :D
 
Forostar said:
It's indeed a rediculous topic, but it's the horrible truth. New laws are quickly in the making. E.g. gays are allowed to be teachers or actors but they're not allowed to show it. Another rule will be that it's gonna be forbidden to talk about homosexuality at schools.
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Ah, the good old 'brush-it-under-the-carpet' trick, and we all know how well that works with regards to sex education...

Netherlands
  • Sex Education begins at age 6(?)
  • Has one of the lowest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe

U.K.
  • Sex Education is covered in no more than 4 classes at age 11
  • One of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe

Do I sense a correlation emerging?

Oh, and with regard to political correctness, we were informed by our history teacher that it is no longer politically correct to use the term 'brainstorm'...they are now to be referred to as 'thinking showers'.
 
Raven said:
Ah, the good old 'brush-it-under-the-carpet' trick, and we all know how well that works with regards to sex education...

Netherlands
  • Sex Education begins at age 6(?)
  • Has one of the lowest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe

U.K.
  • Sex Education is covered in no more than 4 classes at age 11
  • One of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe

Do I sense a correlation emerging?

Oh, and with regard to political correctness, we were informed by our history teacher that it is no longer politically correct to use the term 'brainstorm'...they are now to be referred to as 'thinking showers'.
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LOL, Raven you just made my day.  In Canadian education, we have received word in March that in UK 'brainstorm' is inappropriate because of its alleged epilepsy connotations.  Like a single word will make an epileptic kid have seizures.   ::) How about trying not to flash lights in his face or keep him from falling on his head?  

Anyway, Canadian education system seems to swallow whatever UK is doing, so the story goes.  We fully expect this "not 'brainstorming' but 'thinking showers'"obsessively PC demand to hit Canada now that it has seemingly been accepted in UK.  Fight it Raven!  Fight it!

AND if UK has horrible pregnancy rates... let's look at USA.  I have not checked out the stats, but I would not be surprized if USA has the highest teenage birthrate for a western nation.

To Forostar: That's horrible news for Poland.  But then again, it took the west a long time to accept women, blacks, gays, etc. and in many western nations the acceptance is still not there.
 
Genghis Khan said:
LOL, Raven you just made my day.  In Canadian education, we have received word in March that in UK 'brainstorm' is inappropriate because of its alleged epilepsy connotations.  Like a single word will make an epileptic kid have seizures.  ::) How about trying not to flash lights in his face or keep him from falling on his head? 

Anyway, Canadian education system seems to swallow whatever UK is doing, so the story goes.  We fully expect this "not 'brainstorming' but 'thinking showers'"obsessively PC demand to hit Canada now that it has seemingly been accepted in UK.  Fight it Raven!  Fight it!
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But the problem is, what if you come across someone who takes baths?  Or someone of Norman descent, who doesn't wash themselves?  And I don't quite understand how it can offend people with epilepsy...I'd be much more offended if they were trying to pussy-foot around a so-called 'sensitivity problem' rather than doing something useful.
 
Are you joking?!

We'll all be discussing Iron *Person* soon! :lol:
That woman must have a lot of time on her hands.I can't see how you can tell the Teletubbies' genders *anyway*.

Dear me ..... :huh:
 
Raven said:
But the problem is, what if you come across someone who takes baths?  Or someone of Norman descent, who doesn't wash themselves?  And I don't quite understand how it can offend people with epilepsy...I'd be much more offended if they were trying to pussy-foot around a so-called 'sensitivity problem' rather than doing something useful.
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Exactly.  I never agreed with it.  That's the problem with over-sensitivity -- you're doing the person with epilepsy a greater disservice by making him/her to be so fragile.  Who the hell thinks of this stuff anyway?  Most of the sensitivity clauses and PC non-sense comes from a group of people that have no direct connection to epilepsy or whatever the 'sensitive' issue may be.
 
Genghis Khan said:
Exactly.  I never agreed with it.  That's the problem with over-sensitivity -- you're doing the person with epilepsy a greater disservice by making him/her to be so fragile.  Who the hell thinks of this stuff anyway?  Most of the sensitivity clauses and PC non-sense comes from a group of people that have no direct connection to epilepsy or whatever the 'sensitive' issue may be.
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Like I said, if I ever find who comes up with these ideas, I'll staple their genitalia to their desk, tie them to a pillar, and kick said desk out the window.

Or, to put it politically correctly...

Like I said, if I ever find who comes up with these 'thought showers', I'll 'attach' their 'gender specific anatomical parts' to their 'non-descript office furniture', 'physically constrain' them to a pillar, and 'non-violently move' said desk out the window.
 
Bah. This is older than dirt. Jerry Falwell raised this stink in the US a decade ago. Is it somehow news because Poland is a decade behind?
 
SinisterMinisterX said:
Bah. This is older than dirt. Jerry Falwell raised this stink in the US a decade ago. Is it somehow news because Poland is a decade behind?
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A decade behind?  :p  What did Poland do between the renaissance and the collapse of communism, much like most eastern countries... get conquered and ruin their own people's well-being.
 
Better question: What did Poland do between the fall of Communism and now? Join the EU and get their government run by two guys that look like cloned potatoes.

Seriously, though, I feel pretty sorry for the country. It was once the spearhead of the anti-Communist movement in the East Bloc, became the first country to shake off its dictatorship, and what's happening now? The present government tries its best to put the guy who initiated all that (Lech Walesa) into prison. It's like they're wiping their arses with old Solidarnosc banners.
 
This is all so ridiculous...obviously that Polish lady has nothing better to do with her time or is so incompetent that she can't come up with a more serious issue, such as, well, building up Polands infrastructure.

And yes, Raven, you made me laugh with your whole 'thinking shower' thing. At this rate they will proclaim 'thinking' to be politically incorrect because nobody does it anymore...:p
 
Now, here's an update: Several psychologist actually DID study Teletubbies ( :blink:) and came to the conclusion that it will not affect the children. Then again, I wonder why noone of them commented on why a teletubbie cannot be a homosexual. This whole incident is just so immensly stupid. I'd better stop type now, because I only get more irritated and upset the more I think about it  :p.
 
Yax said:
Now, here's an update: Several psychologist actually DID study Teletubbies ( :blink:) and came to the conclusion that it will not affect the children. Then again, I wonder why noone of them commented on why a teletubbie cannot be a homosexual. This whole incident is just so immensly stupid. I'd better stop type now, because I only get more irritated and upset the more I think about it  :p.
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No one knows what these naughty creatures play on their belly-television*. Probably porn movies.  :censored:
They deserve death. :smartarse:

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* I, JackKnife, officially create the so-called neologism bellyvision, today, june 1th, 2007. If you like it, increase my user rating or be damned. :D
 
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