Oh, for crying out loud!
NBC plans to broadcast a video of Madonna in concert this November. It includes a song in which Madonna climbs on a cross and sings with her arms all stretched out, crucified-like.
Pathetic show-boating? Maybe, but that’s network TV: think Fear Factor. Silliness? Oh, yes, indeedy: defending herself, Madonna insisted that “I believe in my heart that if Jesus were alive today, he would be doing the same thing.” Put that image in your head and smoke it!
Is the idea of Madonna writhing on a cross offensive to some Christians? Maybe. I mean, she’s Madonna, not Jesus. She should get her theological figures straight.
But here’s the kicker: because some Christians don’t like it, they’re trying to get it censored. Kicked off the air. They’re trying to keep YOU from seeing it.
Isn’t that what the Taliban does?
I’ve got a little suggestion for the Christian censor goons. There’s a little button that engages in highly-tailored censorship, allowing every conservative Christian activist to immediately keep blasphemous messages from entering their home. It’s called an OFF button.
But that isn’t enough, is it? What these Christian censor goons want isn’t the right to keep blasphemous messages out of their home. No, they’ve already got that, as they should have. What they want is the right to shove their parochial religious sensibilities down the throats of every person in the country.
The theocrats are on the move.
I hope we see more people up on crosses. Maybe then Jesus will stop acting like he’s so fucking special.
It was the same when the BBC showed ‘Jerry Springer – the Opera’. Now I watched it, and I enjoyed it, but if the christians had had their way, they would have denied me the pleasure of two hours of thought-provoking television.
It’s sad to see so many bible thumpers are around that are smart enough to scream at the television executives and try to get something that offends them censored but are too stupid to change the fucking channel.
hank is gonna come riding down out of the sky in his golden chariot and kick all your farkin arses.