Thursday, March 12, 2009

News Limited is.

A local Hun story features Home and Away developing a lesbian plot line, thus angering conservative groups (Shouldn't this puff be left to the Green Guide?). What I always find hilarious is when ultracons hide their homophobia behind the Helen Lovejoy Fallacy.

"They (Home and Away) continue to market to kids and they continue to develop quite sexualised plot lines," Pro-Family Perspectives director Angela Conway said.

"The plot lines that young kids and teenagers should be presented with should be about really authentic relationships that are not just sexualised."

And in the letters:
We who have young kids do not want them polluted with homosexual ideas. I hope somebody will be sacked over this thing.
Gordon Smith.
Replace "sexual" with "phobic" and I'd heartily agree with you.
Our vulnerable teenager children, who are undergoing significant hormonal changes involving mixed sexual feeling, do not need homosexual relationships being normalised on Home and Away.
David Everard, Nunawading
Because if they see women kissing on a fictional TV show, they'll, umm...

And who can pass up the comedy gold that can be found on the comments?
OK if we are going to have shows that promote homosexuality (and they seem to be on the rise) why can't we have more shows that promote family values? Oh wait, they don't get good ratings. But seriously the guys at Channel 7, should be more sensitive towards what would be considered family viewing time and have script and shows that are more appropriate. Concerned parent
No, I didn't SNIP the ending. That's the full post.
Reading the comments below on could get the impression that our society is 85 % homosexual. Once again gay and lesbian lobby groups are in full flight promoting their odd lifestyle. However, Channel 7 should keep in mind that it is the majority who holds the family values dear to heir harts who will determine the ratings and the eventual success of your station. You are succumbing to the pressure of the minorities at your own peril.
Thankfully, not all Hun reader were frozen in the 1950's and thawed out last week. From the letters:
Excellent. Maybe soon they will have some non-Anglo characters and they can really start reflecting Aussie society rather then some white-bread Aryan fantasy.
Penny Smith, Melbourne.
And Brian la Ferlita of Melbourne from the comments:
Oh I have to laugh when we're allowed to watch (current) storylines concerning rape and heterosexual relationships on 'Home And Away' yet some so-called 'conservative groups' deem plotlines about homosexuality to not be authentic?! Here's a tip for the Christian groups outraged at gay storylines: Homosexuality is real. Homosexuality is not a disease or dysfunction. You cannot make some gay by showing them a TV show. You cannot cure a gay person by showing them 'God' or treating them!!!!
Remember: you heard it here 2nd, folks.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

People are idiots. I recommend mass sterilisation of all 'Family groups' so they don't reproduce.

Private 'Baldrick' Tom said...

With the exception of this, of course: http://pacifistgrodssoldier.blogspot.com/2009/02/taking-back-family-values-or-term.html

RVBM said...

Steady on, Lad. You're being a bit like Bertrand (with the self-linking)...

Anonymous said...

And you're being a bit like AWH (with the mass sterilisation)...