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Convert or Die - Catholic League Incensed Over Educational Cartoon
Posted: October 1, 2009.
Published: 1998.
Video: WB Kids! Warner Brothers Animation
By chance I happened to catch this episode the first time it aired in 1998, and was immediately hooked on the series. I waited in vain long afterward with a fresh tape in the VCR and clicker in hand while every other episode was repeated several times. I even called Warner Bros. trying to obtain a copy, but was told nothing was available & there were no plans for home video release.
After years of searching on the web, I not only found someone with a copy - I found the culprit! Not surprisingly, certain religious types have both selective memory with regard to history and no sense of humor regarding their faith and its institutions. http://www.catholicleague.org/release.php?id=139 You’ll notice there are no objections to any claims of fact presented (however cheekily) in the piece, only a persistent whining to the network & the FCC about “Catholic-baiting” - whatever that’s supposed to mean: http://www.catholicleague.org/catalyst.php?year=1998&month=December&read=689 Apparently it means that if you air the church’s dirty laundry without presenting it in a perspective of disgust and horror normally befitting humanity, you’re bound to provoke a ludicrous response from a Cat-lick! ...And you’ll be censored for it, naturally. After all, first impressions are lasting; and how will kids ever become good cu$tomers if this is their introduction to the faith? Wake up kids (of all ages) ! Discard your silly fairy tales & superstitions and embrace the almighty First Amendment, which is essential to the pursuit of real truth and understanding! YES now!
I need to reconsider my decision to not allow my children access to TV, this one is brilliant. Thanks for the link.
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