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Most of you probably don't know that I and others who I invited complained to Off Com about the then, forthcoming program by Derren Brown, when he conducted a live seance.
I purposely didn't urge anyone not to watch the program, as I thought this would only increase the chance people would watch it.
Anyway, good to see that we managed over 700 complaints in the end.
Taken from the BBC:
[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3773013.stm[/URL]
I just hope, nothing like this ever takes place on our screens again.
I purposely didn't urge anyone not to watch the program, as I thought this would only increase the chance people would watch it.
Anyway, good to see that we managed over 700 complaints in the end.
Taken from the BBC:
[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3773013.stm[/URL]
I just hope, nothing like this ever takes place on our screens again.
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1. How on Earth have you made any difference whatsoever? All that has happened is that the programme has become the third most complained about in history - interesting, yes, but you haven't changed anything. All that Channel 4 had to say was that it was always going to be controversial, and they hoped people enjoyed it. The funny thing is that this has given the seance yet more publicity and will probably encourage C4 to broadcast similar things in the future.
2. How narrow minded can some people be?
"Although Channel 4 received 487 telephone calls and e-mails complaining about the show, it said only 30 came after transmission.
A Channel 4 spokesman added the majority of the complaints before the show came from church groups."
The vast majority had made up their minds before the show was aired. And the majority were from church groups. Now I won't make some stupid generalisation about Christians here - I'll just say the fact that almost everyone had formed a wholly biased opinion before even watching the programme shows how foolish some can be.
2. How narrow minded can some people be?
"Although Channel 4 received 487 telephone calls and e-mails complaining about the show, it said only 30 came after transmission.
A Channel 4 spokesman added the majority of the complaints before the show came from church groups."
The vast majority had made up their minds before the show was aired. And the majority were from church groups. Now I won't make some stupid generalisation about Christians here - I'll just say the fact that almost everyone had formed a wholly biased opinion before even watching the programme shows how foolish some can be.
Geffdof wrote:
> Thats what made me ask him.
>
> I could understand if he watched the show first then complained but I
> watched it and thought there was nothing against christian teachings
> in it anyway
Because you probably show tollerance, curiousity and making your own mind up about things. Gump doesn't.
And I hope you are prepared for the "you aren't a real christian" backlash from ff?
Have a nice weekend. :)
> Thats what made me ask him.
>
> I could understand if he watched the show first then complained but I
> watched it and thought there was nothing against christian teachings
> in it anyway
Because you probably show tollerance, curiousity and making your own mind up about things. Gump doesn't.
And I hope you are prepared for the "you aren't a real christian" backlash from ff?
Have a nice weekend. :)
Light wrote:
> Geffdof wrote:
>
> How are we supposed to have free will if we have no choices to make.
>
> Heh. If you look at Mary's opinions about free will in his
> 'discussion' with Pandaemonium on the Life and Everything board,
> you'll soon see that he has absolutely no comprehension as to the
> meaning of the phrase.
heh, he is pretenting the question doesn't exist, or hoping I forget. Next time he mentions anything about free will that I catch, i'm gonna *pop* the sucker back up.
> Geffdof wrote:
>
> How are we supposed to have free will if we have no choices to make.
>
> Heh. If you look at Mary's opinions about free will in his
> 'discussion' with Pandaemonium on the Life and Everything board,
> you'll soon see that he has absolutely no comprehension as to the
> meaning of the phrase.
heh, he is pretenting the question doesn't exist, or hoping I forget. Next time he mentions anything about free will that I catch, i'm gonna *pop* the sucker back up.
Thats what made me ask him.
I could understand if he watched the show first then complained but I watched it and thought there was nothing against christian teachings in it anyway
I could understand if he watched the show first then complained but I watched it and thought there was nothing against christian teachings in it anyway
Geffdof wrote:
> How are we supposed to have free will if we have no choices to make.
Heh. If you look at Mary's opinions about free will in his 'discussion' with Pandaemonium on the Life and Everything board, you'll soon see that he has absolutely no comprehension as to the meaning of the phrase.
> How are we supposed to have free will if we have no choices to make.
Heh. If you look at Mary's opinions about free will in his 'discussion' with Pandaemonium on the Life and Everything board, you'll soon see that he has absolutely no comprehension as to the meaning of the phrase.
Forest Fan wrote:
> >
> Well basically it contradicts our (as Christians) beliefs
How are we supposed to have free will if we have no choices to make. We need a mixture of good and bad thing in the world in order to make a choice of which to follow.
> >
> Well basically it contradicts our (as Christians) beliefs
How are we supposed to have free will if we have no choices to make. We need a mixture of good and bad thing in the world in order to make a choice of which to follow.
Forest Fan wrote:
> Well basically it contradicts our (as Christians) beliefs
Who cares?
There's a truckload of stuff on TV that contradicts plenty of other peoples' beliefs - but do they complain?
Mary-Troll Whitegump.
Hmm.
> Well basically it contradicts our (as Christians) beliefs
Who cares?
There's a truckload of stuff on TV that contradicts plenty of other peoples' beliefs - but do they complain?
Mary-Troll Whitegump.
Hmm.
Light wrote:
> All they're missing is "The Weekly Hate" and it'd
> be complete...
I dunno, when I see them, for two minutes I start shouting at the screen, in a blind rage which is totally out of my control. Until I switch channels..............
> All they're missing is "The Weekly Hate" and it'd
> be complete...
I dunno, when I see them, for two minutes I start shouting at the screen, in a blind rage which is totally out of my control. Until I switch channels..............
Hey FF, if you had of watched it you would have realised that it wasnt a real seance at all and the whole idea was to use phycological trickery to fool a bunch of idiotic students into thinking it was real. I had no problem watching it and im a christian too so I dont see what all of the fuss is about.
Fooly Cooly wrote:
> I think there are 4 christian channels now on Sky. I just love the
> adverts for products, reminds me of that South Park episode when
> Cartmen created a Christian rock group because christians will buy
> anything about Jesus.
There's more than 4 I think. I'll flick through them every now and again for a laugh and a rant. To be honest, none of it's a million miles away from the kind of broadcasts Orwell described in Big Brother. All they're missing is "The Weekly Hate" and it'd be complete...
> I think there are 4 christian channels now on Sky. I just love the
> adverts for products, reminds me of that South Park episode when
> Cartmen created a Christian rock group because christians will buy
> anything about Jesus.
There's more than 4 I think. I'll flick through them every now and again for a laugh and a rant. To be honest, none of it's a million miles away from the kind of broadcasts Orwell described in Big Brother. All they're missing is "The Weekly Hate" and it'd be complete...
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