Hamas-keteers, anyone?
The Hamas government recently pulled a Palestinian children’s television program from the air that included a militant Mickey Mouse clone. Farfour, which means “butterfly,” bore an uncanny resemblance to the Disney icon. He appeared on the show “Tomorrow’s Pioneers” where he taught kids about the important things in life: being confident, setting goals, and working together.
“You and I are laying the foundation for a world led by Islamists,” Farfour squeaked in a recent episode. “We will return the Islamic community to its former greatness, and liberate Jerusalem, God willing, liberate Iraq, God willing, and liberate all the countries of the Muslims invaded by the murderers.”
Well, you got to start ’em early these days. Thankfully, Veggie Tales is the only religious cartoon subverting American children. On a side note, I would love to see an army of Disney lawyers bring down the hammer on this.
Obviously, the aforementioned Cucumber would be Camus.
Jean-Paul Sartreberry?
I can see it now…
Nietszche the Peach, Bakunin the Beet, Bertrand Russet Potato…
Soon, I hope. That’d be comedy gold. Maybe they could fight the Vegetales crew in Thunderdome. TWO CUCUMBER ENTER, ONE CUCUMBER LEAVE!
I think the real question raised by this discussion is, when is Richard Dawkins going to create a children’s show about pretentious, athiest vegetables?
“Anthony: Have you read the Old Testament? The pages and pages of the ways in which you must kill people who are different than you so that it pleases god? All because, as you say,
I’d rather have my children (heretofore and likely to remain entirely hypothetical children) not be self-righteous assholes, but maybe I’m weird.
I am a beautiful snowflake – at least that’s what my drill instructor told me before he threw me down a hill.
Anthony: Have you read the Old Testament? The pages and pages of the ways in which you must kill people who are different than you so that it pleases god? All because, as you say,”God commands” it. Paltry excuse, if you ask me.
Timothy: Yes, I’d rather have my children be self-righteous assholes because Dawkins told them to. At least he’s right.
I mean, seriously, I don
ChrisD, I dont think that it is accurate to say that Christian values are “hate those who are different than you.” You seem to have A LOT of anger and hate towards Christians yourself. Also I think you will find that most Christians (yes there are always some that profess a faith and don’t live up to it) teach their children not to hate and do their best to love everyone as God commands. I think you have the wrong view of Christians and people of faith.
Okay, but here’s the thing about Veggie Tales: they are currently airing on NBC (along with a bunch of other Christian crap), except that the word “god” has been removed from all of the episodes. NBC claims that everyone can relate to the good morals in the show and, thus, doesn’t want to alienate anyone.
Um, what about those of us who think Christian “”morals”” (i.e., hate those who are different, await the (nigh!) second coming, you are a fucking beautiful and unique snowflake) are basically a bunch of crap people tell themselves to make themselves feel better about their crappy lives and crappy jobs working at Wal-Mart?
I mean, seriously, I don’t want my kids growing up to be self-righteous assholes because that one tomato told them to!
That show has a much higher cast turn-over rate than the Mickey Mouse Club. Kids keep going missing, schools blowing up, very strange.
Disney lawyers are sorta like the suicide bombers of the litigation world …