Comments on: The Book of Denial http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/10/the-book-of-denial Keeping the Radical Right at Bay Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:10:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Michael http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/10/the-book-of-denial#comment-6 Michael Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:37:37 +0000 http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/10#comment-6 Welcome back to action, Ron! As someone who has seen the few episodes this show will be allowed to air I can say that a decent show is being canned for all the wrong reasons and in response to the mob. It sets a bad precedent. The show never had a chance to gain numbers, so ratings as a reason for yanking it is ludicrous. The zealots and their mobs managed to apple enough pressure to kill a decent series. Was it a BattleStar Galactica or other prime Friday show? Nope, but it was good and actually managed to portray some folks as all too human. Including their savior. We had a cast that was all too human and dealt with issues that the religious wrong found too distasteful. An elderly black woman who'd had a child out of wedlock and now was using medical marijuana for diabetic myopathy. Internet piracy, gay kids, drugs, sex and a huge chunk of life. While this show would by no means be one that I classed as a favourite it was enjoyable. Its destruction by the mobs will embolden them to further wreak havok in the name of righteousness. What television, radio and books will follow now that they have been allowed a victory? Welcome back to action, Ron!
As someone who has seen the few episodes this show will be allowed to air I can say that a decent show is being canned for all the wrong reasons and in response to the mob. It sets a bad precedent. The show never had a chance to gain numbers, so ratings as a reason for yanking it is ludicrous.
The zealots and their mobs managed to apple enough pressure to kill a decent series. Was it a BattleStar Galactica or other prime Friday show? Nope, but it was good and actually managed to portray some folks as all too human. Including their savior.
We had a cast that was all too human and dealt with issues that the religious wrong found too distasteful. An elderly black woman who’d had a child out of wedlock and now was using medical marijuana for diabetic myopathy. Internet piracy, gay kids, drugs, sex and a huge chunk of life.
While this show would by no means be one that I classed as a favourite it was enjoyable. Its destruction by the mobs will embolden them to further wreak havok in the name of righteousness. What television, radio and books will follow now that they have been allowed a victory?

]]> By: ericsan http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/10/the-book-of-denial#comment-4 ericsan Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:30:54 +0000 http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/10#comment-4 I wouldn't have bothered watching this show if it weren't for all the waves these morons have created around it. As it turns out, it's very well put together, well acted and funny. If it weren't for the fundies' relentless whining I would have missed out on it, instead it's now a season pass on my TiVo (which I think helps the ratings!) I wonder why they're fixating on this show. I mean, I despised "touched by an angel" but never wrote to the network to complain about it, or wrote to my satellite provider to ask them not to carry religious programming because they go against my personal beliefs. I just don't watch them. Why can't they do the same? I wouldn’t have bothered watching this show if it weren’t for all the waves these morons have created around it. As it turns out, it’s very well put together, well acted and funny. If it weren’t for the fundies’ relentless whining I would have missed out on it, instead it’s now a season pass on my TiVo (which I think helps the ratings!)

I wonder why they’re fixating on this show. I mean, I despised “touched by an angel” but never wrote to the network to complain about it, or wrote to my satellite provider to ask them not to carry religious programming because they go against my personal beliefs. I just don’t watch them. Why can’t they do the same?

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