Springer opera draws 1.7m viewers

[Filuwaúrdjan]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4159217.stm

[opebo]

What's the deal with all these insane christian protesters?  Apparently they're threatening and harrassing BBC execs because there was a naughty word in the broadcast:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050107/325/f9v8c.html

Makes the UK look almost as bad as the US.

[JohnFKennedy]

The BBC shows Songs of Praise as well (I think it is the BBC at least....) so maybe I should go protest about a pro-religious bias, heh.

I think personally that they should let it go, by condeming it and trying to take the BBC to court for it they make it a far bigger issue than it is, besides, freedom of speech and all.

[opebo]

The BBC shows Songs of Praise as well (I think it is the BBC at least....) so maybe I should go protest about a pro-religious bias, heh.

I think personally that they should let it go, by condeming it and trying to take the BBC to court for it they make it a far bigger issue than it is, besides, freedom of speech and all.

Apparently not if it is 'blasphemous' speech.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The only reason why anyone watched it was because of the fuss kicked up by Evangelical groups... I tried to watch it, but as it was dire I switched to Billy Connelly instead. He may be offensive, but he's actually funny.
I did switch back to the Springer thing when his show was over... the bit with the tap-dancing Klansmen was amusing, but the crude parody of Dante's Inferno at the end was just pathetic.

[Tory]

It was definately in poor taste, but not worth the attention these fools payed to it.

[J. J.]

Yet another example of decline of Western Civilization.