Posted by
NY GOP GIRL on Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:13:56 PM
I am so sick and tired of HBO, and I am cancelling it once again. I should have known better when I subscribed, but they sucked me in with the terrific "John Adams" miniseries. But usually HBO is filled with smut, so I normally try not to waste my money on it.
One show that especially outrages me on a regular basis is Bill Maher's program. It is usually a show I try to avoid, but they play it so often that it seems to be on all the time. It is very hard for me to watch, because the views of he and his guests go against everything I believe in. But, I do believe that there is a freedom of speech that we must defend in this country, even though my views are attacked almost daily by the mainstream press. I also believe that if one does not agree with someone's opinion, and you don't like his show, don't watch it. However, his comments about the Pope being a "Nazi" and that the Catholic Church is a "child abusing religious cult" is an insult to me as a Catholic. This is the last straw, and I can‘t just ignore it this time. Have we reached an age where "anything goes?"
Would they make him retract his comments if he had insulted the gays, or the African Americans, or even the Global Warming fanatics? Of course they would. What makes his comments so agreeable to them that they just let it slide? Would they let him say the same thing about Islam? I seriously doubt it. Sorry to say, they would be afraid that someone would bomb the Time-Warner building. It's much easier to pick on the Catholics, because we just let it go. I guess that we are used to it.
I am so tired of the anti-Catholic rhetoric and the abhorrence of Christians in general. It seems that the main stream media has easily forgotten that this country was built on Judeo-Christian beliefs. The first settlers of this country came here for freedom OF RELIGION, not FROM RELIGION. People like Bill Maher seem to like to ignore that fact. It is that "anything goes" attitude with no respect for others that is ruining the country. It looks like Time-Warner doesn't seem to mind if the country falls apart as long as free speech is preserved. Where does that leave the rest of us?