Jerry Springer: The Opera

[mrph]

I didn't see it. But I'm amused (and a little unsettled) by the fuss surrounding it. The BBC 'Have Your Say' pages, in particular, have some gems: "If only the people who post their messages here in support of this production, were aware of the consequences of such blasphemy."

Er, yes.

And then there's Stephen Green's what-a-surprise-I-never-expected-that reaction to people harassing BBC staff after his Christian Voice website published their home phone numbers and addresses. Basically, he denies any such intent: "We totally abhor stuff like that, it does no credit to the cause of Christ," and "But I was a bit naive in thinking perhaps our website would only be visited by Christians."

Um. So it's all the non-Christians visiting his site who are threatening BBC staff because of perceived blasphemy? Riiiiight.

Comments

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

I bet they kept the receipts though.

[deliberateblank.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't matter either way. The issue of whether you are licensed to operate TV receiving equipment is a database record at TVL headquarters. Posession of either piece of paper is meaningless (unless TVL mess up their database which isn't that likely.)

Now, if they'd burnt their TVs and written in and demanded a refund of all remaining full quarters on the license, there might have been a point.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

There may still have been a point. Maybe one of them burnt their finger.