Offended... by the Simpsons!

Was good till you've seen them all about 20 times, the first 3-4 seasons are dire.

Latest ones are pretty funny, haven't seen one in a while though. (Season 18? 19? 20? Can't remember, I laughed a few times though)

edit @ OP, grow up.
 
Seriously OP you get offended waaaaay to easily, i bet your one of those people who writes in to Points of View to complain about the authenticity of costume dramas ;):D
 
Nitefly said:
What are you talking about, really? I found something mildly offensive, I understand it was a joke, I didn't make a big deal out of it, I didn't complain. I merely wished to see what other forum members thought. What exactly is there for me to get a grip of?

Heres some appropriate biology for you:
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let me guess: i offended you??

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Nitefly said:
Hello all,

Whilst returning from a hard day's lab to relax infront of the TV, I put on channel 4 for a bit of Simpsons relief. The episode involved an Irish parade (St. Patricks Day) with all your favourites there. Suddenly, alchohol got the best of them, and a semi-riot broke out.

Then, the camera cut to a building with the Union Jack on it, which then exploded as if a bomb had gone off inside. Then the crowd all cheered in unison.

Now, I'm a fan of 'close to the line' humour, but for some reason I was quite shocked by this. Obviously it was intended to be edgy, but I couldn't help feel it was pretty out of place in a Simpsons episode, poking fun at such past events. I was even more suprised that channel 4 didn't edit that scene out, being at 6pm.

Of course, I realise this makes me entirely hypocritical. I enjoy programmes such as Family Guy which frequently poke fun at the disabled, but I find poking fun at such terrorism maybe one step too far. I'm not going to complain of course. Maybe it made me feel rather defensive of my country!

So, did anyone else see it? Did you find it shocking? Do you think channel four will recieve any complaints?

And so on.
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You either laugh or you don't I hate people who feel the need to complain about everything. Your comment here, I don't mind but those that write to channel 4 to complain. Come on more important things in life no? IF you let young children watch simpsons you are a bad parent it's not for children despite the time they air it.
 
Manbread said:
edit @ OP, grow up.
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You are new, so I will forgive you for not actually reading the OP. But then again quite a few others clearly failed to do so as well....

AmDaMan said:
If you are offended by that don't watch Family Guy! :D
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Nitefly said:
Of course, I realise this makes me entirely hypocritical. I enjoy programmes such as Family Guy
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;)

jas72 said:
You either laugh or you don't I hate people who feel the need to complain about everything. Your comment here, I don't mind but those that write to channel 4 to complain. Come on more important things in life no? IF you let young children watch simpsons you are a bad parent it's not for children despite the time they air it.
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Hooray, someone did read the OP after all.

Dracata said:
Complaints like this are why we are in such a PC age imho
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Please point out where exactly I complained?
 
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maybe if its ok to "make fun of IRA" events then we can start making fun about the jews in 1945?

its the same thing to some people, its a sensitive area.


personally i dont really care what a cartoon does, but really IRA bombings are far too recent to be taking the **** out of already. This sort of thing you expect by Southpark, not Simpsons ;)
 
Overlag said:
personally i dont really care what a cartoon does, but really IRA bombings are far too recent to be taking the **** out of already. This sort of thing you expect by Southpark, not Simpsons ;)
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Exactly, I've never seen something so 'provocative' on the Simpsons before.
 
Overlag said:
no, but neither is the IRA blowing people up or Jews getting killed :rolleyes:

funny how american cartoons can take the **** out of the IRA but dont take the **** out of pearl harbor or Jews....
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South Park constantly rips on the Jews in practically every episode. They even dedicated at least two entire episodes to it.
 
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