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Well it does make a little more sense that this happened in 1981; as you say M.A.S.H. was hugely popular. Its last episode is one of the "Largest TV audience ever" moments. And the song is not advocating suicide; it's about the helplessness associated with an unjust war you can do nothing to...

Definitely, I think this is true for pretty much all issues that divide people. And it's not even really about changing people (next to impossible in any situation, heh), it's about making a connection with people you disagree with so you don't see each other as just "the enemy."

No indeed it does not. Brown's segment should definitely have been removed. But the overreaction to Perry's segment was absurd.

Lol, yay we win! :mad::flirt: Er, sorry...I...didn't mean that. :o Lol

I understand. Still, if you think that's bad, try being a woman, gay or straight, heh. You know John Lennon's song (the one whose title I can't repeat here. ;) ).

Well again, what I'm saying is it's a numbers game. There's a great majority of Christians (or people who identify themselves that way) in the country, therefore the odds are in the favor that you're going to see mostly Christians doing these things. If you went to another country, there would...

I actually don't agree with that. I understand you're trying to be tolerant. But you're fighting for a change in the law and in society, aren't you? If you want to take a stand on an issue, sometimes you can't be tolerant. I'm not talking about violence obviously. Just saying there's a time...

I think you're misunderstanding me. I'm not trying to say it's not prejudice. I'm trying to say these people who disagree with you aren't just evil and just love taking your rights away. I'm talking about "meeting your friend in your enemy." You're never going to convince people of anything if...

I want to point out though that people who identify themselves as Christians make up an overwhelmingly huge part of the country's population. So it's not unusual that you'd tend to see Christians speaking up more about any topic, never mind this particular issue. I'm not saying that makes them...

Yeah, education is definitely very important with OCD. OCD is all about fear and you can't think rationally when you're panicing. :)

Very good point! :) And God bless you for that, and I mean it with all respect. :) I have OCD and I do get too worried about germs and blood sometimes. It's not entirely my fault; it's a compulsion! Lol But I hope I would be able to keep it in check in truly serious situations.

Well the thing is, as I see it, while a lot of the rules in Leviticus were relevant for those people at the time, that doesn't mean they all still apply today. I think some of what we interpret as morality concerns in Leviticus, were actually health concerns for the time period. I mean Leviticus...

Oh yeah! Well that's why Tom didn't work out; he should have been paired with Oscar! :grouchy:

Oh my gosh, you're right, lol. Wow, how did they forget to teach us that in school, that is awesome! :halo:

I only saw him once on the Old School DVD. I liked him alright; I mean it's New York, there's supposed to be grumpy people, lol.

Margaret Dumont: I think marriage is a very noble institution....It's the foundation of the American home! Groucho: Yes, but the trouble is, you can't enforce it! It was put over on the American people while our boys were over there! And all our girls were over here... ;) (To Marx Brothers...

See "marriage" never sounds like an intimate term to me. It sounds all grown up and boring, lol. Don't get me wrong, I'd like to get married, but yeah, if there was another word I could use I'd be happy. :halo: You know even in this day and age, marriage for a woman often still means giving up...

I don't deny that that is some people's motivation. Just saying it's not always that simple. I'm neither ignorant nor dishonest (again, you can't assume someone's motivation ;) ). And that's the ideal we should strive for. But you can't always tell what makes people comfortable or...

I do want to say, I think sometimes it's more that people are afraid saying "gay" will sound like a slang term or something. It's not about prejudice, it's about trying too hard to be polite. It's like how we go out of our way to say "Italian American, African American, Asian American" etc. I...

Yeah exactly, you don't want to be labeled as the moron who still likes someone when the rest of pop culture has turned on them. But EVERY comedian goes through that, so at point you just have to make up your own mind, hehe. Yeah it always amused me how offended celebrities would get at South...