Posted on 05/25/2005 4:57:31 PM PDT by wagglebee
When shareholders of media conglomerate Viacom show up for their annual meeting tomorrow, they'll face the wrath of Catholic League President Dr. William Donahue over a shocking Showtime episode that slandered the late Mother Teresa and her order of nuns in the vilest of terms.
According to Donahue, who plans a press conference in front of the hotel in New York City where the Viacom meeting is being held, an episode of Showtime's Penn and Teller show "Holier Than Thou” was a "Nazi-like assault on Catholicism, and on the person the show calls "Mother F***ing Teresa.” Showtime is owned by Viacom.
Stormed Donahue, "In the 12 years that I have been president of the Catholic League, I have never witnessed a more vicious attack on Catholicism than what appeared this week on the Showtime program, ‘Penn and Teller.’ The episode, ‘Holier Than Thou,’ was a frontal assault on Mother Teresa and her order of nuns, Missionaries of Charity (as well as Gandhi and the Dali Lama).
"Like most Americans, I like parodies and have no problem, per se, with irreverent humor. But when humor becomes insult, that is a different story. And that is what happens here: comedy quickly morphs to vitriol. Indeed, as the show progresses, the level of anger becomes palpable and the degree of distortion becomes mindboggling. This is no comedy—it is Nazi propaganda right out of the Leni Riefenstahl school of filmmaking.
"The Mother Teresa that the world has come to love and revere is made to look like a cruel, exploitative, self-serving nun who ripped off the poor. We are told that Mother Teresa intentionally let the poor suffer, providing neither beds nor bathroom facilities. ‘She had the f***ing coin and pissed it away on nunneries,’ says Penn. As for the nuns who worked with Mother Teresa, they are referred to as ‘f***ing c***s.’
"It does not bother me when they call me ‘Catholic Boy’ on the show (though the term ‘Jew Boy’ would never cross their lips), nor does it concern me when they talk about ‘f**ers like Bill Donohue [who] only see good in her.’ But when they mock the Catholic Church’s teaching on the meaning of suffering, and when they say of the poor that ‘They had to suffer so that Mother F***ing Teresa could be enlightened,’ then they are behaving like monsters.
"We will mail a tape of select portions of this broadcast to many interested parties, including the bishops. And we will hold a press conference tomorrow outside the hotel where Viacom is holding its annual stockholders meeting. They haven’t heard the end of this yet.”
Donohue, who will be joined by some Catholic League staff members, said he will answer any questions following a few remarks. He promised that copies the Catholic League news release on this subject, "Mother F***ing Teresa—Courtesy of Viacom,” will be distributed to Viacom shareholders as they enter the hotel.
Everyone I know thought Farenheit 911 was crap, and a fair number of them voted for sKerry. Understanding that Michael Moore is a nutcase doesn't make you a conservative or even sane yourself for that matter.
I thought it was a powerful comment, the two deaths within a week of one another. Diana was lauded and mourned as a humanitarian and someone who gave her all for the world, but then, it's as if God said, "Let me show you what happens when someone truly worthy of the recognition passes on."
I don't think it was coincidence.
Thanks, wagglebee. According to Google, Diana died on 8/31/97 and her funeral was held on 9/6. Mother Teresa died on 9/5/97.
Sorry somehow you got mixed in with lauralee. A truly serious nutcase.
Agreed. I think she got the welcomes she deserved in heaven where it really counts.
I will never again read another thing by Christopher Hitchens!
At 18 I thought Jesse Jackson was a great American...
I think its because religion requires that you follow a rule and give up a little bit of your freedom to do so. But giving up these kinds of freedoms (licentiousness) is actually for the greater good. Nobody's perfect, but some people are more conscientious at it than others and its just jealousy, resentment.
smart move :-)
Not sure why. Good question.
Something that goes against conservative values on Showtime! I'm shocked, SHOCKED!
I've recognized for years that it had a pro-gay, anti-Christian, anti-conservative agenda. I've never watched it and never missed it.
In the past I've been on panels selecting films for industry awards, and almost 100% of the films produced by Showtime that came to us for consideration were gay-themed, and they were very clearly produced just for the sake of promoting the agenda. I had the authority to accept them for the next round or to reject them right there. I'm proud to say they never got past me.
I'm only 12 years older than our dear Lauralee. I can certainly understand her naivete. I was there too. The most effective remedy for me was having my stupid ideas mocked mercilessly by my older siblings at the Thanksgiving dinner table. I just figured I'd give LL a head start.
Call me cruel, but I'm of the opinion that calm logical arguments aren't nearly as effective as ironic acerbic (and factually correct and informative) insults.
Just do us a favor. Go to your local public library and get Mother Teresa's book 'Mother Teresa: In My Own Words' by Mother Teresa. Read it.
But I have the patience of a saint...
""I'm only 12 years older than our dear Lauralee. I can certainly understand her naivete. I was there too. The most effective remedy for me was having my stupid ideas mocked mercilessly by my older siblings at the Thanksgiving dinner table. I just figured I'd give LL a head start.""
So, I guess you were a liberal.
Very well put, Ashfield.
Not much sprituality at either end of the continuum....or if you KNOW you KNOW. Hey, I'm still struggling with my spirituality, but not so ignorant that I don't know spirituality when I see it....
Anyone who can sell the Cadillac that the pope gave her on his visit ( after it was used to drive him around) and use the money for the poor....well, that certainly is a case of non-attachment and selfless compassion ( oh, and by the way..no codependency there either. ha).
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