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Hi Rich;Whatevergirl, I am not pointing my comment at you, I am simply using your post to make a point, so please don’t take offense to what I am going to say. There are many posts that are simillar I just happened to borrow yours.
My concern here is that too many of us good Catholics are sitting around doing nothing while the rest of the world is bashing our faith. FWIW, I don’t watch The View either, but I do watch the news so I know about the commnets made by Joy Behar. I worry about the people who do watch this show. Do they have young children who also watch? Do these sort of comments have an effect on Catholics who have strayed from the church? And for that matter, are they appropriate at all?
For those of you who dismiss this as a simple comedy bit, or as something that doesn’t warrant any attention, I am somewhat alarmed. I am concerned when so many Catholics are willing to just let things like this go. How far do we allow this to go? Are we not called to defend our faith? As a member of the Knights of Columbus, I know that I am called to defend the church.
Now don’t get me wrong. I am not surprised by these comments, but they do bother me. They should bother evrery Catholic on the face of the earth. Yes, we should all be sending e-mails to this show and making are complaints. Yes, we should all be standing up and defending our church.
Someone once told me that in order to live a full life, a person must become aware of being unaware. In other words, wake up and look around. Turning the other cheek is not always the correct answer. We can not allow ourselves to fall into this trap of being de-sensitized like the rest of the world. Does anyone ever wonder why pornography and teen sex is so acceptable to the secular world now? It’s the “Oh well it doesn’t bother me, so I don’t care.” attitude. We as Catholics can and should do better.
I’ll get off my soapbox now, but please consider sending an e-mail to The View and sharing your comments with them.
disclaimer If I seem a bit riled up, it’s a combination of the coffee and the conservitive talk radio I’ve been listening to lately!
Although I said Joy’s view doesn’t matter to me, I never said that I have an ‘I don’t care’ attitude about porn and teen sex type shows on tv. There is a big distinction. First, this is America and you can say a lot of things disguised as jokes on tv these days, and in my humble opinion, I didn’t (personally) see Joy as bashing our faith. I have seen her say similiar comments about Jews, gays, and other groups of people. Not that this makes 'attacking’Catholics ok, by any stretch–but I didn’t see her as doing that, personally. I agree that we should not allow others to bash our faith. Where I can make a difference, is in my workplace. In my neighborhood. I can also write a few emails to NBC or whatever network The View is aired, but I don’t think the networks will change their programming because a group of upset Catholics ask them to. I am an optimist, but I’m also a realist, and I think we make bigger differences if we petition locally, to ask our neighbors, people at school, whatever, to not watch such shows. The NBC/CBS/ABC empires are not going to change something that makes them money. They are all about money,but if suddenly the viewing audience dropped, they would start taking a look at why.
I use the analogy of how Paramount let Tom Cruise go. Why? Not sure if they received emails, but I read that they were losing money because people stopped seeing his movies. (because of his unpredictable and outlandish behavior on talk shows, and personal life up and downs) Ignoring Tom Cruise, caused Paramount to lose money. When I say ignore, I mean to not watch the program. Not ignore so much that people are bashing our faith–let me make that distinction. I encourage everyone to take a stance for our faith, but in ways that will truly work. Getting upset and letting it ruin my day, and sending some emails to the network will not cause it to stop. As long as they make money, Joy will continue to be heard. It’s sad. But, it’s the way of America. If we want to instill our values, we have to start in our families, in our backyards, in our schools, in our parishes. I think getting people to not watch The View, and other negative shows like this, is where we start.
This is just my opinion.
If you want to write emails, that is your call. If you want to send emails to the advertisers, that is your call. The better way to dismantle a show, is to get people to stop watching it. I’m not desensitized, I just see a different way to skin a cat here, that’s all. 
Thank you for your comment. I hope that you see my points.
What do you mean by boycott? I think if less people watched the show, they would be off the air. That is how shows get removed from the air. What might be a more fair thing to say also, is that are we wanting that show off the air, or for talk show hosts, etc, to show respect to our faith? I am curious if shows should be adhering to an ‘off limits’ model, as far as what can and cannot be discussed on a regular tv show. If a show is designed to interview celebs, like the View, then maybe they could have something that is off limits for their panel to discuss. But, where would that line be drawn? I rememeber when swear words were off limits, and nudity. Now, at 10pm, you can watch a network show (I don’t, but can see when flipping the channels) semi-nudity, and lots of obscene language.
) People inside the Church trying to spew their propoganda. They are far more dangerous than Joy Behar. She, Barbara WaWa and many others in the secular media are just plain (as Bill O. says) pinheads. That being said, I do think yes, it is time that Catholic Christians start fighting back, both by their own example in their own communities and by letting sponsors know that we will not watch such garbage. The only thing that a program understands is a drop in sponsorship. It’s all about the money.