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Speedy Lives
Viva El Speedy: As I told you about before Cartoon Network had pulled all Speedy Gonzales cartoons off the air claiming that the cartoons were offensive to Mexicans even though the cartoon is widely popular amongst most Hispanics. Now score one for our side. Due to pressure from cartoon enthusiasts and Hispanic groups, Speedy has…
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Speedy Gonzales: Offensive Stereotype or Ethnic Icon?
A great miscarriage of justice has been going on right under our very noses and we have not even noticed it. In this article from Fox News, it turns out that the Communist Thought Police (Ted Turner) at Cartoon Network have pulled Speedy Gonzalez cartoons from the airwaves stating that the character is an offensive…
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The 2001 Trenchie Awards
For the first time and probably the last I bring you the Trenchie Awards. The best and worst of my year. Best movie of the year: Stigmata. I know it didn’t come out this year but I saw it this year so it counts. Honorable Mention: Memento. Worst movie of the year: American Psycho. One…
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Video Game Violence
So my friends at The Washington Post are at it again. No, it’s not about me this time but you’ll see the connection if you’ve been reading this site. (Yeah, right.) I read an article run in the daily newspaper that was run in the Post on 8/12/2000. The article was an opinion piece about…