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jewpinthethird
August 26th, 2005, 08:21 PM
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid19925.asp

Thought all you Family Guy fans might be interested in this article.

“The risk, of course, is that some viewers might not get the joke and believe that AIDS has become a casual, laughing matter,”

Obviously they didnt see that one South Park episode...
Spazzbite
August 26th, 2005, 09:08 PM
Funny how they suggest that it shows subtle homosexuality, but it only says "unprotected sex". Unprotected sex could suggest heterosexual sex as well, but they jumped to a different conclusion. I also don't see how the song is making fun of AIDS, when they're just trying to present it in a lighter, less You're-going-to-die-esque fashion.

Why did they target this instead of the Terminally Ill Children Stand-Up Routine?
Snapps
August 26th, 2005, 09:12 PM
The Fox TV network and its animated comedy series Family Guy apparently think AIDS is a laughing matter.

They have made fun of people being black.

Isn't being black a laughing matter?

im kidding duh
B3NJ1
August 26th, 2005, 09:18 PM
more than 40 million people worldwide, most of whom will die of the ailment They found a cure? lol.
GuidoHunter
August 26th, 2005, 10:03 PM
You know, Benji, AIDS isn't the only thing of which one can die.

If thirty-nine million of those afflicted were all hit by cars, they wouldn't be saying what they did.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com
Tasselfoot
August 26th, 2005, 10:06 PM
Remember kids.... AIDS is a laughing matter.

That is all.
StarmanSuper568
August 26th, 2005, 10:10 PM
Aids is lol
Tasuke
August 27th, 2005, 02:43 AM
Me: HAHAAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Uptight Wad-face: What is so funny?
Me: AIDS! HAHAHAHAHAA!
Uptight Wad-face: That isn't funny!
Me: Now you have it! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Anticrombie0909
August 27th, 2005, 06:47 AM
Yet they don't say a word about Team America, wherein they sing a song about AIDS. Hypocrites.
Pumble
August 27th, 2005, 09:14 AM
What? That AIDS song had absolutely nothing to do with making light of AIDS. They're completely missing the point.

Anyways, it's been 22.3 years since AIDS's discovery, so it is now funny.
Jam930
August 27th, 2005, 07:21 PM
I think the whole point of that joke was to pick something serious and touchy and sing a ridiculous song about it...
CypherToorima
August 27th, 2005, 08:05 PM
What's worse than half a worm in your apple?


The Holocaust!
Kilgamayan
August 27th, 2005, 10:14 PM
Why would people watch Family Guy not expecting to get offended?
Karfu
August 29th, 2005, 07:22 PM
Family Guy makes fun of everything. Religion, drugs ( If you've seen the toad episode ), Skin Color, and everything else.