The Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) provide high-quality educational programming across the United States to people of all ages, but it seems that they can’t put two and two together themselves when it comes to the global phenomenon of Teletubbies.
Teletubbies is a morning television program carried by PBS featuring four roundish, cuddly little creatures that aims to educate very small children two years and younger. In 1999 it was the subject of passing comments and more in-depth looks in several publications, including People, Time, The Washington Post, Christian minister Rev. Jerry Falwell’s National Liberty Journal, and the Chicago Tribune. Tribune columnist Eric Zorn quoted several gay writers who were convinced that Tinky Winky, one of the characters, is gay...........Read more
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"Human beings have still not been able to form a human society, and have still not learned to move with the spirit of a pilgrim. Although many small groups, motivated by self-interest, work together in particular situations, not even a small fraction of their work is done with a broader social motive. By strict definition, shall we have to declare that each small family unit is a society in itself? If going ahead in mutual adjustment only out of narrow self-interest or momentary self-seeking is called society, then in such a society, no provision can be made for the disabled, the diseased or the helpless, because in most cases nobody can benefit from them in any way... in that case there always remains the possibility of some people getting isolated from the collective. All human beings must attach themselves to others by the common bond of love and march forward hand in hand; then only will I proclaim it a society." |