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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: What do Palestinians see on TV?
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:35:46 -0400
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On 3/13/2025 6:54 PM, Rhino wrote:
> On 2025-03-13 5:44 PM, moviePig wrote:
>> On 3/13/2025 5:31 PM, Rhino wrote:
>>> On 2025-03-13 4:08 PM, moviePig wrote:
>>>> On 3/13/2025 1:01 PM, Rhino wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-03-13 11:06 AM, moviePig wrote:
>>>>>> On 3/12/2025 11:54 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2025 at 7:28:48 PM PDT, "moviePig" 
>>>>>>> <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 3/12/2025 6:24 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>   On Mar 12, 2025 at 3:20:12 PM PDT, "moviePig" 
>>>>>>>>> <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>   On 3/12/2025 4:14 PM, Rhino wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>     Have you ever wondered what kind of TV programming is 
>>>>>>>>>>> offered in the
>>>>>>>>>>>     Palestinian enclaves like Gaza and the West Bank? It 
>>>>>>>>>>> turns out that
>>>>>>>>>>>     instruction on how and when to beat your wife is a 
>>>>>>>>>>> regular topic there,
>>>>>>>>>>>     as we see in this video:
>>>>>>>>>>>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJYhwtn5wcI [11 minutes]
>>>>>>>>>>>     Yes, even misogyny has rules, as we see in this video.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   Perhaps this why USAID finances foreign versions of 'Sesame 
>>>>>>>>>> Street'.
>>>>>>>>>   Instead of just over-dubbing the 40 years of shows we already 
>>>>>>>>> have in Arabic
>>>>>>>>>   and saving the taxpayers millions of dollars.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't know that dubbed 40-year-old shows would appeal to Gazan 
>>>>>>>> kids.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why not? At least 90% of the characters on the show are puppets, 
>>>>>>> so there
>>>>>>> wouldn't even be lip-synching issues.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I suppose it's possible that those dubbed old shows happen to be 
>>>>>> exactly suited to today's Gazan kids, but I'm guessing we could do 
>>>>>> better.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Those 40 year old shows could teach them to read, count, tell time, 
>>>>> or countless other things that we (or our children) learned from 
>>>>> those same shows. Of course I'm speaking of shows like Sesame 
>>>>> Street more than superhero cartoons. But Palestinian leaders don't 
>>>>> WANT to live in peace with their neighbours: they blame all their 
>>>>> problems on the Jews and simply want to exterminate them. Teaching 
>>>>> the newest generations to hate is fundamental to them and the 
>>>>> perpetuation of their ideas as it was to Hitler or the various 
>>>>> Communist dictators.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, overtly impolitic material won't get aired. But it's Sesame 
>>>> Street.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> You use the incredibly lame "argument" that those shows are old, as 
>>>>> if that invalidates their message, as if learning to read, or count 
>>>>> or tell time isn't just as relevant as it was 40 years ago. It's 
>>>>> like you're looking for *any* excuse to keep the hate-programming 
>>>>> in place for fear that the kids won't learn to hate Jews if the 
>>>>> hateful shows aren't aired any more.
>>>>
>>>> I assume that TV production-values have noticeably advanced in 40 
>>>> years.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> So you're going to continue this ultra-feeble rationalization for not 
>>> showing older programs on the grounds that Palestinian children would 
>>> be offended at not seeing the programs in glorious 8K and have to 
>>> settle with the older standards? THAT is the compelling reason not to 
>>> show Sesame Street in Gaza or the West Bank?
>>>
>>> You're beyond ridiculous!
>>
>> No, I'm saying (and thanks for asking) there might be worthwhile 
>> purpose to gussying up the Sesame Street repertoire.  But you keep 
>> pedaling.
>>
>>
> 
> What compelling reason to "gussy up" those shows could there possibly be 
> other than refilling the coffers of whatever Democratic operatives get 
> most of the money from any of these initiatives?

To offer a product that Gazan kids and parents find attractive?