Petition ABC Family to Cancel "Greek"

[macallan25]

Haha, does it really upset you that much?

[KyleMcGuire1983]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Haha, does it really upset you that much?

Well I just bumped into the petition and figured people would want to sign it. Honestly it kind of does offend me and somebody I was talking about it on Facebook brought up an interesting point.

Would society put up with an ABC Family show portraying people of a certain race, gender, or sexual orientation indulging in ridiculous stereotypes? I doubt it....because it's WRONG!

and what the hell is ABC "Family" doing advertising a show to kids about drunk frat boy date rapists and bulemic sororstitutes. HORRIBLE example to the kids out there....

The entire situation is a huge embarassment for everybody involved.

[SigKapCoug]

ABC family is NOT a family channel ("a new kind of family")

Its some sort of weird contract thing where they have to keep the family name even though they are not.

And lets be serious. ABC Family is NOT MTV. How many people actually WATCH ABC family? Who is actually going to be swayed by a dumb tv show?

[Drolefille]

Name me one internet petition that's done jack crap. The other recent petitions on that site are:
Jail Paris Hilton
Don't Free Paris Hilton
Stop WBC/Phelps from protesting at VT funerals
Free Paris Hilton
Draft Al Gore: Gore for President 2008

Yeah, they're gonna do some good.

[KyleMcGuire1983]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Name me one internet petition that's done jack crap. The other recent petitions on that site are:
Jail Paris Hilton
Don't Free Paris Hilton
Stop WBC/Phelps from protesting at VT funerals
Free Paris Hilton
Draft Al Gore: Gore for President 2008

Yeah, they're gonna do some good.

It was these kind of petitions that caused CBS to bring Jericho back for season 2 when they cancelled it. If there was BIGTIME outpour it could have an effect.

p.s. I hope Al Gore runs for president on a third party green ticket....SPOILER!

[James]

Its just free publicity for them . .

Originally Posted by KyleMcGuire1983

It was these kind of petitions that caused CBS to bring Jericho back for season 2 when they cancelled it. If there was BIGTIME outpour it could have an effect.

p.s. I hope Al Gore runs for president on a third party green ticket....SPOILER!

[KyleMcGuire1983]

Originally Posted by James

Its just free publicity for them . .

eh who knows, then again when you think about it we don't bitch and whine about Animal House and Old School we have theme parties based on them (Toga Parties were supposedly extremely rare pre-Animal House and everyone at my school has at least one a year)

Originally Posted by James

Its just free publicity for them . .

Ditto. If you actually think those petitions work, ha! Think again.

If you want to do something more effective, write to the companies who buy ad time during the episodes. Or don't watch at all. If people don't watch, they'll (hopefully) pull out, and no more TV show.

The networks don't care about some silly online petition.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by KyleMcGuire1983

It was these kind of petitions that caused CBS to bring Jericho back for season 2 when they cancelled it.

No, that was the 20 tons of peanuts that got sent to CBS.

[KyleMcGuire1983]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

No, that was the 20 tons of peanuts that got sent to CBS.

let's send 20 tons of empty solo cups to ABC Family!

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

No, that was the 20 tons of peanuts that got sent to CBS.

I read that the e-mail at both CBS and LA Times went down due to it as well. Read it in the LA Times.

[SnuKnight172]

Originally Posted by KyleMcGuire1983

It was these kind of petitions that caused CBS to bring Jericho back for season 2 when they cancelled it. If there was BIGTIME outpour it could have an effect.

p.s. I hope Al Gore runs for president on a third party green ticket....SPOILER!

If people want to sign the petition then sign if you don't want to sign it don't.

I hope Al Gore runs in 2008 as a Green Party Candidate. I always love when liberals split their base. If Gore ran as a Green Party member he will only help the Republicans win a third straight term.

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by SnuKnight172

I hope Al Gore runs in 2008 as a Green Party Candidate. I always love when liberals split their base. If Gore ran as a Green Party member he will only help the Republicans win a third straight term.

And a fat lot of good that will do the entire nation. Not that it's going to happen.

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by SigKapCoug

And lets be serious. ABC Family is NOT MTV. How many people actually WATCH ABC family? Who is actually going to be swayed by a dumb tv show?

People may not be "swayed," but it contributes to the overall negative view of Greek life that seems to be being fostered in our society today. If a young person happens to view a show where GLOs are shown as dangerous, drug-infested, or just plain stupid, he or she may come to be assuaged that ALL GLOs behave in this manner. It negates the positives that GLOs have contributed to American society and beyond. I would like to say that people are not that stupid; unfortunately, however, many are.

[cuteASAbug]

Originally Posted by kathykd2005

People may not be "swayed," but it contributes to the overall negative view of Greek life that seems to be being fostered in our society today. If a young person happens to view a show where GLOs are shown as dangerous, drug-infested, or just plain stupid, he or she may come to be assuaged that ALL GLOs behave in this manner. It negates the positives that GLOs have contributed to American society and beyond. I would like to say that people are not that stupid; unfortunately, however, many are.

Be honest here, would you tune in for an hour one night a week to a program that showed nothing but sororities cleaning up highways, volunteering at soup kitchens, and holding various fundraisers? Do you think anyone else would?