# Canada Family Action Coalition is shocked, SHOCKED over ten-second ad **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 8, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049 "2005-02-08T19:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/21 "2005-02-08T23:12:58Z")
**Orbifold** : The man calling for the boycott is Charles McVety, head of an organization called the Canada Family Action Coalition. Dunno if it’s U.S.-based or not. 🙂 **The rest of you silly, silly people** : _facepalm_ ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/22 "2005-02-08T23:23:16Z")
> [@Northern Piper](#): > > I always wondered about Pooh and Piglet… Pooh was from Canada (White River, Ontario – ne panda-shitteth vous pas), so he probably was gay. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/23 "2005-02-08T23:27:53Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Are you comparing gay people to pandas? 😉 Of course! The decline in the panda births has nothing to do with habitat loss. Just too many gay pandas pandaing about to keep the species procreating. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/24 "2005-02-08T23:43:06Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I am sorry, but my traditional values would be offended by this living arrangement. > > According to [this high-toned site](http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/panda) regarding the panda diet, “Bamboo is very low in nutrition. Even though the panda eats this plant, it cannot digest it very well and most of the bamboo passes undigested through the digestive tract.” > > I am not passing judgment on panda sexual orientation, but I don’t want to live next door to enormous piles of undigested bamboo. Yeah, that’s why I say screw all you lefties. I donate to a coalition dedicated to ensure that it remains illegal for pandas to adopt children. Our current goal is to ban the book, “Heather’s Two Mommies are Furry and Members of an Endangered Species.” ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/25 "2005-02-08T23:52:29Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Perhaps gay pandas are a route to acceptance of SSM. If kids grow up liking openly gay cartoon characters, they might become accepting adults. Disney should get to work on “Pooh Comes Out!” “Oh, bother,” mumbled Pooh as he fumbled with the Astroglide. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/26 "2005-02-08T23:59:32Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Disney should get to work on “Pooh Comes Out!” Would this be a show emphasizing the acceptance of gay couples? Or would it center on the value of a high fiber diet involving bamboo? I for one would not want my children seeing Panda Pooh on a children’s network. That’s what the Discovery channel is for. [sub]On preview: Dammit, Tentacle Monster beat me to it![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/27 "2005-02-09T00:06:15Z")
> [@LaurAnge](#): > > Hmm… so what’s playing at Famous Players this week? Don’t forget your lesbian phone! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/28 "2005-02-09T00:13:25Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > “Oh, bother,” mumbled Pooh as he fumbled with the Astroglide. Dude, you are so going to hell for that… Robin ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/29 "2005-02-09T00:14:49Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Yeah, that’s why I say screw all you lefties. I donate to a coalition dedicated to ensure that it remains illegal for pandas to adopt children. Our current goal is to ban the book, “Heather’s Two Mommies are Furry and Members of an Endangered Species.” I’m all for gay marriage and all, but the day they allow **furries** to marry, is the day that the terrorists have won. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/30 "2005-02-09T00:18:48Z")
Of course, there was a popular recent book that dealt with gay pandas and incorrect punctuation… I think it was called “Eats, shoots, and blows”. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/31 "2005-02-09T00:20:34Z")
Please try to stay on track, people-this thread is about trainloads of gay pandas and their digestive problems. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/32 "2005-02-09T00:22:49Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Dude, you are so going to hell for that… > > Robin Well, it may be [true](http://www.christmasteddy.com/images2/2002wtppiglets1stride..jpg)… ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/33 "2005-02-09T00:26:01Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > **Orbifold** : The man calling for the boycott is Charles McVety, head of an organization called the Canada Family Action Coalition. Dunno if it’s U.S.-based or not. 🙂 > > **The rest of you silly, silly people** : _facepalm_ Actually, **Orbifold** is not so far off base. [Look at this article](http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=951ce753-b0ce-4c7d-b28b-eb1993ecc1ce) . ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/34 "2005-02-09T00:38:01Z")
> [@detop](#): > > Actually, **Orbifold** is not so far off base. [Look at this article](http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=951ce753-b0ce-4c7d-b28b-eb1993ecc1ce) . That’s the kind of thing I’ve been hearing about. But I was wondering if this _particular_ incident was due to a group like Dobson’s. McVety’s group seems to be composed of 100% Canadian assholes, although I’m sure there’s at least a spiritual kinship between the two. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/35 "2005-02-09T00:39:57Z")
QUOTE=Czarcasm]Please try to stay on track, people-this thread is about trainloads of gay pandas and their digestive problems. [/QUOTE] In point of fact, Pooh was forcibly relocated from White River by train during the Great War to a prison for his ilk in a foreign land where he died. To whom else did this sort of thing happen? Also of note is that Pooh was a black bear, who was Shepardized quite a few shades lighter. To whom else did this sort of thing happen? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/36 "2005-02-09T01:08:56Z")
> [@Orbifold](#): > > That’s the kind of thing I’ve been hearing about. But I was wondering if this _particular_ incident was due to a group like Dobson’s. McVety’s group seems to be composed of 100% Canadian assholes, although I’m sure there’s at least a spiritual kinship between the two. It’s that old “at least 51% Canadian” thing again – they import the ideals, and have figureheads spouting them in behalf of the group backing them. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/37 "2005-02-09T01:14:58Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > _clomps **Nametag** with a water balloon for doing that to her thread_ 😃 All right, if this water fight has to escalate… [pulls hydrant wrench out of coat] ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/38 "2005-02-09T01:27:04Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Also of note is that Pooh was a black bear, who was Shepardized quite a few shades lighter. To whom else did this sort of thing happen? Michael Jackson? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/39 "2005-02-09T01:28:25Z")
> [@Orbifold](#): > > McVety’s group seems to be composed of 100% Canadian assholes, although I’m sure there’s at least a spiritual kinship between the two. I’m sure you’re right, assholiness is universal. And **Fuji** , I read your sentence as “pulls hydrant **wench** out of coat” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049/40 "2005-02-09T01:53:25Z")
> [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > Michael Jackson? Well, I’m not letting him raise my kids. Off to the Gay Panda Enclave they go! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-family-action-coalition-is-shocked-shocked-over-ten-second-ad/289049.md?page=3)