Re: Kats' Religion and swear words.

From: Edo Andromedo <macsonic_at_rad.net.id>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 13:37:53 +0700

>At 05:24 AM 6/7/96 +0700, Edo Andromedo wrote:
>>Heck, for all what we know, the kats could be atheists.

On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, DJ Clawson wrote:
> Well, true, but we do have Hard Drive's mention of "The Christmas Tree"
>which obviously is decorated with lights on it, because the line was
>something like, "I'm gonna light you up like a Christmas Tree!"

Well, it's a figure of speech you know.

>Now about
>the speech someone (probably Dr. Conway) gave about the history of the
>evergreen, still, he said "Christmas"--meaning "birth of Christ".

"Christmas" does mean a lot of thing. "A Christmas tree" could mean a mega
lot of thing.

>If the
>show designers wanted their own new kat religion, they screwed up on this
>line. Christmas trees symbolizing the birth of Christ is Christianity no
>matter how you slice it.

It also symbolize a tree with a lot of lights on it.

>There would also be no Christianity without
>Judiasm, because one sprung from the other. As for Islam, well, I did go a
>bit to far to assume anything there.

Why far?

>Sorry. But I think we can all be pretty clear on the Christianity/Judiasm
>thing.

Razor, I think that this thing should be put under "Frequently Recurring
Threads" in the SK FAQ. You know, next to my "Is SWAT Kats an anime?"
thingy. :)

> This'll go on my list of things to ask Davis Doi went I get around to
>calling him again.

Oh yeah, don't forget to ask him about the Calico/Callico thing.

>>>I don't think you'll even hear a
>>>character exclaim, "Oh, my God!" lest someone be offended.
>>
>>Well, Dr. Sinian say "Oh, my....". in "The Deadly Pyramid". What could
>>cause this sudden mute?
>>
>>Could it be that A.J.'s fears on the tape degradation is getting worse?
>
> That's tape degradation all right.

What? The degradation has gone that far? Crud!

> The line (I've seen the episode a hundred times--trust me) is, "Oh, my
>goodness! One of the exhibits has fallen!"

Fallen? They were walking.

>That's fine and dandy, but I
>*despise* the phrase, "Oh my goodness!" in place as a goody-good version of
>"Oh my G-d!"

Why do they replace the word "God" with "Goodness"?

>In "Children of the Stone" and "Vilthuril" there *are*
>characters who say "Oh my G-d!"--Abi being one of them. It *is*
>fanfiction--I can do whatever I want, within the limits of good taste of
>course.

Question, question. <raising hand> Why do you put "-" in the middle of "God"?

>>>No, there is nothing in the series that would even hint at a religion.
>>
>>T-Bone do swear something that resemble like "Christ!" in "Razor's Edge".
>
> The line is "Crud!" which is basically a goody-good version of "Crap!"

Well, it sounded like "Cride" to me. Then again, just like what you said
before, TCN tapes are degradating.

<snip alot about swear words>

One thing for sure, I like it when they say "Furball". :)

>Dr. Jake Clawson
>(djclawson_at_garden.net)
>(XXRJ13C_at_prodigy.com)

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Received on Sat Jun 08 1996 - 03:36:30 PDT