This XAC Index is a collection of selected posts to the XAC list.
It is presented to provide a point of reference for persons seeking information about the movement to combat censorship of Xena Warrior Princess.
At present there are emails from 6 April 1999 through 16 April 1999.
Complied by JacQuest
10 Apr 1999
From: "DiversityJ." <all5jmcs@prodigy.net>
This is in reference to JoAnn Walker's letter called Bummer.
The Hindu Kids Universe Guestbook is still in service, both the previously
written comments and the link to writing the 'protest' is active. Use the url
address of:
http://www.hindunet.org/cgibin/dcguest97/xena/dcguest97.cgi
or:
http://www.hindunet.org/cgibin/dcguest97/xena/dcguest97.cgi?marker=25
Battle On Xenites!
Diversity
Tales from the Children of Xena & Gabrielle
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1115/uberxena/index.html
9 Apr 1999
From: Kathy Neville <xenakat98@yahoo.com>
I feel fortunate I was able to contribute to it this afternoon then
before it imploded. Maybe I helped their decision along. I pointed
the useless expenditure of energy trying to invoke censorship in this
country over a TV show, when they should really direct their efforts at
ending hunger, and creating a better quality of life for the peoples of
their country.
I also reminded them that protests that are built on hysterical
reactions, only serve to create animosity. Wars have been started for
less.
kat
--- JWalker889@aol.com wrote:
> From: JWalker889@aol.com
>
> I went to the protest book as I have been enjoying
> so many of the responses
> by so many and obviously intelligent posters and
> what did I find? . Well,
> they killed it. I don't think they are into freedom
> of speech and obviously
> did not want who they meant to post there reading
> anything positive.
>
> This is what you will find:
> Sign The Protest Book : The protest has ended
> successfully, therefore the
> protest book has been disabled.
>
> I agree it did end sucessfully. We overwhelmed it
> with positive posts about
> Xena.
> Good job all!!!!
>
> JoAnn
From: JWalker889@aol.com
I went to the protest book as I have been enjoying so many of the responses
by so many and obviously intelligent posters and what did I find? . Well,
they killed it. I don't think they are into freedom of speech and obviously
did not want who they meant to post there reading anything positive.
This is what you will find:
Sign The Protest Book : The protest has ended successfully, therefore the
protest book has been disabled.
I agree it did end sucessfully. We overwhelmed it with positive posts about
Xena.
Good job all!!!!
JoAnn
From: JWalker889@aol.com
http://www.hindunet.org/cgibin/dcguest97/xena/
That site originally was set up to protest the airing of The Way. It seems
they abandoned it or just set it up and left. The xenites have, it seems,
conquered it. I have not seen any responses by them or any new original
"anti" protests. What sanity is there is setting up a page and leave it so
wide open to us. I am just bewildered at their page and no responses to the
overwhelming support of this EP on an anti Xena page that is supposedly
automatically forwarded to TPTB at XWP.
JoAnn
8 Apr 1999
From: "Lynne Gearhart" <lynnieg@tir.com>
Hey people, check this out.....it just came thru..........I guess you better
use your judgement as to whether you wanna "go there", spooky folks.......
ummm, yeah,
rude, vulgar and uncivil, that's me......but intolerant, bigoted,
homophobic, never....... keep it up, I will, Lynne
-----Original Message-----
From: Dharmaraj das <dharmaraj@cebu-online.com>
To: lynnieg@tir.com <lynnieg@tir.com>
Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: Protesting the protest
>Dear Lynnie,
>
>The protest facility we set up was not meant for you but for
>those who wanted to protect the dignity of the Supreme Lord
>and the demigods from people whose main concern is to thicken
>their pockets.
>
>If somehow you were pained because these exploiters were reminded
>of their wrongdoing and the proper presentation of the Lord and
>the demigods is not your concern, you may set up your own web site
>and organize your own campaign.
>
>To use other people's facilities in order to attack them is the
>height of rudeness, vulgarity and uncivility.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>dharmaraj das
>
>At 03:43 PM 4/8/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>The protest to stop the further showing of Xena: Warrior Princess is a
>blatant attempt to censor/thwart the world wide viewing audience of a
>highly acclaimed syndicated television program. This protest has been
>mounted in a vacuum of the actual content of the program, with most people
>sending in e-mail postings that have never seen the show in question, The
>Way. This group, that began the protest, also purports to represent the
>entire population of Hindus in the world, which is patently untrue. I
>would urge those in power in the media to carefully consider the dangerous
>precedent this will be setting. I sincerely appreciate your cautious
>approach, with a concern for balance and truth, in this matter.
>>
>>Lynne Gearhart
>>
7 Apr 1999
From: "Catherine M. Wilson" <cmwilson@wildestdreams.org>
Adrienne Howard wrote:
> I want to know why an organization with a name like "American Hindus Against
> Defamation" (AHAD) are perpetuating this campaign of slander and
> intolerance. Kinda ironic, ain't it? I wonder why its OK that they can
> single out a group of people to attack?
I have been in contact with some people from AHAD, and they
seem to be people of good will, but they don't understand
that their protest is being counterproductive. I have tried
to explain to them that Xena fans were becoming interested
in the Hindu deities and Indian culture before all this
happened, but now, people are just disgusted.
You can write to the folks at AHAD via this email address:
hsc@hindunet.org.
They also have a guestbook you can sign. It was evidently
meant for people protesting the show, but many Xenites have
expressed their opposition to the protest there. Some of
the messages are eloquent and moving.
The guestbook is at:
http://www.hindunet.org/cgibin/dcguest97/xena/
Kit
From: LadyAdrell@aol.com
After reading the protest book, I must say that I am proud to be a Xenaite!
These people do not understand how numerous we are, and we are more than
willing to fight (I mean that in a nonviolent way) just as hard as they did
to stop this nonsense. What a great community we have here.
Joanna
6 April 1999
Looks like people, seems like fans of the show(Hindu or not, i do not
know) have supported, rather than protest, the show, producers, etc
recently in AHAD's Xena Protest Book. This might just be a good idea in
actually supporting your views that the show did more good than harm in
making the viewer awar of other cultures, without dissrespecting that
culture, and sparking a hunger for knowlege in the fan that would
otherwise not know.
the Protest Book Addy is : http://www.hindunet.org/cgibin/dcguest97/xena/