Poland: Twinky-Winky is gay and probably Winnie the Pooh too

Poland targets 'gay' Teletubbies
By Adam Easton
BBC News, Warsaw

A senior Polish official has ordered psychologists to investigate whether the popular BBC TV show Teletubbies promotes a homosexual lifestyle.

The spokesperson for children's rights in Poland, Ewa Sowinska, singled out Tinky Winky, the purple character with a triangular aerial on his head.

"I noticed he was carrying a woman's handbag," she told a magazine. "At first, I didn't realise he was a boy."

EU officials have criticised Polish government policy towards homosexuals.

Ms Sowinska wants the psychologists to make a recommendation about whether the children's show should be broadcast on public television.

Poland's authorities have recently initiated a series of moves to outlaw the promotion of homosexuality among the nation's children.

Tinky Winky's psychological evaluation is being treated fairly light-heartedly by many people here.

One radio station asked its listeners to vote for the most suspicious children's show. Some e-mailed in to point out that Winnie the Pooh had only male friends.

Even Ms Sowinska has backtracked a little, insisting that she does not believe the Teletubbies is a threat to the nation's children. But the evaluation is still going ahead and her office can recommend that the show should be taken off the air.

Poland was criticised recently after its education ministry announced plans to sack teachers who promote homosexuality.

Last month the European Union singled out Poland for criticism in its resolution condemning homophobia in the 27-member bloc.

It's called a man-purse. Duh.

Why do I continue to find these stories about gay tele-tubbies hilarious?

I'd like to know how anyone can tell that Tinky-Winky is male.

Winnie the Pooh didn't have ONLY male friends?

....not the point here, huh?

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Isn't this Tinky Winky thing old news by now? I wonder what the verdict is there on Bert and Ernie.

And Winnie the Pooh does NOT only have male friends, Kanga is female.

She's a single mom, too, is she not? I don't remember any Mr. Kanga.

Of course, Pooh and those folks really only wanted to hang out with Roo, anyway.

"Promote homosexuality"?

I just don't understand this. Do people really believe that otherwise straight people will magically turn gay if they are exposed to gay people or gay lifestyles/culture?

By that logic there should be no gay people at all. Because obviously the gay people would all turn straight after being completely bombarded with "straight" lifestyle and culture being thrust down their throats through religion, family, friends, music, literature, television, books, advertising etc. all day, every fucking day from the second they are born!

Fuck, some people have too much stupid.

Obviously Tinky-Winky subverts our impressionable youth with invisible homo mind-rays.

OUR CHILDREN ARE AT STAKE!

You're just saying this as an excuse for not meeting your annual recruitment goals, aren't you?

I remember watching the Teletubbies once. At one point Tinky-Winky was attacked by a vacumm cleaner which attacked itself to his butt with the suction force. Tinky Winky responded by gigglingly madly.

So yah; he is SOOOOOOO gay

If Winnie the Pooh was gay, he'd be called Winnie the Poo-Pusher.

Pooh's secret identity:

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Pedobear!!!

I can see where they're coming from. I mean I still remember sitting down when I was 10 or 11, drawing a big line down the middle, labeling one side gay and the other side straight, and fillig each side with pros and cons. I balanced it out and choose for myself as it should be, but think of the children. If you show them a genderless imaginary creaturing behaving in a certain way when they're that young it will totally skew their decision later in life when they have to choose for themselves what gender they find sexually attractive.

It's the aerial on Tinky Winky's head, broadcasting all those gay signals. That's what's going to get people. If they're worried about the kids watching, just issue them with tin foil hats.

I grew up watching He-Man. If that didn't make an entire generation gay, nothing can

Exactly, they're a little behind the times with this. The rest of us were all converted by Tinky Winky years ago.

This is FUCKING BULLSHIT!!!

There is no way on earth that a gay man would wear a red purse with a clashing purple bodysuit.

eugh!!

You're a bigot. If this was about black people, you'd be praising them for having natural rhythm.

Actually, I think Dipsy was supposed to be the black one.

Just saying.

im suprised at y'all. jerry fallwell, (lord damn his soul) made this arguement like 5 or 10 years ago. it was in all the papers. what, were y'all 12? (oh snaps, some of you were!)

clearly this isnt about homophobia, its about jerry falwell's demonic soul possessing some polish lady!!!


(annecdote: at my sisters wedding in georgia last year, one of her high school friends (when we were discussing animation, cause thats what i do) brought this 'theory' aboout tinky winky up. she totally believed in the homosexual agenda. i stopped talking mid sentance and wandered to another crowd of peeps. )

Oh, bother.

My fault, I forgot to post a date on the article. This was a article posted on the BBC News web page on Monday.

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No, when I say old I mean almost a decade old. Is the show new in Poland? My ten year old was watching it here as a toddler, and it was around in the UK before that.

And for the last time, Pooh isn't gay. He has psychological issues.

GI Joe was fairly homoerotic as well.