"Baby for the Millenium" encouraged

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From the Electronic Telegraph, ISSUE 1348, Tuesday 2 February 1999

Baby for the Millennium' TV project is attacked

By Paul Stokes

TELEVISION programme makers have been criticised for encouraging couples to have sex in the hope of having a child on the first day of the new Millennium.

ITV is planning a night of sex-orientated programmes on March 17 "to get the nation in the mood" on the most likely date for anyone wanting to give birth on Jan 1 2000.

Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions has been commissioned to make three programmes for that evening's schedules, including conception techniques, reproduction in the animal kingdom and classic television seduction scenes.

Church and family groups believe the orchestrated night of mass passion is a devaluation of human life which encourages people to have babies to bring them "15 minutes of television fame".

A YTTTP spokesman said: "We are trying to find responsible couples who have decided to start a family and think it is a bonus to possibly have a baby with the birthdate 1/1/2000. We don't feel we will be encouraging people to do it just to get on television."

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-- Old Git (anon@spamproblems.com), February 02, 1999

Answers

Wonder what the weather is like on the planet that YTTTP spokesman calls home???

-- Chuck, night driver (rienzoo@en.com), February 02, 1999.

GAG!! RETCH!!

-- Hardliner (searcher@internet.com), February 02, 1999.

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people." (H. L. Mencken)

-- Tom Carey (tomcarey@mindspring.com), February 02, 1999.

I believe that's a British story, Tom, though you're quote remains worthwhile and to the point.

-- Vic (Roadrunner@compliant.com), February 02, 1999.

I'm on a private Catholic list-serve on Y2K, & they're presently discussing how best to avoid cranking out a rug-rat near the Rollover w/o making God angry (since really effective methods of birth-control are verboten to serious Catholics). Which is worse, being on God's s**t list while the sky is falling, or having yet another mouth to feed when resources are suddenly short...? Problems, problems.

-- would like to (go@to.heaven), February 02, 1999.


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