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South Park Christmas Special
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Airhead2 12/20/04 9:16 AM
Utgardloki, maybe he didn't phrase it well but that's basically my point- we teach our children it's OK to harm animals, (which is not my agenda, sorry) and all too often this behavior is transferred to humans (which is my agenda, thank you very much)
What does a five year old learn by watching the Coyote scheme against the Road Runner? Or Tweety Bird get eaten by Sylvester the Cat? Where does violence against other living beings start?
My grandsons, here for a visit, terrorized my cat- she was quick enough to get away and hide from them, but when you see Sylvester the Cat on the television getting tossed over a fence into a yard full of dogs then I understand exactly where the Twins learned this behavior.
Violence is violence, whether it's anime or not.Like I said, my concern is violence against humans, but it all starts with violence against animals, and your children learn this violence every Saturday morning on the television.
Veg4Evar 12/20/04 10:26 AM
*It's Mr.Hanky the Christmas Poo*
And I agree this kind of filth does not deserve to be on TV, I think they should outlaw all shows that show violence against animals and show only shows that are positive towards animals. Like Benji or Homeward Bound.
Marysue 12/20/04 11:11 AM
I hate southpark!
Relientkchick08 12/20/04 11:13 AM
i thought the episode was funny and i loved it ...its not real so who cares...actualy it was kind of cute..especialy at the end
CandaceM 12/20/04 11:36 AM
dude, its a cartoon, chill
Mark Wooddonut 12/20/04 11:39 AM
You guys are taking too lightly on this topic.
We got a expression over here that goes like this :"Monkey see Monkey do".
If children watch violent cartoons (and cartoons usually is about animals, wiht animal characters) then they in many cases will try to hurt the poor animals.
Mark.
eskimo 12/20/04 11:39 AM
Circumventing language filter
Last edited by Skuzzy on 12-20-2004 at 01:40 pm
UtgardLoki 12/20/04 11:42 AM
"Utgardloki, maybe he didn't phrase it well but that's basically my point- we teach our children it's OK to harm animals, (which is not my agenda, sorry) and all too often this behavior is transferred to humans (which is my agenda, thank you very much)
What does a five year old learn by watching the Coyote scheme against the Road Runner? Or Tweety Bird get eaten by Sylvester the Cat? Where does violence against other living beings start?
My grandsons, here for a visit, terrorized my cat- she was quick enough to get away and hide from them, but when you see Sylvester the Cat on the television getting tossed over a fence into a yard full of dogs then I understand exactly where the Twins learned this behavior.
Violence is violence, whether it's anime or not.Like I said, my concern is violence against humans, but it all starts with violence against animals, and your children learn this violence every Saturday morning on the television."
"You guys are taking too lightly on this topic.
We got a expression over here that goes like this :"Monkey see Monkey do".
If children watch violent cartoons (and cartoons usually is about animals, wiht animal characters) then they in many cases will try to hurt the poor animals.
Mark."
Then you have FAILED as parents for not telling your kids the difference between right and wrong and that cartoons are make believe or just not allowing them to watch it in the first place....which doesnt do any good anyways.
