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Post by josha on Feb 20, 2003 0:52:24 GMT -5
A while ago Sesame street brought in an AIDS doll so children oculd deal with aids or some shit like that, Is there going to be a terrorist attack on there now, to help the children understand that?
I mean its pretty much the same thing, both scary ideas to think about and if children in america have to learn about aids, then whats different about them learning about the terrorist attacks?
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Post by millhouse on Feb 20, 2003 1:08:19 GMT -5
the AIDS Seseme St character is not in the US version of the show.
its for a country with a really high AIDS rate (i can't remember which country), but its not in the US version of the show.
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Post by josha on Feb 20, 2003 1:10:33 GMT -5
I thought it was about 4 countries including america because its a growing thing over there, i thought aus was one of the only places it wasnt shown
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Post by josha on Feb 20, 2003 1:11:20 GMT -5
and anyway, it shouldnt matter if its not in america, all countries have the threat of terrorists and war
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Post by michael on Feb 20, 2003 1:25:42 GMT -5
Aidsy was in South Africa, i believe.
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Post by ALYCESAN on Feb 20, 2003 3:32:44 GMT -5
every where you look we are reminded of terror do we really need the kiddies to see this?i think no.
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Post by slushpup on Feb 20, 2003 3:43:28 GMT -5
i think it would be good to introduce a character of noticable middle eastern decent. maybe then children wouldnt grow up inheriting the paranoia of their parents, where they think that anyone who looks middle eastern must be a terrorist. its so fucking lame how people do that...you cant generalise and stereotype a whole race.  |
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Post by michael on Feb 20, 2003 4:29:30 GMT -5
every where you look we are reminded of terror  yeah..i know what you mean. I walk down the street. Man walking dog, old person mowing their lawn. Letter box. It just makes me so angry that sometimes i want to fly a plane into a building.what the fuck are you talking about..really. |
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Post by kelly on Feb 20, 2003 5:01:43 GMT -5
A while ago Sesame street brought in an AIDS doll so children oculd deal with aids or some shit like that, Is there going to be a terrorist attack on there now, to help the children understand that? I mean its pretty much the same thing, both scary ideas to think about and if children in america have to learn about aids, then whats different about them learning about the terrorist attacks? the aids doll was in the south african sesame street versions because of the enormous number of aids victims in africa |
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Post by criminally vulgar on Feb 20, 2003 7:18:56 GMT -5
i think it would be good to introduce a character of noticable middle eastern decent. maybe then children wouldnt grow up inheriting the paranoia of their parents, where they think that anyone who looks middle eastern must be a terrorist. its so fucking lame how people do that...you cant generalise and stereotype a whole race. thats the smartest thing ive read today, they have most races of people featuring on the show, it wouldnt hurt to have a middle eastern child, although because of the patriotic crap parents might complain and say they dont want a middle easter person on the show who knows |
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Post by everlong on Feb 20, 2003 8:57:27 GMT -5
every where you look we are reminded of terror do we really need the kiddies to see this?i think no. I agree (true story) I mean...If they did do such a thing, its just going to cause all sorts of unnecessary emotional stress on young children, and is stupid as it really is the parents responsibility to educate their kids on this sort of stuff. Besides, If kids are to be exposed or even educated on the happenings on this 'iminent war' (God willing), then why not just turn on channel 9 news or open a newspaper where its basically thrown down our throats every single day. I think its a bit excessive, and causing more diversion between different cultures if we separate people for what race they may be or their belief system. If I am making any sense here - then the end result of this is that I make more sense while intoxicated than whilst sober |
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Post by Enis on Feb 20, 2003 10:16:42 GMT -5
I think its a good idea.
On a less serious note I think the kid should drive a wrx and have the music so loud you can hear it 3 blocks away
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Post by michael on Feb 21, 2003 0:11:45 GMT -5
Besides, If kids are to be exposed or even educated on the happenings on this 'iminent war' (God willing), then why not just turn on channel 9 news or open a newspaper This was on the news..15th of January. Video: Everyday civillian Iraqi's going to the mosque, etc. Audio: 'and they still function normally, totally ignoring the hardships they have brought upon themselves' ...and you think that we should be educated about this matter by the news? Ever since the US lost vietnam on the TV, we wont get fair coverage of a war on our televisions. |
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Post by everlong on Feb 21, 2003 0:24:19 GMT -5
Not by the news or media, I was just stating how there is enough exhibition of this 'war' that we don't really neeed it in childrens programming as well.
Like I said, I see it the parents responsibility to educate their kids on this sort of stuff.
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Post by slushpup on Feb 21, 2003 0:40:12 GMT -5
This was on the news..15th of January. Video: Everyday civillian Iraqi's going to the mosque, etc. Audio: 'and they still function normally, totally ignoring the hardships they have brought upon themselves' quote] "brought upon themselves"? fuck. how can we ever expect any sort of peace when even the media is blatantly making cultural generalisations that are pretty detremental to australian communities. any religion, no matter what they have been affiliated with through extremists, deserve a right to have their culture respected.
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