I'm not really saying it's worse than Bambi's mom getting shot or that donkey's mom freezing to death in the Christmas show where the donkey ends up being the one that carries Mary to Bethlehem (what the hell was that show?). I'm just saying that from a very early age, the "violence is more innocuous than sex" thing is instilled in our kids.
On 4/26/05, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/26/05, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don't really expect to ever find anything on tv suitable for my > > child, except on PBS kids. But, I don't really care because I'd rather > > my kid not watch a bunch of tv. > > > > Did any of you see Finding Nemo? We were at a friend's house and they > > popped it in as "kid friendly" material. My kid is mostly too young to > > get what was going on, but the opening scene is Nemo's mom getting > > eaten by a shark. I mean, come on. That's kid friendly? They're > > trained for violence from an early age. But, you sure as hell didn't > > see Nemo's dad getting it on with Nemo's mom to make Nemo. > > It was a barracuda, I believe :) > > My oldest daughter is going to be 3 very soon, and Nemo is one of her > absolute favorite movies. The opening scene is a little intense, > granted...and at first my wife and I were a bit concerned that it might have > been too much for her, but she seems none the worse for wear. > > It's not like you actually -see- the mom getting devoured. Is it really any > worse than Bambi's mom getting shot? > > -- > Charlie Griefer > > ================================================ > "...All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, > and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch > you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. > Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed." > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155425 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
