> If and only if? What are the if and only if conditions for heterosexual > couples? Your statement above leads me to believe you view homosexuality > as > inferior... Less than normal, only sexual.
I most certainly do not think of homesexuality as inferior. My point is that we are talking about a cartoon, for children, devised to educate the children on what they are seeing in the cartoon. If you broach a subject in the cartoon, you need to discuss it, to educate on it. If the purpose of the cartoon is to educate about sexual differences, then absolutely make reference to character sexuality. But if there is no intent in the cartoon to discuss sexuality, why include references to the sexual preferences of ANY of the characters, straight or otherwise? > >> A person's sexual orientation should be of NO consequence, >> and is shouldn't even be the business of anyone else. If, > > I agree... So let shows have all kinds of people on there.. Heterosexuals, > homosexuals, bisexuals, trisexuals... Who cares! Absolutey. > >> however, the intent is to discuss differences in sexual >> orientation, and people of different orientations agree to >> discuss their personal situations for the means of >> understanding, that is fine. > > There does not need to be an intent of sexual orientation for a person > other > than "straight" appearing on a show.. How foolish. But we're not talking about a show. On a show, yeah, do whatever you want with characters and their sexuality. But on a cartoon, devised to educate children??? Either educate them on the subject of sexuality, or don't. > >> It then becomes the responsibility of parent to decide. Is my >> child ready for this discussion? If so, is this show a good >> way to introduce the subject? Etc. etc. > > If the parent leaves the child watching tv unattended, then the choice of > when to bring it up ultimately resides with the child; when he/she sees > something that they haven't been exposed to. If the parent is there, they > can make a decision for the child: change the channel or address the > issue. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144850 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
