> -----Original Message----- > From: David Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:41 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Welcome the New Education Secretary (Add Buster to the List) > > We all know that it doesn't matter if someone's gay or straight. The > point > is that federal funding was going towards making this show, and the > majority > of the people in the country probably don't want their tax dollars going > towards "preaching homosexuality". The Secretary of Education was just > upholding the public mandate IMHO. > > You know it's BS, I know it's BS, but... what can we do?
Without seeing the show we can't say whether "preaching" was involved or not. The show is aimed at older kids (it's a spin off of the pre-teen, and very well done, "Arthur"). Using the quality of the original show as a guide I can only assume that this issue, like all the others presented, has been dealt with graciously. Older kids might actually have questions about this so I see no reason not to include it. Remember that, yes, the show itself is about Maple sugaring, but series is designed to answer questions that children of that age may have. Many of the topics covered in the original series may be offensive to someone, somewhere. Death, theft, cheating, smoking, etc - all issues important to children of that age. It's also a sad, but completely relevant fact, that sexuality is playing a much larger role for kids in this age group. Kudos to WGBH for addressing it. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=50 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144883 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
