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Sesame Street DVD Deemed Adult-Only Entertainment
theodp writes "The earliest episodes of Sesame Street are being made available on DVD, but the NYT notes Volumes 1 and 2 carry a rather strange warning: 'These early 'Sesame Street' episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today's preschool child.' So why are they unsuitable for toddlers in 2007? Well, in the parody 'Monsterpiece Theater,' Alistair Cookie — played by Cookie Monster — used to appear with a pipe, which he later gobbled. 'That modeled the wrong behavior,' explained a Sesame Street executive producer, adding that 'we might not be able to create a character like Oscar [the Grouch] now.'"
They are also people who accuse the pink teletubbie of being gay. These people are deeply sick. They are trying to sexualise innocent children's play. They should be psychologically assessed. If they aren't mad, they should be sentenced to 5-10 years imprisonment and then treated as sex offenders. This especially refers to Rydzyk.
You know, the thrust of your message is correct - just because someone amends the rule book doesn't mean you have to play by those new rules. You always have the choice to not play the damned game at all. Turn your back...
Civil disobedience is indeed a powerful tool, and I fully advocate its use whenever the legislators get out of step from what society really wants.
Unfortunately you posted anonymously, so I cannot mod you up. If you had the courage of your convictions you'd have opened an account before posting, then we could have expanded the debate. I guess your current moderation of 0 reflects that people don't know how to moderate your post; unfortunately it also means your post will get buried bellow the default threshold.
Sign up and debate. It costs you nothing...
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"Incest (Lot and his daughters)"
Lot took other families with him.. his son's family and some others?
"Terrorism (10 plagues -- attacks against a civilian populace to achieve a political result from the rulers)"
more like retribution for the treatment of his chosen people.. you do know that the first born male of the jewish families were killed (except for moses) before the whole 10 plagues, right?
"# Polygamy (Jacob & Rachel/Leah)
# Fraud (Jacob and Esau)"
And punishment was meted out for those sins..
I'm not sure what your point is here..
If you removed sin from every modern day movie, tv show and book you wouldn't have any "entertainment"