"yversen, fatmen are generally portrayed as helpless idiots on TV."
Yeah. But loveable, funny, happless idiots. Much MUCH different then mean-spirited, shrews.
You are totally right: Tv and video games are businesses designed to get people to consume. I agree, there ARE larger problems.
"Self respect comes from family and community not TV. We've become so over protective and "politically correct" that some children have no preception of what are realistic and appropriate differentiations."
I SHOULD come from not tv (and internet). But there's lots of stuff out there that says it is increasingly coming from those two sources. Do you think that what is being shown on tv or the internet or movies is a better perception of what is realistic or appropriate? Is it really overprotective to be upset with these things as they are right now?
"(1) If you raise your kids right, then they can watch a TV show and not take it as god's honest truth.
(2) Worry about your own first. It's just the way it is. Do you really want society to tell you how to raise your kids?"
It is increasingly more difficult to protect children from what is being aimed directly at them. Go watch 'The Corporation'. Geez, even Doves "Onslaught" commercial is pretty accurate. As a friend of people with small kids... I totally see the desperation at trying to combat this pervasive stuff. A 'fat princess' totally SHOULDN'T be a big deal. But the problem is... it IS.
*edit* Though I would like to say, steven787, that I appreciate your arguments.
