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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (51752)	6/22/2002 12:41:13 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I don't know how many critics of this show realize that it is one of a series on tolerance, the other two being racial/cultural and religious. Perhaps it would have been better had one of the other topics be broadcast first. But conservatives (like the rest of us) understand that nothing promotes acceptance of a political, racial, cultural, or religious subset faster than positive depictions on television. This is precisely why my friends and I tend to cheer programs like Ellerbee's--and precisely why many more conservative folks do not. This is a very good point, the best argument against the show. Ellerbee said that they wanted to get to kids young before they developed their prejudices/values, the label depending on which side of the argument you're on. I sure wouldn't want my kid watching a TV show that encouraged such a dangerous concept as not picking on your classmates for who their parents are if I were a bigot. Make the children pay, I'd say.