Believe me, I do. I'm not the only one who's written letters to CN over the show, I'm sure, and I do activist work on my campus.
And just for the record: if it sends a message that it's a cartoon show, why did my seven-year-old nephew try to strangle me to see if I'd come back to life like Chicken (from "Cow and Chicken") and Wile. E. Coyote always do? True story. I found out why he did it when my aunt sat him down and asked why he'd hurt a guest in their home.
I don't have a problem with movies for young adults that have what we'll call "questionable material," for lack of a better term (drug use, sexual situations, violence, etc.). By the time you're 12 or 13, you should be old enough to know what's real and what's not, and what is and is not a good decision when it comes to things like, say, blowing things up for the hell of it. My issue is when that kind of material is presented to young audiences. A famous study conducted, if I recall correctly, in the early '90s concluded that by the age of six, a child has seen more than one million murders or significant violent acts on television and in movies - and that many of those come from cartoons. THAT is what I have an issue with. Six year olds shouldn't be exposed to that level of violence.
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And just for the record: if it sends a message that it's a cartoon show, why did my seven-year-old nephew try to strangle me to see if I'd come back to life like Chicken (from "Cow and Chicken") and Wile. E. Coyote always do? True story. I found out why he did it when my aunt sat him down and asked why he'd hurt a guest in their home.
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Who is that guy in your icon? (Sorry, I know it's random . . . )
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(I just realized I have precisely one icon from each of the three x-men movies! Awesome!)
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