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From: gforte@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Adrian Forte)
Newsgroups: alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die
Subject: Here's a good one...
Date: 20 Jul 1993 17:49:49 -0500
Organization: Educational Computing Network
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Message-ID: <22hsqd$b5l@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
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Here's a copy of an email and my reply that someone sent me regarding my
quest to find some good pieces to include in an article against Barney.
Enjoy...
From gforte@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu Tue Jul 20 17:47:28 1993
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1993 17:29:39 -0500 (CDT)
From: Adrian Forte <gforte@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
To: isanabria@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Cc: gforte@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
Subject: Re: Barney Haters Unite!
On Tue, 20 Jul 1993 isanabria@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU wrote:
> SOME PEOPLE LIKE BARNEY. ANYWAY, WHAT IS SOME GROWN PERSON LIKE YOU DOING
> WATCHING KID TV SHOWS? YOU MUST HAVE WATCHED THE SHOW TO SAY THAT YOU HATE
> BARNEY. YOU NEED TO GET A LIFE.
First off I'm only taking time to respond to this because you wrote to me
directly. Otherwise I would have completely ignored you.
If you're on alt.barney.die.die.die you should have enough brains to
realize that there are a lot of people who dislike Barney. Some people
express their disklike through humor, other through serious writing. But
all feel the same way. They feel that Barney is a poor tutor for children.
They find the hypnotic effect of his repetitive lyrics, often re-written
version of other songs, to be a destructive influence on children. The
feel that he makes for of a fad of environmental awareness then he does of
teaching children what it really means to care about the environment.
Children have been known to sit for hours watching Barney. Just sitting
there, eyes glazed as they watch him. Others run around all day singing,
"I love you, you love me...." ten or more times a day.
As far as being an adult and watching Barney, I have several responses.
First, I am a write and I write primarily scripts for animated television
programs. I have spent some time studying how television programming can
be both beneficial and damaging to children. I know whereof I speak.
Second, you see thousands of parents in American groups such as Concerned
Citizens for Television, or what have you.
Quite frankly I have a life. I have a concern for what children watch,
and I find Barney to be a horrible way to ween children. I choose to
express that both seriously and humurously, in print and in my commentary
to others.
I suggest that you get a little more validation for you commentary before
you write to someone again.
P.S. You might also want to remember that on the Net, ALL CAPS is usually
limited to expressions intended to be emphasized.
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Adrian Forte = Greetings and salivations fellow aviators!
Terminus, Inc. = It is I, that panic provoking pirate, Don Karnage!
gforte@ecn.bgu.edu = Don Karnage, "Plunder & Lightining Part 1"
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