Sesame Street Considers AIDS Muppet

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,58899,00.html


for some reason, i just want to laugh.

thoughts or comments on this? this sort of ranks right up there with Nickelodeon and the gay parents show. If PBS did this over here. would you block PBS too?

[infos]

Stop showing your ignorance.

There is nothing wrong with this, considering the high percentage of aids in Africa and the absolute ignorance there re this topic.

Education is the antidote for ignorance.

[Thud]

A little wierd, IMO. A news program is one thing, but a diseased Muppet? It's not like they've had deaf Muppets, or blind Muppets, or other so inflicted ones in the past (or have they?).

I say leave this one to the educators and let the Muppets remain entertainment.

[infos]

They need all the education they can get in S. Africa.
......There are infected men raping young girls (because they
are virgins) because they think that it will cure them.
This muppet is for use in S. AFrica
No where else.

[Thud]

This muppet is for use in S. AFrica

Ahh, you're right. Guess I should have read the whole thing, huh? The situation there is much more desperate there (actually, the most desperate in the world) than here, so maybe it is appropriate for them.

[alondra]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by infos
[B]Stop showing your ignorance.
Oh Really?

From what we see of the villages in Africa , I doube many have TV sets, , the answer to the problem rests in a change in morals, and customs in these areas. I will guarantee this muppet will spread to more (use whatever word you want here) parts of the world, in this country our small children are exposed to too much trash beyond their years already.

[PaTricker]

i think its a little wierd.
whats next, a muppet with gonorrhoea?...
kind of makes you wounder if the life style of a muppet is that glamerous after all...

Where's the Muppet with cancer?

I still maintain that just like the PBS special, it's not appropriate for that age group. Let the kids be kids for crying out loud

Originally posted by infos
Stop showing your ignorance.

Whoa, my ignorance? what ignorance did i show? i didn't say if i thought it was wrong or good. someone needs to take a chill pill

[cadetstimp]

...another inappropriate substitiute to good parenting IMO.