Sesame Street to Introduce HIV-Positive Muppet

[Special_Ed]

Jackie,

Why should we specifically introduce every form of disease known to man to young children? That's the problem here. Since disabilities/diffeences have been tackled in the past on SS, them this issue has been addressed by the show already and to hit every specific thing to be tolerent about would be redundant.

Hays,

Go read Theselonians and get back to me.

To understand the subject of eating pork you must understand Jewish history and biology of the day. There was a reason why pork was not to be consumed by the jews, the animal very easily carried disease. In the New TEstament this law was taken away.

We are given pure moral guide lines to follow and are not to just muddle through. YOu can also learn from the past and those who have come before us to understand what is right and wrong.

Just as soon as my good friend returns my HIstory book to me I'll give you so great quotes to use too.


Emmy,

I put being gay and stealing in the same classification because they are both sins and therefore equal.

Buck Beaver.

No, I don't want to fight, I want to share the righteous love of the Lord with you.

I guess I'm just too much for you, if you're chosing to give up....

 

[trekkie1701E]

<It's more than being a good or bad person. IT's accepting Christ into your heart and living it>
Believe what you will. I respect that.
But, I hope you keep an open mind to everything else mentioned here. If people did not keep an open mind about all religions & beliefs, then we'd be just as vulnerable as, say, Osama Bin Ladin & his terrorist group.

Daniel

 

[trekkie1701E]

<I put being gay and stealing in the same classification because they are both sins and therefore equal>
So ... Shoplifting from Nordstrom is in the same category as who somebody is? Huh????????????????
Who you are attracted to is part of who you are. Go as deep as you want, but it's true. I'm attracted to girls. I was born that way. It's part of "Who I am."
I know that I said in an earlier post enough was enough. But, I can't resist a debate)

Daniel

 

[Special_Ed]

Trekie,

No, I am not open minded of other religions. Why would I be open to lies?

 

[Special_Ed]

Daniel,

I happened to bump into my old high school health teacher tonight at Wal*Mart and we talked about this debate. I was surprrised that he agrees with me on this, it's learned behavior and if you are born with it then it is indeed a birth defect.

Isn't being attracted to children part of who a child molestor is then?

 

[trekkie1701E]

Special_Ed,

Putting a simple attraction in the same category as somebody who hurts children is crazy. Why do you think men being attracted to someone is the same as a sixty year old man having sex with six year old boys? "Because the bible told me so." Well, Did you ever consider that this may be a "belief?" Have you ever wondered why the word "believe" is associated w/religion? You say that other religions are a lie. How do you know? You don't! Why can't you believe in something but still be open to other ideas? Are you that narrow-minded?

Is Osama Bin Ladin your hero?

Daniel

 

[Joggy]

Originally posted by MuppetQuilter
I wonder what other topics are covered on some Sesame Streets and not others? Does the Dutch Sesame dwell on cooperation-- sharing, working together-- a lot?

Yes it does. Sesamstraat (our SS) is aimed more at social behaviour rather than basic learnings like the alphabet and numbers - although those do play a rather prominent role - because the original target group for Sesame Street (inner city kids who are too poor to go to school) is not as large in our country.

There was a time in the early eighties when our SS emphasized emancipation and really exaggerated it - for a while, it was simply WRONG to have the female characters do housework on the show and wear dresses etc. The women would always do carpentry in overalls, and the men were always working in the kitchen. Has US SS ever gone through a time like this?

 

[matleo]

Joggy

Yes
Several years ago Maria (one of the humans on our street) went through a series of jobs mosty in construction and the like because women's lib was big at the time. Our SS is going through a similar thing now following the attacks on the world trade center where understanding different ethnicities is important, and dealing with grief is important and so on and so on. I have no problem with an HIV positive Muppet on the South Afircan version. AIDS is huge problem over there and it seems lik the curriculum they want to cover can be done. they're not using Muppets ot teach sex or religion or whatever else. like our Muppets teaching grief and understandging right now, the South African SS is being relative to its society.

To all--
I'm surprised that we've discussed HIV this much and no one has mentioned Richard Hunt yet? or have I just missed it?


--Matt

 

[Jackie]

Originally posted by Special_Ed
Trekie,

No, I am not open minded of other religions. Why would I be open to lies?

What makes other religions lies and yours right?

 

[Drtooth]

Originally posted by trekkie1701E

Is Osama Bin Ladin your hero?

No, but there's this guy in Boston who was arrested for trying to bomb Jewish land marks. Maybe he is.

Seriously. How can someone so religious be so blind? All religions are the same! They just trail off, and they follow someone else.

This is EXACTLY why there is so much war in the world! People thinking their religion is the true religion. We have the Israelis and Palistinians blowing themselves up because their holy books say "God gave them that land." We have Ireland, and people killing others because of their religion. AND THEY'RE BOTH CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS!!!! The Protestants and Catholics kill each other over their religion.

If there's one thing I get out of going to church (I'm a Christian!!!) it's this. I think the most important message is in the ten commandments, mainly "Love thy neighbor!" No matter what, who, where they are. It's a sad sad state of existance when religion, the one thing founded to keep peace amongst God's creations (should you believe or not) is why so many people hate each other and try to kill each other.

Or as Yoda said, "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate." (I'm well aware a puppet said that. This is the Muppet Central board you know!)