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Title: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
Post by: JFC on July 08, 2007, 05:03:38 PM
Of course it would have to be FOX "news" that reported this. :P

Fox News hosts initially got a laugh out of recent allegations by a professor at Louisiana State University that tv personality Mr. Rogers produced a generation of kids who believe that "you're special just for being who you are" and therefore feel no need to work hard. (http://rawstory.com/news/2007/FOX_Did_Mr._Rogers_ruin_entire_0706.html)
Title: Re: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
Post by: Shin Asuka on July 08, 2007, 05:12:03 PM
ROFL :lol:

I think the generation is screwed up by technology more than a TV show.
Title: Re: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
Post by: mini*wheat on July 08, 2007, 08:31:34 PM
Are you SERIOUS!? What are we supposed to do? Tell our kids they are not special, now go get a job and be what people want to think is a "productive member of society?"
Clearly Fox has never been to the neighborhood of make-believe! Daniel the Tiger would teach them what's what!
Title: Re: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
Post by: RatBastich on July 08, 2007, 08:37:14 PM
:rofl: :rofl:
Fox News.....now thats comedy. :lol:
Title: Re: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
Post by: thatguy on July 08, 2007, 10:09:34 PM
Yeah yeah, it's so fashionable to bash Fox these days.

At least they're reporting something besides just continually blaming Bush, which in my opinion is getting very old.
Title: Re: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
Post by: Tuffty on July 08, 2007, 10:20:04 PM
At least they're reporting something besides just continually blaming Bush, which in my opinion is getting very old.

Well tell Bush to stop screwing up! :P
Title: Re: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
Post by: thatguy on July 08, 2007, 10:29:15 PM
You miss the point, though.

The news was never supposed to be about opinion, only to report facts so that individuals have enough info to make their own opinions. Fox is no worse a news network for adopting right-wing characteristics as is any other news network for taking time out to bash Bush.

Besides, Bush is only in office for one more year. It's time to stop complaining and to start thinking of some real solutions (which, as far as I'm concerned, no democrats have suggested! so if you don't like Bush's actions, start coming up with some of your own!)

And to not hijack the thread, that professor's opinion is not entirely unjustified. It's not simply that Mr. Rogers alone ruined an entire generation, but that a wide range of pop culture influenced the generation in a way that misused our ideals of freedom and individuality.
Title: Re: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
Post by: harlock on July 08, 2007, 10:31:33 PM
lol@everyone for posting in a Mr. Rogers thread.
Title: Re: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
Post by: JaisBane on July 08, 2007, 10:31:45 PM
You miss the point, though.

The news was never supposed to be about opinion, only to report facts so that individuals have enough info to make their own opinions. Fox is no worse a news network for adopting right-wing characteristics as is any other news network for taking time out to bash Bush.

Besides, Bush is only in office for one more year. It's time to stop complaining and to start thinking of some real solutions (which, as far as I'm concerned, no democrats have suggested! so if you don't like Bush's actions, start coming up with some of your own!)

And to not hijack the thread, that professor's opinion is not entirely unjustified. It's not simply that Mr. Rogers alone ruined an entire generation, but that a wide range of pop culture influenced the generation in a way that misused our ideals of freedom and individuality.

tl;dr
Title: Re: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
Post by: StreakInTheSky on July 08, 2007, 11:34:04 PM
That's right!

It's Mr. Rogers's fault I'm a lazy bastard!!
Title: Re: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
Post by: mckool on July 13, 2007, 06:19:27 AM
no, sh$t...really...fox news  :poke:

mr. rogers rocks!  what the heck are they talkin' about??

he gave kids a sense of confidence, pride to be a kid in an often very unfriendly world...he was the kid's good trusty friend =)