Sunday, April 8, 2007

Fair for All



**Special Note: Obviously I borrowed the pic above. Thanks Fireworks.com. I hope people come visit you.**

Recently my son was watching Dora the Explorer and I picked up on a little something that really concerned me. It brought to mind some of the great things I've heard about in the news. Some schools have outlawed games like dodgeball, warball, or even tag because the object of the game is to disenfranchise other children from the game ultimately causing harmed feelings to the outcast children. Said children then develop self-esteem issues which reflect low expectations of themselves. With that, some children begin to disassociate themselves from other children, others may begin to act out rudely, sometimes violently. Still yet, some turn to alternate behavior such as dark clothing and make-up giving off an air of death and despair which outright says this person is having deep-seated issues and are crying for help.

Dora displayed an anti-social, disenfranchising scene which is completely offensive. We should all call on Nick, Jr. to revamp Dora or scrap the show altogether. The scene I'm talking about showed lil Dora and her friend in a toy store wanting to buy a blue ball. First off, a blue ball? What filth! Anyway, they had 7 coins. The ball cost 12 coins. The children were hurt and had to scrape together the remaining coins.

It becomes evident that lack of money causes disenfranchisement. We should ban money and prices altogether. It offends me and hurts my feelings that I can not afford a 120 inch wall-mount television. I feel disenfranchised from people who have a lot of money. I want be more like them or them to be more like me. That way, we can call life fair. My mom always taught me that life was fair (not really.) Those people are trying to make my momma out to be a liar.

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