Xtort Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 My little guy was watching tv and this just happened to come on. I was shocked. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFdPEAyr32s Skip to about 7 minutes. Basically, there's some soda they all enjoy but it's been made illegal. So they get into the business of making and selling it themselves, partly to make money and partly because they just enjoy the stuff. Eventually a detective finds out they're the ones making it, and as he's shouting at them about busting them, they demand to know why it should be illegal? He says, well, because it's bad for you. The kids run through some of the arguments you generally hear against prohibition about free choice and not hurting anyone. Eventually they show the cop the error of his ways, and he breaks down in tears and apologizes. The cop is the typical abusive (as abusive as you'll see on a kids show) authoritarian type, very stereotypical. Anyone else shocked by this? Obviously nickelodeon isn't promoting anarchism intentionally. Maybe these concepts are just so intuitive they're difficult to avoid?
dsayers Posted March 2, 2014 Posted March 2, 2014 Ironic considering it was likely removed due to copyright claim, which is anti-free market.
Xtort Posted March 2, 2014 Author Posted March 2, 2014 Here's another, skip to 17 minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5DFj3U06kg
Prairie Posted March 2, 2014 Posted March 2, 2014 Watch the first 2:30 of it as well as it sets up the situation and also shows the message the writers put into this episode.
EllieChu Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 I love the "If you hug someone for too long, it could kill them...so maybe you should ban hugging" This is a good bit for kids and even adults to see.
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