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Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:30 am
by JMU DJ
Research by the University of Alberta has chillingly revealed that kids' TV show Thomas and Friends may be engendering a "conservative political ideology" in future generations - a repressive mindset which "punishes individual initiative, opposes critique and change, and relegates females to supportive roles".
Shauna Wilton and friends from the uni's Department of Social Sciences analysed 23 episodes of the programme, and noted that while it "conveys a number of positive political values such as tolerance, listening, communicating with others and contributing to the community", there is a dark side to Thomas the Tank Engine.
Wilton claimed that "storylines in several episodes that divided the characters into different social classes and punished those who tried to gain individual power". She said: "Any change is seen as disrupting the natural order of things."
Furthermore, "of 49 main characters listed in the show, only eight were female, reflecting a general trend among children's programming".
Wilton concluded: "We tend to think of children's TV shows as neutral and safe, but they still carry messages. Eventually these children will attain full political citizenship, and the opinions and world outlook they develop now, partially influenced by shows like Thomas and Friends, are part of that process."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/10 ... d_friends/
... and they thought "March of the Penguins" was bad
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:42 am
by Cap'n Cat
In the broad sense, they're right. Critical thinking is a paramount skill. Conkunism, instead, requires blind faith in Conkunist leadership and rote, lock step inflexibility, things that end up in the personages of people like native and ALPHAGRIZ and Rush Limbaugh, who grew stunted, unreasonable and, sadly, lost for the real world.
Don't hate them. Pity them.
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:04 pm
by BlueHen86
Thomas the Tank Engine is gay.
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:13 pm
by Chizzang
BlueHen86 wrote:Thomas the Tank Engine is gay.
well
Lets see:
If he blows drug dealers in a public bathroom then he's half way to becoming a Republican Senator
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:15 pm
by D1B
Chizzang wrote:BlueHen86 wrote:Thomas the Tank Engine is gay.
well
Lets see:
If he blows drug dealers in a public bathroom then he's half way to becoming a Republican Senator
Or a wildly successful and wealthy religious leader.
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:28 pm
by SunCoastBlueHen
Well, Thomas the Tank Engine was created by an Anglican priest...
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:12 pm
by Cap'n Cat
SunCoastBlueHen wrote:Well, Thomas the Tank Engine was created by an
Anglican priest...
...who was
actually a gay drug dealer:
Reverend Nigel Coates Frawley - Creator of Thomas the Tank Engine
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:19 pm
by SunCoastBlueHen
I hope I don't get fired for clicking on that.
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:22 pm
by Cap'n Cat
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:17 pm
by blueballs
I thought dividing people into groups and suppressing initiative was the province of the left... I guess you learn something new every day.
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:39 pm
by Cap'n Cat
blueballs wrote:I thought dividing people into groups and suppressing initiative was the province of the left... I guess you learn something new every day.
Generalization flag on you, Mr. P.
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:20 pm
by Pwns
The irony is that people who overanalyze TV shows and movies looking for bias around every corner are the same people that lambast others for being uptight about nudity and profanity.
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:31 pm
by Cap'n Cat
Pwns wrote:The irony is that people who overanalyze TV shows and movies looking for bias around every corner are the same people that lambast others for being uptight about nudity and profanity.
I think it's the reverse, Poney.
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:35 pm
by AZGrizFan
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:12 pm
by UNI88
Cap'n Cat wrote:Pwns wrote:The irony is that people who overanalyze TV shows and movies looking for bias around every corner are the same people that lambast others for being uptight about nudity and profanity.
I think it's the reverse, Poney.
So the irony is that the people that lambast others for being uptight about nudity and profanity are the same people that people who overanalyze TV shows and movies looking for bias around every corner?
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:32 pm
by OSBF
SunCoastBlueHen wrote:
I hope I don't get fired for clicking on that.
Thank god I have my browser to display the web address of the link in a baloon before i actually click
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:45 pm
by AZGrizFan
OSBF wrote:SunCoastBlueHen wrote:
I hope I don't get fired for clicking on that.
Thank god I have my browser to display the web address of the link in a baloon before i actually click
anybody dumb enough to click on a Cap'n Cat link deserves what they get.
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:57 pm
by Baldy
Chizzang wrote:BlueHen86 wrote:Thomas the Tank Engine is gay.
well
Lets see:
If he blows drug dealers in a public bathroom then he's half way to becoming a Republican Senator
...or Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services.
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:30 pm
by SunCoastBlueHen
Re: Thomas The Conk Tank Engine
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:37 pm
by AZGrizFan
SunCoastBlueHen wrote:
Thems fightin' words, pal.
You'll learn. Then again....maybe not.
