Talking Point #4 on Christensen

After completing "Unlearning the Myths That Bind Us" I have a few different feelings about what I read. First off, he started off talking about how cartoons are portrayed people in many ways. He says that most use "hidden meanings" and younger people don't realize that because they don't understand. He uses many examples like Popeye, the Ninja Turtles, and Duck Tales. Now since I use to watch all three of those cartoons when I was a kid, and not once did I ever consider any of them to be "offensive". I was well educated considering I would turn it on here and there even when I was in middle school.
Now after reading this, I feel a tad different about all three of those cartoons. I do indeed realize that Duck Tales did indeed focus on nothing much money. Popeye did make it seem like fighting was alright. Ninja Turtles do indeed show that fighting is alright. I think that Christensen is exactly right when he says that cartoons portray many things to the younger children. We need to make sure that things like that are taken out of cartoons because if some children begin to catch onto these hidden messages, they could begin to use that as a way of their own lives. I believe that it could lead to something dangerous. I believe that cartoons using hidden messages within their shows need to notice all that and rid that of all of their shows for the sake of every young person in this world.