Blog 6 REVISED

Some themes that came up in "South Park" were assisted suicide, censorship on television and to a certain extent, parenting. On assisted suicide there were three people the boys asked for advice that didn't want to touch the topic with ''A 40 foot pole.'' They asked an educator, a voice of reason, and a religious figure, all of which should have helped them but didn't. It makes a child really wonder and not know what to do when their questions are not being answered. It can be frustrating to be in that situation, and even though South Park is a comedy show, it does bring to light some very important issues that are taboo to talk about in a general sense. The grandfather in the show also didn't really think about how his grandson was feeling about it. 

That brings me to my next theme, parenting. I thought it was funny that right after the parent-teacher conference that instead of going home to talk to their kids, they just went straight to go fight the station that showing the cartoon. The normal situation would have been the mom talking to her son about the show instead of calling everyone else’s parents and telling them to not let the children watch. The kids need an explanation why because they don’t understand what is right and wrong, and they look up to the grownups in their life to help guide them. I found an article that touches the fact that parents are using tv as a babysitter because it's cheap, convenient, and handles children well. It's a BBC article and even though we aren't British it can definitely be applied on us.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-13308737