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Subject:	Re: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 14 Jul 2000 16:24:36 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeremy H. Sproat writes: > > Have you seen the show? Is the game just the same? > > Ag. Ack. Ptui. Don't get me started. Oops, you got me started... Whew! > > For what age group do you think that Pokemon is appropriate? > > The GB game, probably anywhere from age 8 upwards. (I can't really speak for The cartoon basically simulates cockfighting, which is an image that I would prefer not to idealize for the kids. Chris

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		Why is cockfighting bad? (was: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line))
(...) Why not? I mean, what makes cockfighting more violent than, say, Star Wars? note: I feel that cockfighting is bad, but I just haven't seen a good enough explanation to justify that feeling to myself... As for justifying Pokemon, it's a game. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line)
(...) Yeah! Just this weekend cops in my town broke up three preschool cockfighting rings, so your concerns are well justified. In addition, some local kids induced a coyote to chase a road runner off a cliff, while a rabbit was seen to thump a puma (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line)
(...) Well, I dunno. I suppose that to some small extent the Pokemon show does embody a bit of the cultural Japanese disdain towards animals (witness whaling), but it doesn't really strike me as cockfighting. The pokemon are uninjured in the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line)
(...) I discovered that I actually like Pokemon. Anyone hear an echo? :-, (...) It started from that, yes. Barbara and I have also recently started buying into some of the cooler miniatures; I currently have Cubone sitting Shiva on my computer (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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