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On a politically correct note by crash_ 2002-07-12 06:40:42
Sesame Street has now come out with an HIV/positive muppet for its South African viewing audience. CNN Reports:

"This character will be fully a part of the community," Schneider said. "She will have high self-esteem. Women are often stigmatized about HIV and we are providing a good role model as to how to deal with one's situation and how to interact with the community."
The program is aimed at children from 3 to 7 and the messages delivered by the new character will be "appropriate," said Schneider, meaning that there will be no explicit mention of sex.


Considering that 40% of adult deaths yearly in South Africa are from AIDS, this is a pretty cool way of teaching kids early how to deal with it IMHO.
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  <comment type="insensitive"> by beez2002-07-12 06:43:14
  Just wondering... by nin_man2002-07-12 06:45:17
    <Deleted><Deleted>2006-11-19 12:55:59
      oh that's bad (n/t) by crash_2002-07-12 06:51:10
      *laughs* (n/t) by warhawk2002-07-12 06:58:02
      Dunno how by breezeblock2002-07-12 07:18:22
        Links from the page were not FYOS (n/t) by DragonLady2002-07-12 07:46:54
          Tell me about it! by breezeblock2002-07-12 07:51:27
            Stop with the "SG" already. by NOLAWitch2002-07-12 10:56:21
              Move every zigazig! Ha! (n/t) by JPaganel2002-07-12 11:07:12
                AYB Nazi by YakkoWarner2002-07-12 11:10:11
                  I thought that by JPaganel2002-07-12 11:21:44
                    If you ask me,I don't think SG is FYOS-safe at all (n/t) by YakkoWarner2002-07-12 11:24:06
                      You didn't see their movie. by Naruki2002-07-12 12:02:49
                        And I take pride in that. by YakkoWarner2002-07-12 12:52:26
                          It wasn't so bad. by nin_man2002-07-12 14:21:41
                      But, but... by SaleGamine2002-07-12 13:13:14
                        Not you, dearie. Just an awful group by NOLAWitch2002-07-12 13:42:26
                          :) by SaleGamine2002-07-12 13:45:13
                            I LOVE PICKLES! by JPaganel2002-07-12 14:17:34
                              *Blush* by SaleGamine2002-07-12 14:56:59
                                Nonsense. by JPaganel2002-07-12 15:04:33
                          Actually, I was talking about Space Ghost. by YakkoWarner2002-07-12 14:27:27
                            *chokes out the words* by NOLAWitch2002-07-12 17:45:24
            I hate to say this... by SaleGamine2002-07-12 13:57:59
          Which ones? by JPaganel2002-07-12 08:17:28
            just about all of them ...:) by DragonLady2002-07-12 08:49:51
              Quality of humor by JPaganel2002-07-12 09:29:33
                Allow me. ::presses power button on TV:: (n/t) by YakkoWarner2002-07-12 09:31:58
                I second that motion, by pecosdave2002-07-12 09:33:36
                  And then finally... by nin_man2002-07-12 09:40:26
                    You can't moderate by JPaganel2002-07-12 10:35:33
      I must be humour impaired... by SaleGamine2002-07-12 07:28:44
        No Jo, we are just sick! (n/t) by breezeblock2002-07-12 07:36:09
      sorry fellas ...its got to go by DragonLady2002-07-12 07:29:19
        totally ... by Linfalgamo2002-07-12 07:31:44
        Hmm, by pecosdave2002-07-12 07:34:27
        What I wonder is... by Naruki2002-07-12 08:22:40
          Most of the time the authors/webmasters prefer it by pecosdave2002-07-12 08:29:31
            In some cases, their wish to have by Naruki2002-07-12 09:20:50
              From (my) Webmasters point of view ... by aix tom2002-07-12 10:26:38
                Yeah... by Naruki2002-07-12 10:54:44
          Wasn't there legislation against that? by YakkoWarner2006-11-19 12:55:59
            Quite the opposite. Go for it, it's legal, by pecosdave2006-11-19 12:55:59
              actually by Nawft2006-11-19 12:55:59
            One difference being that Disney by Naruki2002-07-12 09:21:50
            Remote loading by Chromaesthesia2002-07-12 19:22:54
    I kinda wondered that myself by crash_2002-07-12 06:50:10
      Well, it's that or by beez2002-07-12 06:55:05
    New babies have always been... by Sehmket2002-07-12 06:51:06
      sure by Temujin132002-07-12 07:02:10
      Oh, it's a baby. by nin_man2002-07-12 07:10:11
        Poppyseed street, maybe? (n/t) by tigermouse2002-07-12 07:14:04
          Bwahahaha by nin_man2002-07-12 07:15:28
            I used to know by tigermouse2002-07-12 07:16:36
        Dunno by Sehmket2002-07-12 07:37:58
          But that's not as funny. by nin_man2002-07-12 07:46:57
        One way to get HIV by digitig2002-07-12 08:26:04
      Since when was having a social disease by xti2002-07-12 09:53:23
        Hey, kids, it's Bigoto... by Naruki2002-07-12 10:04:04
          Pot. Kettle. Black. (n/t) by xti2002-07-12 12:17:57
            Naw, Oscar seemed very clean by Naruki2002-07-12 13:40:14
        In many African societies by crash_2002-07-12 10:04:42
          So teach the husband by xti2002-07-12 12:17:20
            It would be nearly impossible to... by HadEnuf2002-07-12 17:59:11
            anti smoking tactics by thorntree2002-07-12 18:27:58
        Herpes Henrietta? by nin_man2002-07-12 10:14:23
          Dude, give it up. by JPaganel2002-07-12 10:35:00
            Yep. by Naruki2002-07-12 10:53:25
              Which is? by bugarup2002-07-12 15:57:32
            No, I'm not drawn out of the woodwork by xti2002-07-12 11:11:33
              So what should Sesame Street do then? by YakkoWarner2002-07-12 11:20:00
                Don't deal with the issue at all by xti2002-07-12 12:15:25
                  Their problem ... by cristobal2002-07-12 12:34:53
                    Try to become somewhat literate by xti2002-07-12 13:19:43
                      What flavor crack are you smoking? by Arcanum2002-07-12 13:28:57
                        And when Tommy's dad says by xti2002-07-12 13:35:19
                          The REASON that education is by Naruki2002-07-12 13:39:29
                          And it's people like Tommy's dad by Arcanum2002-07-12 14:07:16
                      To make it plainer and less by xti2002-07-12 13:29:49
              Apparently, you are not rational enough by JPaganel2002-07-12 11:20:31
                TB patients were quarantined which by xti2002-07-12 12:01:50
                  TB is a little different... by Arcanum2002-07-12 12:17:16
                    Argh. by Arcanum2002-07-12 12:18:04
                    With a 40% infection percentage by xti2002-07-12 13:10:08
                      Can't be done. by Arcanum2002-07-12 13:23:41
                        Well, they couldn't quarantine every by xti2002-07-12 13:27:43
                          I considered it a moot point by Arcanum2002-07-12 13:37:38
                      How do you propose to quarantine... by HadEnuf2002-07-12 19:06:02
                  Wow, what a comeback! by JPaganel2002-07-12 13:16:53
                    That's probably what happened by xti2002-07-12 13:23:26
              Oh stop, you give us equestrians a bad name (n/t) by crash_2002-07-12 11:54:57
          The state of HIV spread in S. Africa by xti2002-07-12 11:02:10
            Yeah, I know. Dumb question. by nin_man2002-07-12 11:29:06
            The liberal left is not the traditional culture... by HadEnuf2002-07-12 18:55:39
        god you're a moron (n/t) by ma petite2002-07-12 17:34:46
    by birth? by suzisuzisuzi2002-07-12 12:23:22
    hemophiliacs have gotten it through blood transfus by ma petite2002-07-12 17:05:44
      Yes, I know how it CAN be transmitted. by nin_man2002-07-12 17:37:41
  Heard it, by pecosdave2006-11-19 12:55:59
  Bert and Ernie by mauritsvanrees2006-11-19 12:55:59
  i find that disturbing... by ubergeek22002-07-12 07:56:51
    It could happen. by nin_man2002-07-12 07:58:27
      (*chuckle*) by HadEnuf2002-07-12 17:32:12
    The count is gone? :( by crash_2002-07-12 08:15:14
    The Count's not gone! by YakkoWarner2002-07-12 08:21:41
      You forget, crash is in Redneck country... by Naruki2002-07-12 08:26:20
        And by "crash"... by Naruki2002-07-12 08:27:47
        Tell me, do you also refer to by xti2002-07-12 10:02:58
          Wah wah wah. by Naruki2002-07-12 10:13:16
            Did you grow up in by xti2002-07-12 11:31:37
              continuing stereo type: by pecosdave2002-07-12 11:59:33
                I stand corrected. by xti2002-07-12 12:05:28
                  Biggots with guns yes, but defensive, by pecosdave2002-07-12 12:25:15
                  So you don't have a gun. by Naruki2002-07-12 13:28:18
                    If I had a gun I wouldn't tell you about it. (n/t) by xti2002-07-12 13:54:00
                      Replace "gun" with "clue" and get the same output. by Naruki2002-07-12 14:16:28
              From what I can gather... by breezeblock2002-07-12 12:01:39
                What else do you expect... by HadEnuf2002-07-12 17:29:16
              Do you even live in the South? by crash_2006-11-19 12:55:59
                There are blacks who fit the urban by xti2002-07-12 12:08:49
                  Atlanta? (n/t) by crash_2002-07-12 12:13:53
                  About the Polish stereotypes... by Naruki2002-07-12 13:31:55
                    Newsflash: there are stupid Poles by xti2002-07-12 13:53:26
                      More like idiotflash. by Naruki2002-07-12 14:13:43
                        Sorry, but I don't claim "yankee"! by HadEnuf2002-07-12 17:14:10
              "Redneck" has little to do with "Southern",... by HadEnuf2002-07-12 16:28:38
          not quite the same.... by sumbusch2002-07-12 10:25:02
            How many r*****k eskimos do you know? by xti2002-07-12 11:17:47
              Bigoto! by Naruki2002-07-12 11:20:51
                No, most blondes have another by xti2002-07-12 11:32:47
                  now that's a statement you just gotta back-up! by tigermouse2002-07-12 11:40:32
                    I am NOT going to go around town by xti2002-07-12 12:06:27
                      Not a fair test ... by cristobal2002-07-12 12:12:27
                        Or shave it. (n/t) by NOLAWitch2002-07-12 12:19:24
                          Good point (n/t) by cristobal2002-07-12 12:24:06
                        Was it Jean Harlow... by HadEnuf2002-07-12 16:13:52
                          I heard Marilyn Monroe... by tigermouse2002-07-12 17:34:24
                      Dammit! I was gonna tag along! (n/t) by JPaganel2002-07-12 13:20:46
                    There is a way to conduct such research... by dire_lobo2002-07-12 12:12:58
                      as the method has been broached by tigermouse2002-07-12 13:24:02
                        Nobody else noticed his inconsistency. by Naruki2002-07-12 13:26:48
                          No true Scotsman... by tigermouse2002-07-12 13:35:47
                          Okay, I'll correct my seeming inconsistency, by xti2002-07-12 13:59:45
              well..... by pecosdave2002-07-12 11:51:49
                Ever been to Dallas? Cowboys by xti2002-07-12 12:09:54
                  considering the movie "Urban Cowboy" by pecosdave2002-07-12 12:18:40
                    And how many cattle did you herd by xti2002-07-12 13:55:41
          Redneck is NOT derogatory by crash_2002-07-12 11:53:04
          SUGGESTION: by dire_lobo2002-07-12 12:26:42
            Too bad that first thing will never happen. by bugarup2002-07-12 13:08:57
            I do have to ask a seemingly dumb by xti2002-07-12 13:38:45
              Are you saying you don't know? by tigermouse2002-07-12 13:45:36
            The world is full of self-defined by xti2002-07-12 13:48:44
  Somehow I get the impression of a... by Apfel2002-07-12 22:29:30
  Uh, does anyone here bother checking their facts? by Schol-R-LEA;22006-11-19 12:55:59
    Actually, I was going to post the link to the by crash_2002-07-13 16:33:24

 

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