Buster Baxter
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 02/22/2005 - 16:57
(Letter sent to New York Times concerning their article about politics around Postcards from Bustor.)
My three-year-old daughter is learning how to act nicely with people that are different from her. She often watches ‘Postcards from Buster’ on PBS. In one episode, Buster visits kids in Kentucky that are clogging. While I recognize that some religious groups consider dancing sinful, I’m glad that my daughter had a chance to learn about this different lifestyle. In another episode, Buster visits a fair in Indiana where a boy shows a pig and talks about how it will go to the slaughterhouse. While I recognize that some animal rights groups consider this wrong, I’m glad my daughter had a chance to learn about this lifestyle as well.
The article ‘Conservatives and Rivals Press a Struggling PBS’, Feb 17th, raises many issues about the funding and direction of PBS. I only wish that more people addressing these issues would spend time watching ‘Postcards from Buster’ and learning how to act nicely with people that are different from them.
Aldon Hynes
P.S. Also, check out this letter: http://advocate.com/html/stories/933/933_cottontail.asp
When I was growing up, everyo
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/23/2005 - 01:56.When I was growing up, everyone was different from me. My teachers were all very glad for it.
John
Mine too
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 02/24/2005 - 10:04.John. Great comment. The same could be said about me. Now that I have children, I appreciate this even more. My daughter proudly wears a T-shirt saying something like: "Just be glad I'm not YOUR child."
Great Show - le'ts not worry about offending no one!
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/01/2005 - 13:06.A great show - my kids love it.
Although it's important to try to not offend people, it's EQUALLY important to not worry about offending someone inadvertently.
Someone always gets upset no matter what! Although I don't quite say "screw them" - I do say let's get on with our lives, and as long as we're nice let's not worry about people taking offense at our lives! (besides, many of them of fringe nut cases like myself!)
Ted