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March 1st, 2005

Living Puppets

I always find it creepy when kids are used to lobby for something. Do these sound like the natural quotes of fifth graders?

"The benefits could be healthier bodies, healthier minds, reduced health costs. And exercise can reduce the chance of getting Alzheimer's,"

Or

"We saw that the obesity rate index for fifth graders at our school was an outrageous 32 percent,"

What's almost creepier is the, "Awww....cute. Lookit 'em parrot what their authority figures told 'em." attitude of "do something; anything!" adults.

I love the way little Stefani's speech drew, among other things, "chuckles." Yeah, I used to love it when the recitation I'd lisp out, having been coached in what to say by my relatives or teachers, got the "Awww, ain't she cute, almost like a real person!" laffs from the grownups. As if they didn't know the game. And the rest of the time they'd be pestering me to "get my nose out of that book" so they could patronize me some more. Someday I vowed I would have revenge. That's when I started to collect discarded scissors. And then--

Posted By Andrea Harris on Mar 1st, 2005 at 9:17pm