Bunk. And you know it is.
I have a hard time imagining that someone's going to race a train when they're 16 because they saw it in a movie when they were 6.
When something is presented as "cool" the idea takes root. Witness the thug/rap culture. Kids ARE what they see and hear whether you like it or not.
Does it have to be? Is that a new rule on FR?
You said: I'm also trying to comprehend the idea of parents letting their children play around railroad tracks unattended.
You were attributing something to the article that wasn't there.
So we should change a movie just to keep from hurting one man's feelings?
That wasn't the point. The color of the car was added irony. The point is that an unsafe act is presented as "cool" by a cute little red car.
I drive a red car. Does that magically transform me into a dangerous driver, who is going to race a train?
I didn't say anything about a train in connection with red cars. I said the Police Chief said statistics show that people who drive red cars are more likely to be risk takers. Argue with the statistics if you like.
So when kids play "cops and robbers" or "cowboys and indians," they're actually shooting each other instead of just pretending to? And in the example I said (one kid is the car and the other is the train--they're emulating what they saw in the movie), that kid isn't a kid, he's really a train? These kids have powerful imaginations.
When something is presented as "cool" the idea takes root. Witness the thug/rap culture. Kids ARE what they see and hear whether you like it or not.
I don't like it, but I still don't believe it. It all depends on their upbringing. I don't think thug/rap is SOLELY responsible for the violent crime, though I think it is partially responsible. I also think upbringing is heavily involved. And I just have a hard time picturing a kid seeing the train scene in a movie and then ten years later he decides he's going to try it because he saw it in an animated movie. I present myself as an example. I saw cartoons like that all the time as a kid, yet I have not been tempted once to try it. And I just turned 22, so I wasn't a kid that long ago.
You were attributing something to the article that wasn't there.
It was in case someone brought up that point later, I would disspell it before they could mention it.
That wasn't the point. The color of the car was added irony.
Oh, no! Not IRONY!!!!!! God help us all.
I didn't say anything about a train in connection with red cars.
You're talking about unsafe driving, and that includes train racing. Let's arrest all people who drive red cars! And make red cars illegal.
Argue with the statistics if you like.
I'm feelin' lucky.