QUOTE (tefaz @ Jan 7 2008, 10:35 AM)

Unlike you, most people that I talk with love Walker Texas Ranger despite the fact that it has been several years since it was a current show. The great thing is that there are so many children who love this show and consider Walker Texas Ranger to be a hero. That is something that is desperately needed for children is a good role model. My son dresses up and plays Walker Texas Ranger almost daily. The show is clean even though it does contain violence, it displays good winning out over evil. Late night would not be the appropriate time since this is a show that young children and teenagers desire to watch. There really is not enough appropriate role models for kids today as it is. So consider yourself in the minority.
A "good" role model? This show is full of sexism, racism, and about a dozen -isms that haven't even got names yet. Their depictions of Chinese, Hispanics, Native Americans, and women are all disgusting and offensive. I'm surprised it's still on TV at all. All the women are flimsy delicate little things that need rescuing every other second (unless they're "bad guys", then they have a cat fight with a "good girl", who inevitably wins), every other episode has a scene in a strip club, and forgive me if I'm wrong, but Walker should have been imprisoned -years- ago. If any real law enforcement official did any of the stints on that show, he would have lost his badge from day one. Police brutality, unnecessary force, not to mention flat-out -murder-. The police are supposed to -catch- the bad guys, not kill them all with a single bullet shot and a round-house kick. This show is probably worse than the eighties "Ninja Turtles" movies. Mostly because it presents itself as "real".
I'm convinced the only reason this show existed in the first place, bad writing, stereotypes, and all, is to inflate Chuck Norris's already overinflated ego. Real role models for kids aren't that hard to come by. Start with history. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, Susan B. Anthony, and many many others are worth teaching your kids about. But most of all...your kid should see -you- as a role model. Just food for thought. I'm sorry if I offend, but the show in question is far more offensive.