For several years now, I have been watching a great deal of television and seen the affects it has had on people. The Simpsons is a show that I have grown up watching and enjoying. It ranks as the number one television program for viewers under eighteen years of age. However, the ideals that The Simpsons convey are not always wholesome, sometimes not even in good taste, but they do present a realistic way of looking at life. So is it really inevitable that The Simpsons is affecting children?

Most sitcoms or television shows present a family with a healthy environment, money, and a father with a popular job, such as an accountant or lawyer. The Simpsons, however, portray their characters more like everyday citizens in America. The writer chose to have an overweight, balding man named Homer who works in a power

I would definitely have to agree that the show is not in good taste. In fact, it is often viewed as one of the largest threats to Christianity. For example, the Simpson family goes to church on a regular basis, but Bart and Homer loath it, and poke fun at the religion. The Simpsons is not just an enemy towards Christianity, though. Hinduism is constantly joked about with an East Indian, Kwik-E-Mart clerk named Apu. I agree that some of the cracks about Apu and his stereotype are rude, but it is best to look at it at a more realistic point of view. Every time a crack about Apu is made, everyone in the audience laughs, even though they know it is obnoxious, they still laugh. So I feel it is hypocritical for adults to want to ban the show, because they all find it humourous, just as children do.

plant as the father. Marge, the mother, is a normal housewife

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