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February 19, 2007
From the mouths of babes
I was window shopping at Target the other day when I came upon a small child playing the Xbox 360 game console. He was probably about 7 years old, and was very busy shooting robot/alien things that where chasing after his robotic character.
He was totally immersed in the game, and after shooting some particulary pesky adversaries, blurted out, "Die muddah ------," charming speech impediment and all.
I was taken aback. Not by his crass language, but by the fact he was speaking in cheap movie cliches. If he's already relying on action movies for his slang, things aren't likely to get better down the road. Imagine how sick his parents will be once he discovers lines from our esteemed Governator.
Parents, if you're going to allow your kids to watch violent films, at least give them the cream of the crop. Otherwise you'll have to suffer through the repition of already tired lines. If you don't care enough to keep their mouths clean, at least keep them creative.
Posted by Greg Sidor at February 19, 2007 04:27 PM