bluegirl777
May 2nd, 2006, 11:29 AM
New Movie Called 'Soft Core Eco-terrorism' for Kids
By Marc Morano
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
May 01, 2006
(CNSNews.com) - Three middle school children band together, sabotage a construction site, gag a land developer and take him hostage. But their criminal conduct, aimed at saving the habitat of burrowing owls from "greedy land developers" isn't reality-based...
The teenagers in the PG-rated movie face no repercussions for the illegal acts and instead are portrayed as heroically preventing the construction of a pancake house in South Florida to save the owls' habitat. There are consequences, however, for the pancake company.
For more, click here:
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=/SpecialReports/archive/200605/SPE20060501a.html
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Is that the kind of values we want to be teaching our children? Yikes! When I first saw the trailer for this, I thought, "That might be interesting to see." The trailer makes the movie out to be all about saving the owls. But indeed is more about making young people believe that rebellion against the law is acceptable if you have a just cause. I don't think so.
By Marc Morano
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
May 01, 2006
(CNSNews.com) - Three middle school children band together, sabotage a construction site, gag a land developer and take him hostage. But their criminal conduct, aimed at saving the habitat of burrowing owls from "greedy land developers" isn't reality-based...
The teenagers in the PG-rated movie face no repercussions for the illegal acts and instead are portrayed as heroically preventing the construction of a pancake house in South Florida to save the owls' habitat. There are consequences, however, for the pancake company.
For more, click here:
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=/SpecialReports/archive/200605/SPE20060501a.html
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Is that the kind of values we want to be teaching our children? Yikes! When I first saw the trailer for this, I thought, "That might be interesting to see." The trailer makes the movie out to be all about saving the owls. But indeed is more about making young people believe that rebellion against the law is acceptable if you have a just cause. I don't think so.