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Villa president Brita Haley clearetio smoke. Cartoon shows under fire 85 Tt Tne $6, 995 TORONTO (CP) — Seven-year-old Paul Gerezuk is an While the boys’ shows sell a might-makes-right value unlikely revolutionary. system echoing with laser blasts and the thuds of punches, 80 ree 39 ,088 =2/ But e meyer at 5 p.m., he becomes a footsoldier ina the girls are shown a fantasy world of innocent, ml Horizon 4... cy. g the toy industry, when sugary-sweet creatures whose happy, simple existence is he turns on the television set to watch his favorite show — vacuous, bereft of emotion and repetitive, industry eritiea The Tranaormers CLEAN say. The cartoon a legion of heroic robots, With U.8.-produced toons showing in more th sts caapaoally Svaiatis in salle’ plese al-yeur lent] @S euatrlen, Neat Ameiees cee tee, "oeee ovens "CENTRAL KOOTENAY toystore. promotion of military ideology to children by big business in COT TON RAGS IMPORTS LTD. the world’s history,” says Dr. Thomas Radecki, director of Lie oi 8 sient Tee Fry TH Hd get or [TEEgERS be {ui a E pevepetter, aan a | j i: Pe “i! ite i 253 i EE “i Ht i vale Ht Hil inl li peu if if het alt ie ie ar: ceiisaie ak fh “id if Once upon a time, Lermakers ody ertised their products 425 Columbia Avenve, Costiegor in newspapers, the National Coalition on Television Violence. QCOWe Ror tany sie ooll Chain throng television programs Radecki and others believe war toys and programs like a ‘News Preesbee-anta starring the products. GI Joe desensitize children to real violence. The result blurs the line between entertainment and < chi i reials fo But studies have shown the programs have various the torn, eine cries — see So-minute commercials for ects, depending on the child, says peychiatrist Bruno 197 Columbia Ave., eummemamnnmnansniiassataaiy Our Action Ad Phone Bettelh serine fe tas easton toe gs such bathers on child becomes more violent, the normal Number i is 365-2212 to the Captain mower and the Soldiers ne OF The Future, G.I. Tea; child actually discharges vicariously some violence and Rambo, MASK, the Inhumanoids, the Thundercats, Straw- becomes more peaceful,” he says. berry Shortcake, JEM, Teddy Ruxpin, Pound Puppies, and Parents should spend more time with children, playing Cornsilk Kids — just a handful of the heroes of 75 series that simple games, he says, since most children prefer that to have made their North American debut since 1982. watching television. LOOSEN RULES The: ey’ e been nurtured by rere lations i a ibe United States enacted since the election of President Ronald Reagan. That movement it_ may be stemmed by a U.S. court challenge launched by programming advocates to ask the Federal Communications Commission to consider banning such- programs. Canadian regula ions governing children’s advertising are stricter, — for example — toy advertisements cannot a appear on the same program in which the toy is featured as an animated character. But Canadian codes don’t affect the sourct of most toy- linked programming seen in Canada — U.S. shows and ads. For manufacturers, the cartoons reflect a massive marketing effort that has yielded a staggering boost in sales from $52 million in 1982 up 1,577 per cent to about $870 million last year, say the Toy Manufacturers of America. Siar PRIME COMMERCIAL The Canadian Toy Manufacturers Association does not provide parallel statistics, but analysts say sales patterns ; are proportionately ide ntical to the United States. 4 f There may be a end in sight to the Programming. | 2 Sone aavaoee a | FOR RENT CASHBACK %& medio” " says Sheldon Klein, the president of Basten 's Canadian branch. : “The market Laney we will abate “frome is Located on Central Avenue You CAN USE To BUY popularity of the toy- ws te . onward.” (Highway 3) in Grand Forks YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS: j Crities are worried about the effect the deluge of pro- gramming — much of it featuring violent sequences — is e Sales Office On Escort, Tracer, Séble, Taurus and F- Trvelle hildren’s behavior. ———e © Fenced in Compound FORD ESCORT The World's Best Selling Car TV changing the ib rida bar apers permed BROCKVILLE, Ont. 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