>>11887174Myth-Pokemon stories have morals about work, dedication, and love.
Fact-The concept of Pokemon is as follows: Young children leave home and hunt down wild animals. They then attack these animals until they are too weak to resist being put in tiny containers. They are only released in order to fight other captive animals. Whichever child's Pokemon beats up all the other children's Pokemon gets personal glory and fame. Children learn as much from Pokemon as they would watching a good cockfight.
Myth-Playing Pokemon computer games will expose kids to computers and help them learn technology.
Fact-After playing with the Pokemon CD-ROM, a child may be able to translate from Pikachu to Squirtle, but he still won't know a microchip from a tortilla chip.
Myth-"Gotta catch 'em all!"
Fact-Only egomaniacal tyrants get everything they want. Children have to learn to be satisfied with what they've got.
