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A Time And Place For Dancing
.*******, ******-******* Barney!
Sorry for the profanity.
I know the first paragraph may just look like a bunch of little stars, but I assure you that there is some serious cussing going on behind those asterisks. And it is all directed towards Barney, that purple dinosaur.
To be fair, I know others share the blame. Barney, the purple dinosaur is just one of the numerous modern-day children-show characters worthy of a line of asterisks.
Now, some of you might be saying, "Why pick on poor Barney? He's so wholesome and teaches children valuable life-lessons."
OK, maybe he is that and does teach children some positive values.
But I can also assure you that he and his ilk are spreading a disease that is destroying the moral fiber of this country:
Dancing.
Now, don't get me wrong. I have nothing against dancing. I will even freely admit that I have absolutely no dance skills. On the times that my wife has gotten me to the dance floor, I usually wind up doing the White Boy Shuffle, which pretty much anyone can do:
Left-right, left-right, left-right with the occasional front-back, front-back thrown in for good measure.
To be fair, it is probably more like walking in place than actually dancing.
But there are places you should dance -- or do the White Boy Shuffle -- and there are places you shouldn't, and that is my gripe with Barney and his buds.
Those programs are showing kids that it is Ok to dance in public, dance anywhere.
And that is just not right.
You should be able to dance at nightclubs and bars with jukeboxes and weddings and school dances.
But you should NOT be allowed to dance at any restaurant like O'Charleys or McDonalds, or in a grocery store, or at one of the big box retailers and especially not Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart is absolutely and positively NOT someplace people should be dancing. It is for shopping for huge quantities of stuff and holding family reunions on Friday nights.
Just because a catchy country tune is playing in the electronic section should everyone in the immediate vicinity form a line and start doing the Boot Scootin' Boogie.
I don't care if Wal-Mart has the space it's just not the place for dancing by adults or children or anyone attempting the complex choreography of the White Boy Shuffle.
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