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Robert Volland br> New York, New York /p> p> NANNY STATUS br> Re: Larry Thornberry's Another Blight on Old Blighty : /p>

America is closer to the UK on the political correctness primrose path than Mr. Thornberry believes. In a recent NY Times article, "Sweeping the Clouds Away" by Virginia Heffernan, early Sesame Street episodes newly out on DVD contain a warning that they "may not suite the needs of today's preschool child." Why? The inner city milieu and the behaviors of some of the characters. According to a PBS representative quoted in the article, they edited out scenes of Cookie Monster smoking and eating pipes because, "they modeled the wrong behavior."

p>The politically correct crowd are now eating their own young. br> -- Christine Willett br> Arlington, Virginia /p>

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