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{{quote|''"Oh, we are the Buddy Bears, we always get along
Each day, we do a little dance and sing a little song
If you ever disagree, it means that you are wrong
Oh, we are the Buddy Bears, we always get along!"''|'''-- Buddy Bears theme song, ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'''''}}
{{quote|''"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher regard those who think alike than those who think differently."''|Nietzsche}}
{{quote|(The doors of the Great Hall burst open and a wall of water crashes through, knocking the Vikings off their feet. There is little doubt that the whole of Hy-Brasil is sinking see a street go down, a statue sink and then we Cut to a close-up of King Arnulf. He is standing at the top of the Forum steps addressing a crowd of anxious citizens. They are keeping surprisingly good order considering they are already standing ankle-deep in water, and the whole town is rapidly sinking around them.)
KING ARNULF: Now, I know what some of you must be thinking... the day has come.... we're all going down, etc. etc. But let's get away from the fantasy and look at the ''facts''. ''Fact One'' - The threat of total destruction has kept the peace for one thousand years. ''Fact Two'' - The chances of it failing now are therefore one in three hundred and sixty-five thousand. ''Fact Three''..."
(By this time the water is up to people's knees, and several have crowded onto the lower steps to avoid getting wet.)
KING ARNULF: "''Fact Three'' - Our safety regulations are the most rigorous in the world. We are all nice to each other, we never rub each other up the wrong way or contradict each other, do we?"
CROWD: "No."
(Rumble. The buildings sink and masonry falls.)
CITIZEN: "We... er... ''do'' seem to be going down quite fast, Your Majesty - not trying to contradict you, course."
KING ARNULF: "No, of course you're not, citizen. But let's stick to the facts. There has ''never'' been a safer, more certain way of keeping the peace. So whatever's happening, you can rest assured, Hy-Brasil is ''not'' sinking. Repeat, ''not'' sinking."|''[[
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[[Fridge Logic|When you think about it, that was a strange message to be constantly delivering.]] "You must always agree with the group" is something I've never heard preached in any real educational show. And why would it be? All those shows shout the opposite: to [[Be Yourself]]. [[Broken Aesop|And what if the group]] [[Drugs Are Bad|wanted to take drugs]] or something? It was actually an inside joke. Listen to Mark tell about his experiences writing for 80's cartoon shows: }}
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{{quote|''"[[The Complainer Is Always Wrong|It is not the critic who counts]]: not the man who [[What the Hell, Hero?|points out how]] [[The Hero|the strong man]] [[Moral Dissonance|stumbles]] or where the doer of [[Shoot the Dog|deeds]] could have done better."''|Attributed to '''[[Theodore Roosevelt]]'''}}
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