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Show I f 'EPNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2012 0Ur Weigh in with us and others by liking Dixie Sun at Facebook.com J Dixie. Sun. rouij items ire out to reacj need So t fast, es on nce you cts heaj Jysfi sav on3 not always ao cheeky iest to tegicalij iat await it. CHRISTINA OSBORN Staff Writer By y you ikes ari lots remove the individual from his or her normal frame of reference T ully mas t game, 1 is do ' , V, J J i. 1 Walmatt it can Where destroy their lives nth expensive and dangerous habit? It could be that its fun feel different than you lormally do. It could be coolness associated people 2 this souls uld oi make steadfast, io mg in ing led to he debauchery. And it ad started ,ould be exactly what it opeful, a symptom of a much my mind a health; deeper problem. Lets be clear. Im not i runnino diking about the vast silind doing ent majority that smokes ; used once in a I know ijoint every aith h 0 . drinks a beer twice or three imes a week. Casual use tobacco and alcohol is hile iy physi-- Ben in because ity. oij or once of Until sing around us, and casual .11 my illicit substances ly in my neatly no different, hopes on a piece of paper pt omewhere, it says it is. Habitual drug abuse is for help. .cry .J O Division of Sub-'tan- of drug use by state 9. 42-1- 2. f people begin wng substances at 16 that means average he junior year in high what to do about it. There are countless m That also means 'lerything from tobacco 'nup to heroin. Sixteen is a tough drool. commu-jeatin- g well with our we have pres-ur- e from every angle to onsider the future, and urents, ere hormonally officer. Drugs temporarily ' 6.97-7.6- 8 6.08-6.6- 9 reports commissioned by the federal government to quantify the problem, but you cant boil human pain down to statistics. The only thing the people in the system 'can do is continue arresting people, committing them to programs, taking their kids away, shutting down meth labs, and hoping some of it makes Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services an impression. The only thing wc can do is to be there for our friends and to listen when they speak. Drug addicts need friends too maybe more than Car- toons 7a f: are for kids at least that is how it has been in the 1 United :es since can but it is time I that there might 3emore to animation. Recently watched accept an movie released Haight to DVD and Ray in October. To surprise the amma-ll0- ,i looked almost like Was out of the comics, story was engaging, it wasnt like most American animation that ave seen lately. is movie was not for I realize this isnt first animated movie the U.S. geared more Ward a mature audi-Cbut lets be honest. le U.S. often has a 'I'Sma that cartoons are Oldish and not to be tman: Year One, Miniated fl'y i,1(l Mds e, d seriously. take note that will the rest of us. I can guarantee that most of you reading this will have children who will use drugs at some point. Teach them what you can about the risk Its or you may regret it. better for them to know the risks than to shield them for moral reasons. If they arent educated, then they wont know how to say no. the geek be with you and your cartoons s anime to animated movies RHETT SULLIVAN Copy Editor ji 8.60-9.4- 1 17.69-8.5- 9 American BY 43 The war on drugs has ce Seport, May J emD ation Lives grew skinny and pale and hollow-eye- d with or heroin abuse. speed There is no reasoning with these people. Drug addicts are ready to get better when they are ready to get better, and thats the only time. Trying to force them, incarcerate them, or shame them into shaping up is like cornering a rabid dog. d issues are at play here, and you never can assume you know whats best for another human being, even one who doesnt know whats best for him or lasted this long because no one really knows Were not "t: watched as our friends sank into a haze of pot smoke, had their 15 minutes of fame on the bookings website, or Abuse and Mental Healths 2011 Annual ge. lio ) a V;. 4j 50 herself. According to The Itah 4' i-- . Deep-seate- ,e of ex-,e- Jr'' n' 4 Jf v dont : u n 1 .. 1 a H i i slowly catching up both Marvel and DC have had more serious cartoons in the past, but even then they always have been marketed toward kids. Spider-Mawhich aired from 1994 to 1998, and Batman: The Animated Series, which aired from are two good examples of this.. d Besides comic cartoons, I am to think of d carany other U.S. made toon, excluding comedic cartoons like The Simpsons and Family Guy, that arent just made for character to get kidnapped to develop their stupid, simple plot, and they know kids wont be critically thinking about why it is dumb that it children. Even some comic book cartoons are just pointless. Ive tried to sit down and watch shows like Wolverine and the but the simple, and often too predictable, plot lines just bug me. Usually when Im watching a show like that I am just thinking things like, Why are they just standing around while that character is kidnapped? The only answer I can come up with is because the writers wanted the non-sensib- le n, 1992-199- 5, book-base- hard-presse- -- n, happened. Other than a couple of gems like Advenwhich is ture Time made for kids but has a unique innocent humor with a demented twist cartoons made for kids are just straight up trash now days. While trying to watch Adventure Time on Cartoon Network, I see the most ridiculous and shows like The Amazing World of Gumball and just feel bad for our young ones here in the States. The animation looks like drew on some photographs of random boring stuff, and the characters are things like fish with legs. I lost interest before I even knew what it was about. I realize it is con- sidered nerdy to like Japanese animation, or anime, but the Japanese at least got a couple of things right. Japan Maybe their art style is a little different, but many of their shows have ongoing story arcs and dont just start and end each episode. The humor can be ridiculous sometimes when their already exaggerated facial features are exemplified tenfold when a character in the show reacts to something, but the shows tend to have more mature themes. Even a show like Naruto, which I consider a little more juvenile even though I am a fan, has some surprisingly emotion-stirrin- g parts of the show. Judge all you want, but if youve seen it, then you know whatlm talking about. Also, if youve ever seen a Hayao Miyazaki film, then you know that animation is full of potential. Ive enjoyed all of his films Ive seen, and some of them, like Ponyo, are just as much for children as they are for adults kind of like Disney shows. But my favorite movie of his is Princess Mononoke, and it has a PG-1- 3 rating because of its more serious content. But I have been noticing some changes in the American attitude toward animation. Avatar: The Last was an American cartoon with Korean animation. Each episode built off of the last, and it ended in an ultimate showdown. I wish there were more animated TV series like Avatar. But lately Ive really been impressed with the DC Universe Animated Original Movies, especially the ones concerning the Batman universe. I hope see more animated movies from DC. So fellow Americans, I encourage you to watch, moie cartoons. Start with Batman: Year One, then do yourself a favor and watch a Miyazaki ' film if you havent yet. Also, if you like an animated show or movie that I didnt mention, let k me know on my page at Facebook. comMTGeekBWY, or tweet it to me DIXIE SUN Richaid Bnggs, Editoi Taylor Grin, New s Editoi Shelby Misrasi, Spoils Echtoi Ashley Putnam, A & E Eciiioi McKoye Mediani, Lifesft les Editoi Matty Jacobson, Opinion Editoi Bryan Uhri Online Editoi Chris Caldwell, Photo Editor Rhctt Sullivan. 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