Is it silly to have WWE wrestlers who bully each other every show be spokesmen f

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   flacoinohioposted 12 years ago

   Is it silly to have WWE wrestlers who bully each other every show be spokesmen for anti bullying?
   
   I understand that having WWE wrestlers supporting anti bullying programs and make anti bullying statements is good PR.  Children watching a WWE broadcast are not seeing anything that resembles an anti bullying message.  Even though the show is scripted to peak interest, having wrestlers attack one another with weapons, after losing a match, or just to be well a big bully.  What kind of message is the WWE sending when they say bullying is bad, and then the same wrestlers making these statements are viewed violently attacking an unsuspecting wrestler or a smaller or injured wrestler.

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   JThomp42posted 12 years ago

   No, Because everyone knows it is a man's "Soap Opera." It is all fake and scripted.

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   Efficient Adminposted 12 years ago

   It appears to send the message "don't do what I do, but do what I say".
   Some impressionable children may think wrestling is real, rather than it being fake and scripted.

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   slappywalkerposted 12 years ago

   I don't think it's a bad thing. I think getting the message out that bullying is bad is good no matter who it is coming from. There are plenty of kids that may actually listen to their favorite wrestler instead of listening to the same message coming from a teacher or parent. It's sad, but true.
   
   Overall, it's not really different from watching a commercial with someone driving crazy followed up by the warning not to try this at home. Wrestling is fake entertainment. I'm pretty sure most kids realize that by now.
   
   "Do as I say and not as I do" has been around for ages, and isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

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