Face it, thousands of people know it: Just the thought of a purple tyrannosaurus being in control of millions, if not billions, of young minds should strike fear into the hearts of any sane person. Some people say it's only a cheap show by a company, which I prefer not to mention. Yes, that's true. But Barney himself wields enough power to alter the fate of the earth. Barney could easily convince the children of earth that people who don't like him are evil, and should be destroyed. There are several reasons for my statement.
             1st, Barney teaches that kids should be part of the crowd. Example of this: When Barney arrives, no children mess up, and they sing and dance in perfect unison. If ever a child is upset or jealous, Barney says something or sings a song and the child will hop up and join the group. Or, a child may be doing something else, something halfway educational, Barney will walk over and convince the kid to do what the group is doing instead of promoting his/her independent ideas.
             2nd, Barney gives children bad ideas. Examples of this: Telling kids beehives are fun to play with, that it's fine to play over a hot, boiling pot with no adult supervision, again save the Purple One, and that independent thought is bad.
             3rd, Barney's show has NO educational value. If an educational idea IS presented, it will be lost, drowned out by the cheery song. If you've ever compared an episode of "Sesame Street" to "Barney and Friends", you'll find one big difference. "Sesame Street" teaches an idea, over and over, where as Barney presents this only once and usually in a song. Also, the adults are there to help the characters on "Sesame Street" learn these ideas. Barney's methods are frightening. In fact, a child would have to watch "Barney and Friends" dozens of times to possibly get something that would take "Sesame Street" one episode. Kinda makes you long for the educational days of "Pee-wee Herman".
             4th, the bad examples. For ...