You may have already seen this photo; Aaron Paul posted it to his Twitter account and it's been discussed in several Breaking Bad message boards and other forums. Most people, such as myself, think it's cute and funny but as always is the case, *some* people were offended. "Dressing kids up as drug dealers? Horrible idea! Bad parents!" are the basic complaints. What I'd like to know is this:
Do these same people also complain when parents dress their kids up as Dracula, a witch, a zombie or the like? I asked that very question to someone who was up-in-arms over the photo and they said "But these parents are promoting drug use...and that's not cute! People die every day from using or selling meth!!!" I had to point out to them that vampires bite people, either killing them or, with the bite, sentencing them to an eternity of being a vampire as well, that witches in fairy tales captured and ate children and zombies...well, they just kill and then eat everyone, particularly their brains.
"But that's fiction!" came the reply.
Uh...and Breaking Bad wasn't? Dressing your kids up as characters from a movie or TV show doesn't mean you condone whatever it was the FICTIONAL character did.
Even with all the horrible things the characters in Breaking Bad did, that photo makes me smile. *Some* people just want to go Breaking Butthurt and are more offensive than whatever it is they're protesting.
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