"Just as Long as I'm Included"

"Just as long as I'm included!"

The TV sitcom "Taxi"; starring the likes of: Judd Hirsch, Tony Danza, Danny DeVito and a favorite of mine, Christopher Loyd to name a few; finds Loyd, who plays Jim Ingnatowski, a taxi driver with a mind permanently fogged by to many drugs, looking for inclusion. Danza and another driver in their social activities, coldly rebuffs every query of "Jim's"to be a part of their "fun", in essence saying we don't want you around. It reaches it's climax when Jim is told he can sit outside the game room and watch from a distant vantage point. Jim in his moronic voice says something to the effect of: "Great as long as I'm included!" 

Do you know when you've been mocked, slammed, lied to, told you're an idiot and totally marginalized? I often wonder if we do, given the steady diet of morally downward spiraling junk, we tolerate under the guise of entertainment. Anyone else find a problem with this years Super Bowl halftime show? Check this commentary out and then do some inspection on how you're helping your students in the assault on their moral world view.