User blog:Kabuto Origami/Pure Good Removal: Barney



Barney the Dinosaur was recently proposed for Pure Good. I voted no, but all the other votes on this proposal have been yes so it seems likely that he'll be approved. But there are arguments against him qualifying that the proposal didn't address. I'm covering those arguments here.

Who is he?
Barney is the title character of the children's show Barney and Friends. He is a large purple dinosaur that teaches kids basic education.

Why he doesn't qualify
According to the theme song he's a product of the collective imagination of a group of children, which raises a ton of questions about his moral agency.

And even he does have moral agency, he still shouldn't count, in one episode where one of the kids is upset about her dead friend and he all but harasses her into cheering up (or at least appearing to).

The final verdict
Like him or not, he doesn't belong in the Pure Good category.