[francisandbeans]

Homer, a manual labourer in a nuclear power plant, is an individualist who teaches his kids not to worry too much about what others think of them.

Ummmm....Homer is a saftey inspector. This is not manual laborer. The author tries to pull out of context to prove his point....but the whole picture is a different story. I can pull things out of context that show Homer is a terrible parent. In last nights re-run he was Internet sleuth Mr. X. While absorbed in this, Bart tells Homer that he has been suspended and they found a knife and that he is angry all the time. Homer pays him no attention.

Don't get me wrong, but I hate when people try to find a deep meaning of nothing. I love Homer....but I won't say that he is this or that because he is nothing but paper cuttouts and a varying array of different writers.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

I agree with almost all of what you said, F&B, with the exception of

but I won't say that he is this or that because he is nothing but paper cuttouts and a varying array of different writers

Any character represents something. Even a goof like Homer. But man, good father he ain't.

[Xenalyte]

The author tries to pull out of context to prove his point....but the whole picture is a different story. . . .

Simpsons ping!

This is some of the most amazing taking out of context I've ever seen! I absolutely LOVE the Simpsons, and about half of this is just skewed. (And it's really poorly written - it reads like an eighth-grader wrote it.)

That one episode where Homer decides not to go to church is an isolated incident (but it's hilarious). Homer never again skips church. Actually, the Simpsons are the only sitcom family who go to church every Sunday.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

...he is nothing but paper cuttouts and a varying array of different writers.

You really know how to hurt a guy.

[Xenalyte]

I love Homer....but I won't say that he is this or that because he is nothing but paper cuttouts and a varying array of different writers.

Mr. Hill, is your honor being impugned here?

[gridlock]

All parents can learn from Homer's ability to control his kids without yelling or using bribery.

We can all learn to strangle our children when the tick us off!

Talk about reading too much into an entertainment program!