Pokemon Craze

Your coverage of the Pokemon phenomenon and Burger King (Nov. 12) highlights a growing problem in our society. If the parents who were interviewed are to be taken seriously, they believe a corporation that intends to keep the supply line of toys open for the next two months to be at fault for not having enough on hand last Wednesday. In what reality do these adults exist? This is the perfect opportunity to teach another generation that first come, first served counts, that you can’t always get what you want, and with two months of promotion to endure, patience is a virtue.

Parents, if you want to be proud of mature adult children, then act a little mature yourselves. Next year we will all be trying to remember why we were so crazed about Pokemon, just like Pogs, Tickle Me Elmo and Beanie Babies.

DAVID W. WILKIN

San Pedro

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“Pokemon Movie Gets Off to Animated Start With Young Fans” (Nov. 11) tells of a 6-year-old and his cousins being taken to a theater multiplex at 8 a.m. last Wednesday to see the movie. The mother admitted that they played hooky from school because the theater would be so crowded the next day. She planted the seed in the minds of young children that rules or laws are meant to be broken.

The item did mention that there were responsible parents who did manage to get their children to the first-day performance without resorting to playing hooky.

CHUCK MONT

Burbank