"In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team."
As a parent I am shocked at this blatant disregard for authority and the lack of moral values protrayed in this garbage. Let me explain :
1. A military court does not make mistakes, so these soldiers were obviously in dereliction of duty. Any innocence on the part of any members of their group was wiped out when they escaped from prison - a crime in itself. By not handing themselves in as soon as they escaped they committed yet another crime. Are these men role models for our young? I think not.
2. They survive as soldiers of fortune, also known as mercenaries or paramilitaries. Children should be taught that the only place to go if you have a problem is an officer of the law, a parent or a teacher.
3. One of the characters is a lunatic who resides in a secure psychiatric unit. As if being convicts and hoodlums isn't enough, breaking this man out of his care without medical consent is obviously a crime.
This violent programme clearly has no place in our modern society, and carries dangerous messages of subversion. It advocates evils such as cigar smoking and the wearing of gold "bling". Characters regularly revert to fisticuffs, gunplay and unauthorised (and untaxed) modification of motor vehicles.
I suggest all of you should have the sufficient moral fibre to avoid this programme.
