i can understand how barney can be annoy to some and but the hatred he get be very ridiculous . barney be make simply right from the beginning and simplicity isn not bad and especially for the young one he entertain . i personally find this show to be very underrated period . barney and friend be a very educational show in my opinion and even 17 year after it debut ( and nearly 21 year after the character debut on home video ) and he prove time and time again that he still appeal to young child . maybe less so than in the early 90 where barney be the hannah montana of the time and but he still a classic . a a fan of barney myself and i feel that i should defend him in a way that doesn not seem like spam . the way the purple guy teach thing may be very simplistic and unrealistic and but would you rather have them hear about war . be thankful some one ( a costume dinosaur and but still ) be there to comfort kid and let them be kid simply . in this day and age and i feel that we rush our kid to grow up and barney be there to say you can still be a child at heart . in addition and many of barney lesson on current episode about plagiarism and be honest and and yes . even death and could appeal to everyone and not just his target audience . besides and our child need to learn to be kind and respect others for who they be and and he help them do that . in short and barney may be annoy to some people and i completely understand why and but cut him some slack . all he and his friend ( along with hit entertainment and his production company ) be try to do be help kid not only learn necessary skill and but to have fun and to also look at the positive part of life . if more people listen to their child favorite character and view him through their eye and maybe we wouldn not be so negative about him and possibly life itself .