Centerfield

Some messages are timeless. This is one of them. You can probably play that at anytime in any era and it will still be valid.

To be honest it seemed a bit trite; also a "tabla rasa". I imagine anyone watching it then confirming to themselves that they're not the one's "fouling the river of freedom"

Yeah Chris, quite possibly. I guess it depends on the audience. As a sort of a parable, I imagine it would be pretty useful as a conversation starter at the beginning of a civics unit on liberty.

Consider whether it's being blandly trite could be a strength if you want to start a conversation on the note of an appeal to civic virtue, to one's better nature.
Of course no one is going to think that THEY are the fouler of the river. But that's probably not the fault of the cartoon so much as an ingrained aspect of human nature.

Corny? Probably so. I really liked Field of Dreams, so maybe I'm a sucker for it.

Heal his pain

Of course no one is going to think that THEY are the fouler of the river. But that's probably not the fault of the cartoon so much as an ingrained aspect of human nature.

Of course, one could infer that was the whole underlying meaning in the cartoon. Meant more to make people look introspective. Simple, yes? Cliched, yes? And that is different from todays political leaders in what way?