I have two volumes of unexpurgated Brothers Grimm stories, and I'd say at least 80% of them end up with some poor German kid getting shredded and made into sausage. I mean, those stories were around for years and years and German kids were never the worse for it. They all grew up to, um, uh... invade France, join the Nazi party and massacre millions upon millions of people.
.... Yeah, okey-dokey, let's just stick with Noggin and "Cowgirl Dora" for the time being. - Jim Raymond Camden wrote: >What's funny is that my daughter always laughs (a bit evily) during that scene. > >I tend to view it in relation to kids stories in general. Even the >"classics" had horror in it - like Little Red Riding Hood, etc. It's >not gore though. > >On 4/26/05, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I don't really expect to ever find anything on tv suitable for my >>child, except on PBS kids. But, I don't really care because I'd rather >>my kid not watch a bunch of tv. >> >>Did any of you see Finding Nemo? We were at a friend's house and they >>popped it in as "kid friendly" material. My kid is mostly too young to >>get what was going on, but the opening scene is Nemo's mom getting >>eaten by a shark. I mean, come on. That's kid friendly? They're >>trained for violence from an early age. But, you sure as hell didn't >>see Nemo's dad getting it on with Nemo's mom to make Nemo. >> >> >>On 4/26/05, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>What is it about that it is OK to play a violent, originally R-rated horror >>>movie at 2pm on a Saturday afternoon, just because it is 10 or 15 years old? >>> >>>I know I sometimes have a hard time finding something for my 8 and 5 year >>>olds to watch after lunch on a weekend. And it is going to be harder yet, >>>once our cable goes away in a few days (we're cutting expenses). >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155433 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
