XPost: alt.conspiracy, alt.philosophy, alt.atheism   
   From: compuelf@gmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 12:43:10 +0100, "Alex W."    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 06/02/2017 10:34, Jeanne Douglas wrote:   
   >> In article ,   
   >>  "Alex W."  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 06/02/2017 06:41, Jeanne Douglas wrote:   
   >>>> In article ,   
   >>>>  "Mr. Man-wai Chang"  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 6/02/2017 3:53 AM, bilgat@m.nu wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>     According to the Bible, he was stabbed by a Roman solider.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Hah yeah, fairy tales....   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> A good fairy tale is still a good story for bed-time reading! :)   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Not sure this fairy tale is appropriate for children about to try to   
   >>>> sleep, what with all the extreme violence and sex.   
   >>>   
   >>> Have you ever read the unexpurgated unedited un-Disneyfied versions of   
   >>> our most common fairy tales, Jeanne?  They are full of blood and guts   
   >>> and death.  Just as fairies are not really cute and harmless pink flying   
   >>> things but frightening supernatural beings, so fairy-tales are moral   
   >>> stories to educate children about the dangers of life.  In the past,   
   >>> parents thought a few nightmares were a good sign that their children   
   >>> were taking on board the lessons necessary to survive...   
   >>   
   >> Yes, I have a book of unexpurgated Grimm's fairy tales.   
   >   
   >Spooky stuff, ain't it?   
   >   
   >Imagine a world where all of us had been brought up on these bloody   
   >scary tales instead of a constant diet of syrupy cute-kitten pieces of   
   >literary fluff.  We'd grow up fully aware that life can be hard and   
   >cruel and unfair and nasty.  We'd have far fewer traumas as adults when   
   >bad shit happens and we are confronted with the fact that reality does   
   >not match the feelgood happy-clappy claptrap we were peddled as kids...   
      
        It's a wonder kids from the days of the original stories were   
   able to survive, eh?   
      
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