tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post6644102799644248222..comments2024-03-24T09:13:28.758+00:00Comments on The Plashing Vole: On nicenessThe Plashing Volehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-12143152426014871842011-02-07T13:51:16.479+00:002011-02-07T13:51:16.479+00:00As anyone who hangs around little kids (in a good ...As anyone who hangs around little kids (in a good way) knows, learning swear words is a rite of passage.<br />Octavio Paz says that "Swearing is the poetry that is available to everyone". And I fuckin' agree. If you are an adult, and can't deal with profanity, you haven't learned the basic impulse of insurrection that is fundamental to all meaningful social life.<br />Thus Spake Gaga ThustraZoot Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09943863429085186012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-85912884129550565912011-02-07T12:58:01.364+00:002011-02-07T12:58:01.364+00:00A friend suggests Narnia. OK, it's unpleasant ...A friend suggests Narnia. OK, it's unpleasant Christian propaganda with strong doses of misogyny and racism, but people like that never mind such things. They just don't like naughty words.The Plashing Volehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-87759537096780508322011-02-07T12:37:35.596+00:002011-02-07T12:37:35.596+00:00You're right - everything will offend someone....You're right - everything will offend someone.<br />I always saw The Very Hungry Caterpillar as anti-environmentalist fable: consume enough without regard for the world around you, and you'll end up beautiful. No, wait, is it an allegory for adolescence? <br /><br />I give up. I've never read it (hangs head in shame). There's always the Wombles.The Plashing Volehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-88764999648354464662011-02-07T12:29:57.411+00:002011-02-07T12:29:57.411+00:00You make a good point Vole - illustrated by the fa...You make a good point Vole - illustrated by the fact that I thought of a few children's books and they would all fall foul of those rules.<br /><br />And let's face it, the Very Hungry Caterpillar isn't very hungry - he's the embodiment of capitalist greed.<br /><br />Maybe.Ewarwoowarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01188994060142858403noreply@blogger.com