Even Augustus Gloop ain't safe (Dahl being censored)
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Alternatively I could buy these new editions that have removed meaningless 1970s drivel inspired by colonialism (which I will teach and explain how we have benefited from) and be perfectly happy that I have inadvertently taught "indentured labour is good".
Now the fatty comments I will etch back in, as making fun of glutens is o-okay.
Going back to Cinderella, again, if you read the original books - the ugly sisters are ugly because of their personalities. It is nothing to do with their "looks".
Right, but is Willy Wonka the right place to start a conversation about indentured labour?
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If they want to understand the context and they are bright enough to understand that this may be an issue. Sure why not?
Never watched it, thankfully!
I have read and loved all the Dahl books and I never thought about them that deeply. I don't think any children do. I don't think they take their world view or morals from a fiction book. Children are simple creatures and enjoy simple things.
They are far more likely to be affected by the actual real world around them.
Your last paragraph is, I feel, massively important. Many of the issues we're seeing with younger generations these days is a result of this.
Too many children are enter their teenage years or even adulthood without developing the correct coping mechanisms for adversity.
That is why we are seeing them becoming incredibly soft and absolutely unable to cope with even the slightest situation that they find upsetting and hence suffer mental breakdown. Or, they go the other way and resort to violence, hence why we have kids stabbing each other at record levels. Extremes of the same scale.
Its a really hard line to tread because to some, any sort of mental resilience should be considered toxic and we should remove everything and anything that causes stress. The issue is that the real world doesn't work like that. Society isn't built like that and the whole idea of parenting is to prepare you children to not need you when they are an adult.
I think sport is a fascinating example of this because it seems like more and more athletes are struggling with their mental health these days and simply don't have the resilience of the past. Some of that is simply because in the past they drank and took drugs to cope and had a miserable time suffering in silence. Some of it is that we are raising people to curl up into a ball when things don't go their way.
All of my friends who struggle in life are the ones that have had weak parents. Parents who let them do what they want. Ones that thought that the happiest child is the one with the fewest boundaries and rules.
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children will understand, be educated, abut indentured labour next week when their Amazon Prime delivery does not arrive
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Why remove themes of slavery when it's a very real problem to this day, and also something that should be stamped out?
Because the book doesn't do that. The book claims if you steal humans from another continent you can get an effective unpaid workforce and claim lots of wealth, lol. It relies on the reader to either critically assess what is going on or be told by someone with a few more brain cells than most alt-righters posses.
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It's also a work of fiction? You can then discuss with your children that slavery is an issue etc... Then when they learn about that stuff in history lessons they can "join the dots" from some of the works of fiction they read. They'll realise that it's "make believe" in books, but based on facts that actually happened in our history.
I think this adds resilience and interest which is far more important than shielding children from everything that may be negative.
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Are suggesting todays kids will read Dahl books and be inspired to a career choice of being a white slave trader?
Maybe I am just reading my little one these books too young; or you guys are using your younger selves inspiring level of intelligence as the barometer.
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If you're reading them the books then yes perhaps they're too young. But also if they can't read I doubt they'll understand the nuances anyway.
If they're 10+ reading these books I don't think there's any issue there at all. At least you're reading your kids books! That's a lot more than many people do.
So...the parents?
How long did your parents read books for you? Lol.
No the current dystopia is continuing because we are far more concerned about ******** like this than facing the real issues in the world. Companies and governments have been manipulating the population for years into looking at the small things so they never look at the bigger ones. Look at all these super important issues but don't look too deeply into the wealth divide or the fact that corporations run the world and are quickly selling the future of the human race for ever more ridiculous shareholder profits.
The reason people get annoyed by this crap is because its entirely unnecessary and supports this dumb idea that language is the root of all evil and that if we can get rid of all the mean words the world will stop being such a ******* horrible place. Its selling the idea that saying the right things and using the right language make you a good person rather than, you know, being a good person who can think for themselves and have a moral code without being spoon fed it.
Its selling the idea that when you don't like something or you disagree with it you should force your views on others.