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01-14-2009, 01:54 PM
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Fairy tales too scary, and/or not PC enough
So say British parents.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/us_wo...-For-Kids.html Brits are wussies. German kids get to meet Struwwelpeter.
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01-21-2009, 04:07 PM
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Snow White is one of the most offensive stories I know.
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01-21-2009, 04:43 PM
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This is such bullshit. It makes my blood boil. I read my little kids artful retellings of Beowulf, the Iliad, the Odyssey, not to mention Jack in the Beanstock. They're full of bloodshed.
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