The latest insanity to come to my attention has been the banning of the story 'Sleeping Beauty' in schools, on the grounds that the Prince giving Sleeping Beauty a non consensual kiss is sending out the wrong signals to children.. And what about Georgie Porgie Pudding and Pie, who kissed the girls and made them cry? How politically correct is that? GIVE ME STRENGTH.
But Hey, let's not stop there.
When the Pied Piper led all the children into his cave, did anyone enquire if he was on the Sex Offenders Register?
And Snow White - doesn't that discriminate against the Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic groups? and as for the Seven Dwarves, shouldn't they be 'people of alternative stature' ?
Then there's the Ugly Duckling - a classic tale of discrimination, alienation and body shaming.
And when it comes to Goldilocks, look at all those worrying issues - breaking and entering, vandalism and theft. And why does Daddy Bear get the biggest bed and the biggest chair?
And the outrageously sexist Cinderella. Were there no men to do their share of the work? And Ugly Sisters - should children ever be allowed to think adversely of a person's looks? And did it occur to anyone that Prince Charming might be an over privileged member of an outdated hierarchical and patriarchal regime?
Then there's Robin Hood. What a minefield of political incorrectness that is. Does he have a licence for his longbow? And the teasing of Friar Tuck is fat fascism - obesity is no laughing matter, look at the incidence of type 2 diabetes.
Finally, let us look at Jack and the Beanstalk. Did he have a hard hat, and an EU standards compliant safety harness? As for "I smell the blood of an Englishman" that needs to be changed to "blood of a UK national" as fewer and fewer citizens of modern Britain identify themselves as English. I'm thinking that might be a generational thing - when asked in the States where I was from I always said I was English, it didn't occur to me to say I was a UK national (astonishing isn't it that a lot of people didn't recognise my English accent).
FINALLY - it was drummed into us at my theological college that we must always quote our sources, so my sources here are Quentin Letts and Jane Fryer of the Daily Mail.
But Hey, let's not stop there.
When the Pied Piper led all the children into his cave, did anyone enquire if he was on the Sex Offenders Register?
And Snow White - doesn't that discriminate against the Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic groups? and as for the Seven Dwarves, shouldn't they be 'people of alternative stature' ?
Then there's the Ugly Duckling - a classic tale of discrimination, alienation and body shaming.
And when it comes to Goldilocks, look at all those worrying issues - breaking and entering, vandalism and theft. And why does Daddy Bear get the biggest bed and the biggest chair?
And the outrageously sexist Cinderella. Were there no men to do their share of the work? And Ugly Sisters - should children ever be allowed to think adversely of a person's looks? And did it occur to anyone that Prince Charming might be an over privileged member of an outdated hierarchical and patriarchal regime?
Then there's Robin Hood. What a minefield of political incorrectness that is. Does he have a licence for his longbow? And the teasing of Friar Tuck is fat fascism - obesity is no laughing matter, look at the incidence of type 2 diabetes.
Finally, let us look at Jack and the Beanstalk. Did he have a hard hat, and an EU standards compliant safety harness? As for "I smell the blood of an Englishman" that needs to be changed to "blood of a UK national" as fewer and fewer citizens of modern Britain identify themselves as English. I'm thinking that might be a generational thing - when asked in the States where I was from I always said I was English, it didn't occur to me to say I was a UK national (astonishing isn't it that a lot of people didn't recognise my English accent).
FINALLY - it was drummed into us at my theological college that we must always quote our sources, so my sources here are Quentin Letts and Jane Fryer of the Daily Mail.
heh. and that's all I have to say.
ReplyDeleteWell-said! On one occasion I was berated by an Afro-American parishioner for using a direct translation of the pertinent psalm whilst asperging my congregation. The line "super nivem dealbabor" I rendered "I shall be made whiter than snow." To keep the peace I modified to "I shall be made clean indeed."
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