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May 05, 2006
Wholesome terrorism for the kids?
A Hollywood film glorifying eco-terrorism for kids? The movie, "Hoot," opens Friday, May 5. It features environmentally conscious teenage characters vandalizing heavy machines by stealing parts off of them and flattening tires in order to hinder a development project.Considering Hollywood's glorification of terrorists like Che Guevara, I don't know why anyone would be surprised. I'm a little confused about one thing, though. Do the people who take their kids to films like this actually want them to practice eco-terrorism, or is this analogous to watching the Three Stooges? posted by Eric on 05.05.06 at 02:42 PM
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I've heard the recording of the book and it is an excellent children's book. And that's what we need to keep in mind. Sarah · May 6, 2006 07:55 PM Screw owls. Seriously. Jon Thompson · May 7, 2006 12:09 AM Seriously or literally? Harkonnendog · May 8, 2006 08:10 PM i dont understand all :( den · May 28, 2006 05:32 PM |
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Reminds me of when I was a little kid (about 8 or 9). There was an abandoned farm behind the house that served as a playground for the neighborhood. There were fields, woods, an abandoned barn. We used a tractor to cut mazes through the tall grass of the fields, once or twice played doctor in the barn, all that Norman Rockwell stuff. Until...
One day, surveyors showed up and put in their stakes and builders came and started destroying our playground. We were outraged--this was ours and we were here first.
We didn't do anything physically harmful to the builders, but we came out every night and did as much damage as we could. We thought if we made it inconvenient enough for them, they'd go away. We had no idea what we were up against.
I don't recommend that behavior anymore, but some of the attitude has stuck with me. I feel no shame over what we did and can't work up any outrage against the opponents of developers. Most of them do far more harm than good.