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"MarkA" |
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02 Dec 2003 11:11:20 AM |
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Sneetches |
If anyone here has never read Dr Seuss's book, "The Sneetches", you are
missing a very elegant, amusing statement of some fundamental humanist
values. The first story, "The Sneetches", illustrates the folly of
discriminating against someone based on a trivial difference their
appearance. Another story, "The Zax", is about being stubborn. My
favorite of the book, "What Was I Scared Of?", is about how mutual fear
and mistrust between strangers can be based on a simple misunderstanding.
Even if you don't have kids, read this book to someone significant in your
life. If you DO have kids, by all means, read it to them. It will do
them much more good than reading them the Bible (not that anyone here is
likely to do that). When I found out that my wife had not read it, I read
it to her one night, instead of watching a rerun of "Law and Order." She
was tickled.
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "Enkidu" |
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| Title: Re: Sneetches |
02 Dec 2003 08:30:52 PM |
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MarkA wrote:
If anyone here has never read Dr Seuss's book, "The Sneetches", you
are missing a very elegant, amusing statement of some fundamental
humanist values. The first story, "The Sneetches", illustrates the
folly of discriminating against someone based on a trivial difference
their appearance. Another story, "The Zax", is about being stubborn.
My favorite of the book, "What Was I Scared Of?", is about how mutual
fear and mistrust between strangers can be based on a simple
misunderstanding.
Even if you don't have kids, read this book to someone significant in
your life. If you DO have kids, by all means, read it to them. It
will do them much more good than reading them the Bible (not that
anyone here is likely to do that). When I found out that my wife had
not read it, I read it to her one night, instead of watching a rerun
of "Law and Order." She was tickled.
A great children's book. He also wrote "The Butter Battle" about the
US/USSR standoff during the cold war. Dated, but worth a read if you grew
up ducking and covering.
Enkidu
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"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason
is like administering medicine to the dead."
-- Thomas Paine, in "The Age of Reason"
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| User: "Beowulf" |
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| Title: Re: Sneetches |
04 Dec 2003 12:35:47 PM |
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:11:20 GMT, "MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net>
ejaculated:
If anyone here has never read Dr Seuss's book, "The Sneetches", you are
missing a very elegant, amusing statement of some fundamental humanist
values. The first story, "The Sneetches", illustrates the folly of
discriminating against someone based on a trivial difference their
appearance. Another story, "The Zax", is about being stubborn. My
favorite of the book, "What Was I Scared Of?", is about how mutual fear
and mistrust between strangers can be based on a simple misunderstanding.
Even if you don't have kids, read this book to someone significant in your
life. If you DO have kids, by all means, read it to them. It will do
them much more good than reading them the Bible (not that anyone here is
likely to do that). When I found out that my wife had not read it, I read
it to her one night, instead of watching a rerun of "Law and Order." She
was tickled.
My son is going through the Sneetches again recently. Whenever I read
it, I can't help thinking what pathetic losers the Sneetches with None
Upon Thars are. I mean, why don't they tell the Star-Bellied
Sneetches to go ***** themselves and have beach parties of their own?
What is it that some people pine to belong to the group that hates
them? Make your own fun.
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Jesus is my crush.
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