Thanks to a posting by Yellow Dog [Blue in the Bluegrass] for the heads-up on the NYT article, More Atheists Shout It From the Rooftops, which says,
More than ever, America’s atheists are linking up and speaking out — even here in South Carolina, home to Bob Jones University, blue laws and a legislature that last year unanimously approved a Christian license plate embossed with a cross, a stained glass window and the words “I Believe” (a move blocked by a judge and now headed for trial).They are connecting on the Internet, holding meet-ups in bars, advertising on billboards and buses, volunteering at food pantries and picking up roadside trash, earning atheist groups recognition on adopt-a-highway signs.
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Even in South Carolina. Yes, even in that holy-ground of the Confederacy, South Carolina, there are closet-atheists who, until now, were afraid of being shot by their christian neighbor had they stumbled-upon their non-belief. Do they still do inquisitions in South Carolina? Solid red, you know, indicating that the folks there know Jesus. Well, maybe not Jesus, but surely Deuteronomy and Leviticus. Do they still hang niggers on Saturday night and sing in the choir on Sunday morning?
Odd place, South Carolina. Of all places that ought to consider secession [tea party nonsense] South Carolina ought to be first, carrying on its secessionist tradition. Texas will have to wait for position #2.
No doubt the oh-so righteous christians there were in a flutter when they saw those atheist billboards; I wonder if some reached for their chainsaws to cut them down. After all, God reigns supreme there.
Funny stuff- always a hoot watching the fundy-follies.
The NYT article continues:
Polls show that the ranks of atheists are growing. The American Religious Identification Survey, a major study released last month, found that those who claimed “no religion” were the only demographic group that grew in all 50 states in the last 18 years.
Nationally, the “nones” in the population nearly doubled, to 15 percent in 2008 from 8 percent in 1990. In South Carolina, they more than tripled, to 10 percent from 3 percent.
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Ten percent in South Carolina! Whoa. One out of 10 people walking the streets are 'no one' people. Perhaps they ought to wear some sign, some insignia on their clothing to identify them as non-believers. How about a large red "A"? Then, the good believers could avoid walking and talking with 'them.' After all, their 'disease' may be contagious!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
FoxNews Says NO Just Like GOP
The FoxNews network has joined the party of "No!" and is refusing to televise President Obama's speech to the nation on Wednesday evening. The GOP Network apparently needs the money it will make by airing commercials during that otherwise 'free' air time. Economic downturn, I suppose, but perhaps an indication of the state of the GOP at this time.
As FoxNews is essentially the mouthpiece of the GOP, and the ranks of the GOP are falling sharply, Fox has seen its share of the audience drop in the past several months. Further, it is clear that no one who watches FoxNews regularly cares to listen to the 'socialist' president anyway. They'd rather just hunker down to a good mindless show on the network. Did I say, 'mindless?' OK, I'll stop here.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Walnuts for the Aging Brain
I never cared for walnuts as a child, but I ought to toss down a handful from time to time here in my 'advanced' age. Actually, I've grown to like them and seem to crave them lately. Must be my aging brain sending signals to my stomach.
ScienceDaily (Apr. 25, 2009) — Adding a moderate, but not high, amount of walnuts to an otherwise healthy diet may help older individuals improve performance on tasks that require motor and behavioral skills, according to an animal model study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists. Walnuts contain polyphenols and other antioxidants and essential fatty acids.
The study found that in aged rats, the diets containing 2 percent or 6 percent walnuts were able to improve age-related motor and cognitive shortfalls, while the 9 percent walnut diet impaired reference memory. Walnuts, eaten in moderation, appear to be among other foods containing polyphenols and bioactive substances that exhibit multiple effects on neural tissue, according to the researchers.
The Party of No-longer?
Why should the Republican Party continue to exist? It is already labeled "the party of 'No!' " because it says 'No!' to the all of the ideas of Obama while having no ideas of its own for moving this nation forward. The Democratic National Committee announced a new website this weekend detailing what a DNC spokesman calls "the just-say-no approach of the Republican Party over the last 100 days" and comparing it to "the president's efforts to jump-start the economy, create jobs, and make important reforms to and investments in energy, healthcare, and education."
I'd like to go a step further. It is clear to me that the junta that has kidnapped the once-Grand Old Party has no intention of governing. It was clear that George Bush had no intention of governing and he proved that point with each passing day of his administration, from 9-11 through Katrina to the banking collapse. He appointed partisan gooks to fill important department heads and let them twiddle their thumbs rather than directing affairs. Even the 'war' effort was a farce until he and Cheney woke up and realized that this department needed real management. Bush's use of 'private contractors' rather than regular army personnel ought to have raised red flags among the citizenry, but then, the propaganda was so intense that the citizens were blinded by Patriotism during much of the affair.
Today's Republican Party leaders are a group of anarchists plain and simple. Their form of anarchism is anarcho-capitalism where free-markets rule and not much else. Thus I have to question the continuing existence of the GOP as a political party. After all, in an anarcho-capitalistic state, political parties do not exist. What does the current disarray of the GOP suggest? It is looking for a model to present to the public. I fear the shape of that new model; I think that many would support anarcho-capitalism even if they didn't understand the full implications of such a structure. But then, that has never stopped the duping of citizens.
Anarcho-capitalism requires no political parties and, in fact, no real government structure whatsoever. The anarcho-capitalists would like to dismantle government and allow complete laissez-faire in the economy. Its adherents propose that all public services be turned over to private entrepreneurs, even public spaces like town halls, streets and parks. Free market capitalism, they insist, is hindered not enhanced by the State.
That's pretty much their 'beliefs' in a NUT shell. Those goofy tea parties last week were the proverbial tip of the iceberg, yet it remains unclear if most of those 'protesting' even know what the core organizers of the event had in mind. Most, no doubt, thought they were protesting too much tax when, in reality, they were pawns in the game of anarcho-capitalism. The knights, rooks, bishops, queen and king had the inside information.
These anarcho-capitalists share Adam Smith's confidence that somehow private interest will translate itself into public good rather than public squalor. They are convinced that the 'natural laws' of economics can do without the support of positive man-made laws. The 'invisible hand' of the market will be enough to bring social order.
Well, round one of the Great Anarcho-Capitalist Experiment nearly brought on the collapse of our nation, banks leading the downward slide. Ronald Reagan wanted to be remembered for cutting taxation and for getting 'the government off peoples' backs' but I doubt if he ever thought of moving so far to the right as to dissolve government altogether. I also wonder if those who claim to be libertarians understand that there is a movement so radical as to work for the total elimination of 'public welfare?' I doubt it.
Paul Birch, British author, engineer and scientist wrote an article in 1997 which he called, A FATAL INSTABILITY IN ANARCHO-CAPITALISM? . Birch says:
"In an anarcho-capitalist society there is no state, and all the courts are private courts. There is no final court of appeal that all are obliged to recognise, and no uniform code of justice can be enforced. Laws are determined on the market. Everyone may choose which of the competing courts he will look to for protection; and he may alter his choice at will.
In a just anarcho-capitalist society the courts enforce the common law; but there is no guarantee that an anarcho-capitalist society will be just. It will be just only if the "hidden hand" of the market makes it so. Since a just society is economically efficient, there is reason to hope that the hidden hand will lead to justice, even (or especially) in the absence of the state. This is the hope of anarcho-capitalism.
Even if a just anarcho-capitalist society should exist, there is no guarantee that it would be stable. There are many conceivable sources of instability (and many possible ways in which the threat of such instabilities might be averted) but in this essay I am concerned with only one. That one may prove fatal."
And in an article in 1998, referencing this earlier piece, Birch says:
"..a common-law regime underlies the free market. It defends voluntary trade: it punishes coercion. It is economically efficient. Without its justice the villain will plunder the weak, the scoundrel will prey on the simple, and the wastrel will live off the industrious."
Villains, scoundrels and wastrels, he said. As in the mortgage-banking meltdown that nearly collapsed our economic structure 6 months ago.
Were the voices of the tea party folks not raised at that time, shouting, "Villains, scoundrels, wastrels!" Surely they were. However, were this nation an anarcho-capitalistic society, they could go to hell as far as any retribution would be concerned. Dog-eat-dog. Drink your tea and shut-up!
By the way, that new essay of Birch was entitled, ANARCHO-CAPITALISM DISSOLVES INTO CITY STATES. Is this why there is a movement in Texas by the tea-drinkers to secede? After all, Texas has been known for its frontier attitude from its inception.
I'd like to propose that we experiment with the anarcho-capitalistic system and incorporate Birch's city-state ideal. Give it a go, shall we, in some portion of that Lone Star State, say the scarlet red, rugged panhandle. The first 'job' would be to build a wall clear around it to keep 'them' out. Entrepreneurs would flock to the place, just hoping to make a fast buck [or whatever the currency]. Endless opportunities, a veritable 21-st century gold-rush.
If it works out well, solid-red Oklahoma would be next and on to Kansas. I wonder if they will shoot every 'villain, scoundrel and wastrel' dead on the spot because, of course, there will be no gun laws whatsoever. Every man for himself. But, will they drink tea or Kool-Aid?
I'd like to go a step further. It is clear to me that the junta that has kidnapped the once-Grand Old Party has no intention of governing. It was clear that George Bush had no intention of governing and he proved that point with each passing day of his administration, from 9-11 through Katrina to the banking collapse. He appointed partisan gooks to fill important department heads and let them twiddle their thumbs rather than directing affairs. Even the 'war' effort was a farce until he and Cheney woke up and realized that this department needed real management. Bush's use of 'private contractors' rather than regular army personnel ought to have raised red flags among the citizenry, but then, the propaganda was so intense that the citizens were blinded by Patriotism during much of the affair.
Today's Republican Party leaders are a group of anarchists plain and simple. Their form of anarchism is anarcho-capitalism where free-markets rule and not much else. Thus I have to question the continuing existence of the GOP as a political party. After all, in an anarcho-capitalistic state, political parties do not exist. What does the current disarray of the GOP suggest? It is looking for a model to present to the public. I fear the shape of that new model; I think that many would support anarcho-capitalism even if they didn't understand the full implications of such a structure. But then, that has never stopped the duping of citizens.
Anarcho-capitalism requires no political parties and, in fact, no real government structure whatsoever. The anarcho-capitalists would like to dismantle government and allow complete laissez-faire in the economy. Its adherents propose that all public services be turned over to private entrepreneurs, even public spaces like town halls, streets and parks. Free market capitalism, they insist, is hindered not enhanced by the State.
That's pretty much their 'beliefs' in a NUT shell. Those goofy tea parties last week were the proverbial tip of the iceberg, yet it remains unclear if most of those 'protesting' even know what the core organizers of the event had in mind. Most, no doubt, thought they were protesting too much tax when, in reality, they were pawns in the game of anarcho-capitalism. The knights, rooks, bishops, queen and king had the inside information.
These anarcho-capitalists share Adam Smith's confidence that somehow private interest will translate itself into public good rather than public squalor. They are convinced that the 'natural laws' of economics can do without the support of positive man-made laws. The 'invisible hand' of the market will be enough to bring social order.
Well, round one of the Great Anarcho-Capitalist Experiment nearly brought on the collapse of our nation, banks leading the downward slide. Ronald Reagan wanted to be remembered for cutting taxation and for getting 'the government off peoples' backs' but I doubt if he ever thought of moving so far to the right as to dissolve government altogether. I also wonder if those who claim to be libertarians understand that there is a movement so radical as to work for the total elimination of 'public welfare?' I doubt it.
Paul Birch, British author, engineer and scientist wrote an article in 1997 which he called, A FATAL INSTABILITY IN ANARCHO-CAPITALISM? . Birch says:
"In an anarcho-capitalist society there is no state, and all the courts are private courts. There is no final court of appeal that all are obliged to recognise, and no uniform code of justice can be enforced. Laws are determined on the market. Everyone may choose which of the competing courts he will look to for protection; and he may alter his choice at will.
In a just anarcho-capitalist society the courts enforce the common law; but there is no guarantee that an anarcho-capitalist society will be just. It will be just only if the "hidden hand" of the market makes it so. Since a just society is economically efficient, there is reason to hope that the hidden hand will lead to justice, even (or especially) in the absence of the state. This is the hope of anarcho-capitalism.
Even if a just anarcho-capitalist society should exist, there is no guarantee that it would be stable. There are many conceivable sources of instability (and many possible ways in which the threat of such instabilities might be averted) but in this essay I am concerned with only one. That one may prove fatal."
And in an article in 1998, referencing this earlier piece, Birch says:
"..a common-law regime underlies the free market. It defends voluntary trade: it punishes coercion. It is economically efficient. Without its justice the villain will plunder the weak, the scoundrel will prey on the simple, and the wastrel will live off the industrious."
Villains, scoundrels and wastrels, he said. As in the mortgage-banking meltdown that nearly collapsed our economic structure 6 months ago.
Were the voices of the tea party folks not raised at that time, shouting, "Villains, scoundrels, wastrels!" Surely they were. However, were this nation an anarcho-capitalistic society, they could go to hell as far as any retribution would be concerned. Dog-eat-dog. Drink your tea and shut-up!
By the way, that new essay of Birch was entitled, ANARCHO-CAPITALISM DISSOLVES INTO CITY STATES. Is this why there is a movement in Texas by the tea-drinkers to secede? After all, Texas has been known for its frontier attitude from its inception.
I'd like to propose that we experiment with the anarcho-capitalistic system and incorporate Birch's city-state ideal. Give it a go, shall we, in some portion of that Lone Star State, say the scarlet red, rugged panhandle. The first 'job' would be to build a wall clear around it to keep 'them' out. Entrepreneurs would flock to the place, just hoping to make a fast buck [or whatever the currency]. Endless opportunities, a veritable 21-st century gold-rush.
If it works out well, solid-red Oklahoma would be next and on to Kansas. I wonder if they will shoot every 'villain, scoundrel and wastrel' dead on the spot because, of course, there will be no gun laws whatsoever. Every man for himself. But, will they drink tea or Kool-Aid?
Wedding Bells in Iowa
Thousands of Iowa couples will now be eligible to marry thanks to a new state law permitting same-sex marriage. Today is the first day same-sex couples can apply for a marriage license in Iowa following the Iowa Supreme Court's unanimous ruling April 3 that barring same-sex marriage violated the state constitution, gay and lesbian couples can . It made Iowa the third state, after Massachusetts and Vermont, to allow gay marriage.
No doubt the righteous fundamentalists have their panties all tied in knots about this legal decision. After all, the Bible says... As if we live in Afghanistan or Iran.
As the number of states continue to grow, I'm wondering which will be the last state to permit same-sex marriage? Where do fundamentalists hold the most power? Where is the strongest outpost of Taliban control in Afghanistan?
Sunday, April 26, 2009
If you take a copy of the Christian Bible and put it out in the wind and the rain
"If you take a copy of the Christian Bible and put it out in the wind and the rain, soon the paper on which the words are printed will disintegrate and the words will be gone. Our bible IS the wind and the rain."
Interesting statement from an unknown Native American. Most Native American cultures worship both the male and female God/Goddess. The Christians apparently killed the Goddess.
“In the beginning there was no land, no light, only darkness and the vast waters of Outer Ocean where Earth-Maker and Great-Grandfather were afloat in their canoe... Earth-Maker took soft clay and formed the figure of a man and of a woman, then many men and women, which he dried in the sun and into which he breathed life: they were the First People."
At least Eve had an equal inception as Adam. Odd isn't it that nearly all of the ancient 'religions' had goddesses but the major religions today have killed her off.
Many who hold the female God in high esteem tend to use the term 'Mother God' because many believe that Mother God came first in many of the ancient myths and beliefs. The Celts preferred the term, Deae Matres, divine mother goddess. Frau Holle is known from a famous Grimm's fairy tale. In English translation it is usually called Mother Hulda. In Germanic Pre-Christian folklore, Hulda, Holda, Holle and Holla were all names to denote a single Goddess. One who rules the weather: sun, snow and rain.
The Romans, Greeks and Egyptians all worshiped goddesses by not todays Christians, Muslims and Jews. What did a Goddess bring to a religion and, conversely, what is lacking in those three religions because the Goddess is dead?
Do the people today beg for the return of the feminine? and if she did return, how would than enrich the beliefs?
Old Joe Lieberman Still a Closet Republican
Surely the citizens of Connecticut will have enough sense to toss Joe Lieberman out on his ear in the next election. If not, we ought to pull the plug on that state and let it sink into the Atlantic.
Joe was on CNN's State of the Union with John king today along with his McCain-supporting pal, Lindsay Graham. Diane Feinstein held up the Democratic side of the panel. Joking Joe still feels that McCain would have made a better president than Obama; gosh, that's why he appeared at the GOP Convention. He also doesn't want any further investigation of the Bush torture memos- just like the GOP. He and Graham-still close buds- both shook their heads 'No' on any investigation of the Bush years.
Why is that, Joe? Afraid that the GOP might suffer even more embarrassment than they now must endure? Sticking up for 'your' party?
What a turncoat milquetoast he has proven to be. I'll bet he even thinks Sarah Palin would have made a great VP, too!
Joe was on CNN's State of the Union with John king today along with his McCain-supporting pal, Lindsay Graham. Diane Feinstein held up the Democratic side of the panel. Joking Joe still feels that McCain would have made a better president than Obama; gosh, that's why he appeared at the GOP Convention. He also doesn't want any further investigation of the Bush torture memos- just like the GOP. He and Graham-still close buds- both shook their heads 'No' on any investigation of the Bush years.
Why is that, Joe? Afraid that the GOP might suffer even more embarrassment than they now must endure? Sticking up for 'your' party?
What a turncoat milquetoast he has proven to be. I'll bet he even thinks Sarah Palin would have made a great VP, too!
Goofy Letter to Editor by Right-winger
I suppose the adjective, 'goofy' is redundant when referencing the right-wing. Many comments were made about those silly 'tea parties' that FoxNews promoted, mostly asking where were these 'protesters' during the bush-Cheney Administration. One of 'them' answered this morning in a letter to the editor of The Blade.
So Mr. Schwan was 'active' during the preemptive war on Iraq, the propaganda leading to the invasion of Iraq, the torture years, Abu Ghraib, the warrantless wire tapping, and other erosion of our laws and image in the world.
Mr. Schwan was writing letters to Congress about immigration and the prescription drug benefit. Wow! What important issues. It's a good thing that we have responsible and vocal citizens like Phil Schwan to keep the miscreant leaders of our nation in check.
He said:
We were there in Bush years too
Some questioned where we were the last eight years, and the answer was that we were writing our representatives, calling on them to stop spending our future. The people who showed up on April 15 were the same ones who took an active role in stopping President Bush and Congress from passing an ill-conceived and insufficient "immigration reform" bill two years ago, in part because of the enormous burden it would mean for American taxpayers. We are the same ones who spoke out against President Bush's massive prescription drug entitlement program, again because of the enormous burden to the American taxpayer.
So Mr. Schwan was 'active' during the preemptive war on Iraq, the propaganda leading to the invasion of Iraq, the torture years, Abu Ghraib, the warrantless wire tapping, and other erosion of our laws and image in the world.
Mr. Schwan was writing letters to Congress about immigration and the prescription drug benefit. Wow! What important issues. It's a good thing that we have responsible and vocal citizens like Phil Schwan to keep the miscreant leaders of our nation in check.
The Angry Men Keep on Shooting
Here are just 3 of the top ten articles listed on CNN.com this morning:
The details vary slightly but the meat of each story is that some angry man, who never learned how to cope with life's ups and downs, grabbed a gun to equalize the situation. It's one of those fill-in-the-blanks story of which I wrote earlier.
In the 'professor' story, "It appeared he and his wife were having problems," police Capt. Clarence Holeman said.
The shootout story says, "Joshua Cartwright, 28, had been involved in a domestic violence incident earlier in the day in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. It wasn't his first run-in with the law."
Details on the dorm shooting are sketchy: Spokeswoman Yuri Rodgers Milligan says police believe the shooter is a former student who was one of the three injured early Sunday.
Three men gone nuts who, rather than using normal problem-solving techniques, reached for their gun to 'solve' their dilemma.
Why did they have a gun in the first place?
Now, there's a great question.
I've never owned a gun, as I have said many times on this blog. Some of the comments from the pro-gun people who visit my blog probably think I'm nuts for NOT owning one. They think I'm "lucky' to have lasted all of these years living in an urban environment without gun-protection. Imagine my "luck" having survived the streets of Detroit and Toledo unarmed. My guardian angel must pack heat.
Here's what I wonder: if I had packed a gun all my life, would I have been more or less 'safe' all those years?
Of course, the answer is obvious.
The fact that I did not have a gun all of those years to 'equalize' the situation most probably forced me to 'behave' differently than if I did. It is obvious that the three shooters above didn't know how to 'behave' properly as a man and/or they were mentally ill.
Because I have had to 'solve' my own problems without resorting to deadly force [there is no 'alternative' solution for me] I have devised my own 'survival' techniques. I am forced to think like a fully-functioning adult male.
The fully-functioning adult male must rely on thinking, intuition, and accrued wisdom to solve HIS problems; reaching for a gun places him in the adolescent phase of male development.
I've often used the phrase, 'stuck in adolescence' to describe males who, despite their age, act much like the adolescent- as if they never moved beyond that into fully-functioning manhood. In fact, many never do.
Those of us who have managed, thankfully, to set that ugly phase of our growing-up years way behind us, can easily spot those 'men' who never managed to escape that lunacy.
Helping our sons move through those terrible times is not easy, but necessary, 'tough love' and all. Joseph Campbell, author, lecturer and comparative mythologist,often points out in his musings the power of the myth throughout history. These myths encompass the essence of manhood and are passed down the generations to the young boys so that they learn what 'manhood' is all about.
The tale of Iron John, collected in the Tales of the Brothers Grimm, is a well-told myth that millions of Europeans have told their sons [and daughters]. The challenge of the tale is that the prince builds up the courage to sneak into his mother’s room and steal 'the key.' The key unlocks the cage of the wild man, Iron John. Marvelously helpful stories which guide the young adolescent male into manhood.
Too bad that fathers these days have no interest in helping their sons to carefully unlock the cage. The gun is easier.
Shooter enters men's dorm in Virginia
Professor sought in death of wife, 2 others
Deputies, suspect dead after shootouts
The details vary slightly but the meat of each story is that some angry man, who never learned how to cope with life's ups and downs, grabbed a gun to equalize the situation. It's one of those fill-in-the-blanks story of which I wrote earlier.
In the 'professor' story, "It appeared he and his wife were having problems," police Capt. Clarence Holeman said.
The shootout story says, "Joshua Cartwright, 28, had been involved in a domestic violence incident earlier in the day in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. It wasn't his first run-in with the law."
Details on the dorm shooting are sketchy: Spokeswoman Yuri Rodgers Milligan says police believe the shooter is a former student who was one of the three injured early Sunday.
Three men gone nuts who, rather than using normal problem-solving techniques, reached for their gun to 'solve' their dilemma.
Why did they have a gun in the first place?
Now, there's a great question.
I've never owned a gun, as I have said many times on this blog. Some of the comments from the pro-gun people who visit my blog probably think I'm nuts for NOT owning one. They think I'm "lucky' to have lasted all of these years living in an urban environment without gun-protection. Imagine my "luck" having survived the streets of Detroit and Toledo unarmed. My guardian angel must pack heat.
Here's what I wonder: if I had packed a gun all my life, would I have been more or less 'safe' all those years?
Of course, the answer is obvious.
The fact that I did not have a gun all of those years to 'equalize' the situation most probably forced me to 'behave' differently than if I did. It is obvious that the three shooters above didn't know how to 'behave' properly as a man and/or they were mentally ill.
Because I have had to 'solve' my own problems without resorting to deadly force [there is no 'alternative' solution for me] I have devised my own 'survival' techniques. I am forced to think like a fully-functioning adult male.
The fully-functioning adult male must rely on thinking, intuition, and accrued wisdom to solve HIS problems; reaching for a gun places him in the adolescent phase of male development.
I've often used the phrase, 'stuck in adolescence' to describe males who, despite their age, act much like the adolescent- as if they never moved beyond that into fully-functioning manhood. In fact, many never do.
Those of us who have managed, thankfully, to set that ugly phase of our growing-up years way behind us, can easily spot those 'men' who never managed to escape that lunacy.
Helping our sons move through those terrible times is not easy, but necessary, 'tough love' and all. Joseph Campbell, author, lecturer and comparative mythologist,often points out in his musings the power of the myth throughout history. These myths encompass the essence of manhood and are passed down the generations to the young boys so that they learn what 'manhood' is all about.
The tale of Iron John, collected in the Tales of the Brothers Grimm, is a well-told myth that millions of Europeans have told their sons [and daughters]. The challenge of the tale is that the prince builds up the courage to sneak into his mother’s room and steal 'the key.' The key unlocks the cage of the wild man, Iron John. Marvelously helpful stories which guide the young adolescent male into manhood.
Too bad that fathers these days have no interest in helping their sons to carefully unlock the cage. The gun is easier.
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