Owning the young mind

[Skybird]

Religions do it, increasingly children books do it, too: trying to form and manipulate the young mind as long as it is that formable. Like cigarette indsutry knows that if it failed to turn a teen into a smoker before the age of 18, the probability that said teen ever will become a smoker later on drops by over 80%.

https://www.theage.com.au/entertainm...21-p4zmv3.html

I know of people in Germany who want to prohibit the classical and much loved books by Enid Blyton due to their "anti-feminist" women-contemptous role modelling. They also want to ban Asterix comics due to their inhumane, violent content, and want to rewrite Grimm'S fairy tales to enter gender-neutral narration styles, prevent sexisim and female discrimination and protect the young sweethearts from depictions of sadism and cruelty that could violate and severely injure the child's psyche.

Fanatized, brainless retarded bullcrap like this drives me furious and makes me the angry man I have become.

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Religions do it, increasingly children books do it, too: trying to form and manipulate the young mind as long as it is that formable. Like cigarette indsutry knows that if it failed to turn a teen into a smoker before the age of 18, the probability that said teen ever will become a smoker later on drops by over 80%.

https://www.theage.com.au/entertainm...21-p4zmv3.html

I know of people in Germany who want to prohibit the classical and much loved books by Enid Blyton due to their "anti-feminist" women-contemptous role modelling. They also want to ban Asterix comics due to their inhumane, violent content, and want to rewrite Grimm'S fairy tales to enter gender-neutral narration styles, prevent sexisim and female discrimination and protect the young sweethearts from depictions of sadism and cruelty that could violate and severely injure the child's psyche.

Fanatized, brainless retarded bullcrap like this drives me furious and makes me the angry man I have become.

It may be due low testosterone levels too (a certain moderator should take note as well )

The reasons behind Grumpy Old Man syndrome
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/201...-for-a-reason/


Just havin' fun.



I feel your pain though. Its like humanity never learns to just let things be. Instead some push their ideals, culture, system of government, religion,etc etc on others until they cant take it anymore and slowly and surely conflict ensues. Its seems an endless cycle.

The invitation still stands Skybird, though the U.S. has the same problems everyone else has, it's BIG, lots of land. You can always find solitude here in any climate.

[em2nought]

Whatever you do, don't dare display a fear of "Injuns" in your children's books.

[Platapus]

I have often wondered how popular religion would be if children were prevented from being exposed to it until they were 18 years old.

[JU_88]

Enid Blyton really? the gender stereo types are there because they were written in the 40s and 50s. But also.... The Author is a woman, half the main characters are girls or women, they participate in the adventure /mystery solving and often have their moment of brilliance just as the boys /men do.
occasionally they get told to stay behind because its 'not safe' or something like that, but usually they get their hands dirty.


People are stupid.

[August]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I have often wondered how popular religion would be if children were prevented from being exposed to it until they were 18 years old.

I'd say the answer depends on what is used to fill the gap. Something has to because young minds DO need some form of guidance if for no other reason than to prevent them from becoming savages.

Now while it has numerous downsides religion has provided that life guide for nearly all of human existence. There are many here who would say it is obsolete, ok then. So what replaces it? Nihilism and teenage emotions are a volatile mix.

[JU_88]

@August.
Yeah there is much debate over how well western civilisation is able to sustain itself in the absence of the Abrahamic Religions much of it was founded on.

The Jury is still out on that one tbh…. We are not exactly in great shape at the moment with all the division.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by August

I'd say the answer depends on what is used to fill the gap. Something has to because young minds DO need some form of guidance if for no other reason than to prevent them from becoming savages.

Now while it has numerous downsides religion has provided that life guide for nearly all of human existence. There are many here who would say it is obsolete, ok then. So what replaces it? Nihilism and teenage emotions are a volatile mix.

We can always ask atheist families who raise well socialized children.

[ikalugin]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I have often wondered how popular religion would be if children were prevented from being exposed to it until they were 18 years old.

More, as often forced indoctrination of a specific teaching during childhood produces atheists. The reverse, as USSR shows, is also true.