Punch and Judy

[Nev]

I found this interesting. Anyone ever seen one of these?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_and_Judy

[SineSwiper]

Hmmm...infanticide strangulation, domestic abuse, femicide, and triumph over justice and the law. Sounds like a great puppet show for children!

Featuring, as it does, a deformed, child-murdering, wife-beating psychopath who commits appalling acts of violence and cruelty upon all those around him and escapes scot-free, it is greatly enjoyed by small children.

Yeah, my thoughts exactly!

[Nev]

Ya know, before they get all socialized-fied, some kids DO love that kind of stuff. I think the idea of children being innocent has a lot of similarities to the whole "noble savage" thing, and about as much truth - some children are quite innocent and noble, and some children are just mischievous little mean buggers!

I was at a basketball court once not too long ago, with my shirt off (and out of shape), trying to tone up a little, when my practice was interrupted by cries of "Hey fatty...wanna baby bottle?" in a tone that carried plenty of teasing but no traces of playfulness whatsoever. I looked over and saw four little kids that could not have been more than four standing and grinning at me with expressions that, if I'd seen them on a group of twenty-something-year-olds, would have inspired in me such rampant hatred that I might have gotten in a brawl with all of them on the spot. I kid you not, for the next five minutes this minute pack of hecklers taunted me nonstop and finally only left me alone after I stopped looking daggers at them and started ignoring them in earnest.

Some kids are wonderful, but this idea that all kids are sweet and innocent has GOT to go!

[SineSwiper]

All children begin as animals when they are born. It's only through knowledge that they understand kindness. Children are the most surprising because of how savage they really are.

[Nev]

I really ought to read Lord of the Flies someday...