Comments on: When Little Girls Rule the World http://www.threedonia.com/archives/3213 These are our principles. If you don't like them, we have others... Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:20:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Enbrethiliel http://www.threedonia.com/archives/3213/comment-page-1#comment-19114 Enbrethiliel Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:14:33 +0000 http://www.threedonia.com/?p=3213#comment-19114 +JMJ+ The picture is perfect! Little girls might as well be Little Ponies living in Happy Valley and using the Rainbow of Light to keep evil at bay. (The cartoons of the 80s got so much right, even though they were really glorified toy commercials.) You're correct, Rufus, that the trouble comes when they're no longer eight years old and they still think that way. +JMJ+

The picture is perfect! Little girls might as well be Little Ponies living in Happy Valley and using the Rainbow of Light to keep evil at bay. (The cartoons of the 80s got so much right, even though they were really glorified toy commercials.) You’re correct, Rufus, that the trouble comes when they’re no longer eight years old and they still think that way.

]]> By: Matt Helm http://www.threedonia.com/archives/3213/comment-page-1#comment-19098 Matt Helm Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:00:38 +0000 http://www.threedonia.com/?p=3213#comment-19098 Rufus, don't worry about those books having any lasting effect on your daughter. While they may be entertaining to her, second graders still respond to parental feedback and influence more than they do to what they read. On a daily basis, my students start off every other sentence with, "My Mom said ..." or, "My Dad says .." and then of course, they stutter for 30 seconds before they can form a coherent sentence. Besides, with all the Disney cookie cutter stuff out there in past, present, and future, it'll all just fade away when she comes across something more visually and mentally stimulating. One book that stuck with me since kindergarten or first grade is Where the Wild Things Are. As a book illustrator, it's still a favorite. But it stuck because it sparked my imagination and wasn't cookie cutter fodder. The book's message (a good one BTW) didn't dawn on me until much later, I just the book was cool. Michael Crichton wrote a great speech about how they screwed up the whole ecosystem of Yellowstone years ago, because they thought if they got rid of the predators (wolves), there would be more pretty deer and elk, to park and stare at. Whatever way you look at it, the dogooders do bad when they don't know what they're doing. Rufus, don’t worry about those books having any lasting effect on your daughter. While they may be entertaining to her, second graders still respond to parental feedback and influence more than they do to what they read. On a daily basis, my students start off every other sentence with, “My Mom said …” or, “My Dad says ..” and then of course, they stutter for 30 seconds before they can form a coherent sentence. Besides, with all the Disney cookie cutter stuff out there in past, present, and future, it’ll all just fade away when she comes across something more visually and mentally stimulating. One book that stuck with me since kindergarten or first grade is Where the Wild Things Are. As a book illustrator, it’s still a favorite. But it stuck because it sparked my imagination and wasn’t cookie cutter fodder. The book’s message (a good one BTW) didn’t dawn on me until much later, I just the book was cool.

Michael Crichton wrote a great speech about how they screwed up the whole ecosystem of Yellowstone years ago, because they thought if they got rid of the predators (wolves), there would be more pretty deer and elk, to park and stare at. Whatever way you look at it, the dogooders do bad when they don’t know what they’re doing.

]]> By: Trzupr http://www.threedonia.com/archives/3213/comment-page-1#comment-19087 Trzupr Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:57:57 +0000 http://www.threedonia.com/?p=3213#comment-19087 Very well done Rufus. Like you, I'm a city boy who has never been hunting - although I have fired quite a few firearms through my life, and enjoy shooting (badly) when I can. I honestly don't think I could hunt. Hell, I'll come slamming to a halt if a squirrel darts in front of my car. But I'm also a proud carnivore, so I have no moral objection to hunting. Hell, some of the best, salt-of-the-earth people that I've ever met are hunters. We need to get the word "conservationist" back into vogue. That's what TR envisioned, not the teary guilt-fest that is modern environmentalism, but a love and appreciation for natural wonder and the preservation of it in unison with mankind's achievements. Very well done Rufus. Like you, I’m a city boy who has never been hunting – although I have fired quite a few firearms through my life, and enjoy shooting (badly) when I can. I honestly don’t think I could hunt. Hell, I’ll come slamming to a halt if a squirrel darts in front of my car. But I’m also a proud carnivore, so I have no moral objection to hunting. Hell, some of the best, salt-of-the-earth people that I’ve ever met are hunters.

We need to get the word “conservationist” back into vogue. That’s what TR envisioned, not the teary guilt-fest that is modern environmentalism, but a love and appreciation for natural wonder and the preservation of it in unison with mankind’s achievements.

]]> By: Rufus http://www.threedonia.com/archives/3213/comment-page-1#comment-19083 Rufus Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:31:43 +0000 http://www.threedonia.com/?p=3213#comment-19083 "Humans have to be humans." Very true. I find whenever someone avoids their role, even when they believe they are doing it out of compassion, the results are almost always worse than if they had been true to their nature. When a boss fails to fire someone who is unable to do their job satisfactorily, when a parent fails to scold and punish a child who is misbehaving, when a teacher fails to give an unsatisfactory grade to a student who is underachieving, when a coach fails to be frank with an athlete about his or her abilities... These are all roles that require maturity and maturity requires doing what's best and right, regardless of the short term pain. Believe me, that old joke about the parent about to spank the child and saying, "This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you" is true. It is one of the hardest things for a parent to do, but true love is hard. If you love the environment you take a responsible role in managing it. If you love animals you take a responsible role in managing them. Sarah Palin cares more about wolves than Ashley Judd will ever understand. My guess is Ashley Judd cares an awful lot about Ashley Judd. “Humans have to be humans.” Very true. I find whenever someone avoids their role, even when they believe they are doing it out of compassion, the results are almost always worse than if they had been true to their nature. When a boss fails to fire someone who is unable to do their job satisfactorily, when a parent fails to scold and punish a child who is misbehaving, when a teacher fails to give an unsatisfactory grade to a student who is underachieving, when a coach fails to be frank with an athlete about his or her abilities… These are all roles that require maturity and maturity requires doing what’s best and right, regardless of the short term pain. Believe me, that old joke about the parent about to spank the child and saying, “This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you” is true. It is one of the hardest things for a parent to do, but true love is hard. If you love the environment you take a responsible role in managing it. If you love animals you take a responsible role in managing them.

Sarah Palin cares more about wolves than Ashley Judd will ever understand. My guess is Ashley Judd cares an awful lot about Ashley Judd.

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.threedonia.com/archives/3213/comment-page-1#comment-19079 Stephanie Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:54:48 +0000 http://www.threedonia.com/?p=3213#comment-19079 Rufus you are awesome. Nature is good and evil. The goodness even comes from what could be construed by a dogooder as evil, like a Wolf pulling down a Bull Elk, or a Moose calf. Or a hunter putting cross hairs on a fat doe culling the herd and getting his venison for the year. My Dad, the hunter always said look the Wolves gotta eat, so do we. He was right. Humans have to be humans. We are aware of ourselves. We understand our limitations and we know what has to be done. You have to accept life as it is in order to be a grown up. Right? Rufus you are awesome. Nature is good and evil. The goodness even comes from what could be construed by a dogooder as evil, like a Wolf pulling down a Bull Elk, or a Moose calf. Or a hunter putting cross hairs on a fat doe culling the herd and getting his venison for the year. My Dad, the hunter always said look the Wolves gotta eat, so do we. He was right. Humans have to be humans. We are aware of ourselves. We understand our limitations and we know what has to be done. You have to accept life as it is in order to be a grown up. Right?

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