Devilish Things
Today one of my colleagues said an 8 year old boy came to the counter and requested some writing paper. His brother was about 4 years old so she handed over some colouring-in sheets. The boy responded, "No, I need writing paper." My colleague turned the sheets over to reveal a blank page and said, "Hey, presto! Now you have writing paper." The boy turned the sheets face up again. He saw some had an image of superman on them and said, "I don't want any with those devilish things."
I said he must come from a family where colouring-in pictures are against their religion. Or worse, they come from a family so twisted they see Superman as the devil.
Could understand if it was Batman involved. He at least was a superhero with a dark and dangerous past.
But this was Superman. Perhaps wearing underpants on the outside of your outfit is a little obscene. If we had the time, women would have outlawed the wearing of underwear posing as men's swimming attire a long time ago. We call them budgie smugglers in Australia and unless you are an Olympic swimming champion wearing a pair of these is enough to send everyone scrambling for the deep end.
Someone hypothesised that being a television character was the problem. I think banning television from a child's life is a perfectly good idea provided you expose them to the world's evils via some other channel. Whether you use newspapers, radio or walking the streets of Fortitude Valley on a Saturday night, I think you should let children view the world for themselves before instilling in them a worldview.
After all, there are far more devilish things out there in the world than a sheet of colouring-in paper.
I said he must come from a family where colouring-in pictures are against their religion. Or worse, they come from a family so twisted they see Superman as the devil.
Could understand if it was Batman involved. He at least was a superhero with a dark and dangerous past.
But this was Superman. Perhaps wearing underpants on the outside of your outfit is a little obscene. If we had the time, women would have outlawed the wearing of underwear posing as men's swimming attire a long time ago. We call them budgie smugglers in Australia and unless you are an Olympic swimming champion wearing a pair of these is enough to send everyone scrambling for the deep end.
Someone hypothesised that being a television character was the problem. I think banning television from a child's life is a perfectly good idea provided you expose them to the world's evils via some other channel. Whether you use newspapers, radio or walking the streets of Fortitude Valley on a Saturday night, I think you should let children view the world for themselves before instilling in them a worldview.
After all, there are far more devilish things out there in the world than a sheet of colouring-in paper.
