Comments | hslayer: the boy who cried wolf

hslayer

the boy who cried wolf - redux

Jan 21, 2009 09:21

We all know that "the road to hell is paved with good intentions", but it occurred to me this morning just how important intent can be to the moral learned from parables. Take "the boy who cried wolf" for example ( Read more... )

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viridian January 21 2009, 15:10:10 UTC

I loved Aesop's fables, because in every story there was always someone (and usually multiple someones) just being complete dicks.

trinityvixen January 21 2009, 16:01:56 UTC

Like a lot of Kipling Just-So stories, too, where giraffes have long necks because they're dumb fucks and elephants have long noses because they have all the evolved survival instincts of dryer lint. I like stories where stupid/evil people are abused.

viridian January 21 2009, 15:10:43 UTC

Also, our basement has zombies in it again.

shell524 January 21 2009, 15:35:09 UTC

!!!

trinityvixen January 21 2009, 16:00:35 UTC

NOT FUNNY.

trinityvixen January 21 2009, 16:00:52 UTC

What provoked this introspection?

hslayer January 21 2009, 16:03:22 UTC

My brain wanders when I'm in the shower. That's where I concoct most of my absurd alternate song lyrics, too.

trinityvixen January 21 2009, 16:06:00 UTC

Aha. Well, it's an interesting question--what do we make of morals we learn when we're younger? If we're smart, we question them. If we're moral, we honor them. If we're both smart and moral, we honor their spirit but ridicule their simplicity. All in good fun.