OT 6 Dr. Seuss books won't be published anymore because they portray people in 'hurtful and wrong' ways

[Lanny]

All these years I always wondered what your problem was, now I know - cat in the hat.

Green font... Long time!

Every time I see or hear cat in the hat I'm reminded of a horror movie where these two murderous young people, maybe late teens or early 20s, invade this upper middle class home and take the father, mother and two preteen children hostage. They play this game called cat in a sack where they take the household cat, place it in a sack and tie the sack around the head of one of the children. All the kids are murdered in gruesome ways leaving only the mother alive. The house is on a lake. They put a sack over the mother's head, tie her feet and then tie her hands behind her back, attach a weight to her legs, take a boat for a ride to the middle of the lake and dump the mother overboard. Anytime I hear cat in the anything I cringe. That's one of the reasons I will never watch another horror movie.

 

[PDXFonz]

Every time I see or hear cat in the hat I'm reminded of a horror movie where these two murderous young people, maybe late teens or early 20s, invade this upper middle class home and take the father, mother and two preteen children hostage. They play this game called cat in a sack where they take the household cat, place it in a sack and tie the sack around the head of one of the children. All the kids are murdered in gruesome ways leaving only the mother alive. The house is on a lake. They put a sack over the mother's head, tie her feet and then tie her hands behind her back, attach a weight to her legs, take a boat for a ride to the middle of the lake and dump the mother overboard. Anytime I hear cat in the anything I cringe. That's one of the reasons I will never watch another horror movie.

Jesus Lanny how did you get from there to...there

I do not watch horror movies and won’t be watching that one. I always tell people if I wanted to be scared I’d watch the news.

 

[Minstrel]

Jesus Lanny how did you get from there to...there

Getting from there to there is a Lanny Special.

 

[ABM]

If nothing else, a really good impersonation...

https://www.tiktok.com/@captaindeplorable/video/6936024238704921861

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Jesus Lanny how did you get from there to...there

I do not watch horror movies and won’t be watching that one. I always tell people if I wanted to be scared I’d watch the news.

Lanny is our very own Jack Handy.

 

[andalusian]

If you ever get a chance to visit the Dr Suess collection at the Gaisel library in UCSD - do it. He was certainly pretty progressive (at least economically) for the time. I think that like many things from the past - things that make us cringe now were common at the time - so the publisher's self audit is to be commended here. I still say that Dr. Suess was a national treasure even if some of his work has not stood the test of time.

https://libraries.ucsd.edu/research...ives/collections/the-dr-seuss-collection.html

 

[Lanny]

Jesus Lanny how did you get from there to...there

I do not watch horror movies and won’t be watching that one. I always tell people if I wanted to be scared I’d watch the news.

It was a long time ago but it did make me quit watching that kind of crap. In fact, I haven't and won't ever again watch any kind of horror movie. My wife laughs and says they're silly and she considers them, including monster movies, which I still like, pure Hollywood. She doesn't watch either genre. I don't understand how even teenagers can sit through a horror movie.
I once watched the Grudge in a movie theater. Had my fingers over my eyes during all the scary parts. My wife watched the same movie, along with a girlfriend of hers and her husband, the girlfriend was scared shitless, but my wife yawned through the whole thing.

 

[PDXFonz]

If you ever get a chance to visit the Dr Suess collection at the Gaisel library in UCSD - do it. He was certainly pretty progressive (at least economically) for the time. I think that like many things from the past - things that make us cringe now were common at the time - so the publisher's self audit is to be commended here. I still say that Dr. Suess was a national treasure even if some of his work has not stood the test of time.

https://libraries.ucsd.edu/research...ives/collections/the-dr-seuss-collection.html

Yes, we don’t like to be reminded that we fail at learning from our past.

 

[stampedehero]

I'm going to offer aa different viewpoint. Since the author passed away, his inheritors may have instigated the cancel culture to fetch more money for the collection as the books are not public anymore. You'll now have to get Horton on the black market. I'll bet other countries will make a profit on this while our candy ass leftists tear this away from the American public.

 

[stampedehero]

It was a long time ago but it did make me quit watching that kind of crap. In fact, I haven't and won't ever again watch any kind of horror movie. My wife laughs and says they're silly and she considers them, including monster movies, which I still like, pure Hollywood. She doesn't watch either genre. I don't understand how even teenagers can sit through a horror movie.
I once watched the Grudge in a movie theater. Had my fingers over my eyes during all the scary parts. My wife watched the same movie, along with a girlfriend of hers and her husband, the girlfriend was scared shitless, but my wife yawned through the whole thing.

The first Alien movie made me cringe. Of course, those were the days when a movie theater was the place to be!

 

[stampedehero]

Every time I see or hear cat in the hat I'm reminded of a horror movie where these two murderous young people, maybe late teens or early 20s, invade this upper middle class home and take the father, mother and two preteen children hostage. They play this game called cat in a sack where they take the household cat, place it in a sack and tie the sack around the head of one of the children. All the kids are murdered in gruesome ways leaving only the mother alive. The house is on a lake. They put a sack over the mother's head, tie her feet and then tie her hands behind her back, attach a weight to her legs, take a boat for a ride to the middle of the lake and dump the mother overboard. Anytime I hear cat in the anything I cringe. That's one of the reasons I will never watch another horror movie.

Not me. All need is something to eat and my emotions are calmed.

 

[Lanny]

Yes, we don’t like to be reminded that we fail at learning from our past.

True, true, how I cringe when learning from my wife about my many many mistakes.

 

[Lanny]

View attachment 37485Not me. All need is something to eat and my emotions are calmed.

That does help which is why I'm now 600 lbs.

 

[stampedehero]

That does help which is why I'm now 600 lbs.

Really? Wow! Looks like a steady diet of protein juice is due for you.

 

[Lanny]

Really? Wow! Looks like a steady diet of protein juice is due for you.

More like no fat or salty snacks. But then my life would be empty.

 

[Minstrel]

Shit, Lanny, my poor wife's had to work with you all this time? She's only 120lbs top!

???

You guys swing?

 

[Chris Craig]

Ted Cruz is signing copies of Green Eggs and Ham and selling them for $60 a piece as a means of fundraising.

He should be signing and selling these

 

[julius]

Ted Cruz is signing copies of Green Eggs and Ham and selling them for $60 a piece as a means of fundraising.

He should be signing and selling these

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Is that true? I would hope that would be a violation of something. Besides dignity, class and ethics I mean.

 

[Chris Craig]

Is that true? I would hope that would be a violation of something. Besides dignity, class and ethics I mean.

Yep

 

[Lanny]

Shit, Lanny, my poor wife's had to work with you all this time? She's only 120lbs top!

My wife also weighs 120 lbs.