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Saturday, May 28, 2005

Child-like innocence? Or victims of lies?

Look at the title of this entry. Doesn't it bring to mind huge flashing billboard signs?? Well, at least it did for me. Anyway, I was just reading up on 'Sleeping Beauty'

this afternoon (being the bored individual I am) and I picked up one MAJOR discrepancy in the story. Ok, for those of you who don't know the story (How can anyone NOT know the story?! Ok, maybe those living in the jungles for the past 100 years or something), the main gist is that this Princess was born and fairies bestowed gifts upon her. Then evil jealous fairy who wasn't invited cursed her that on her 16th birthday, she'll prick her finger on a spindle (some needle thingy on a sewing machine) and die. But the curse was made less brutal by the last fairy who hasn't bestowed her gift on the baby and instead of dying, the Princess will simply fall into a deep sleep for 100 years awaiting true love's kiss which will bring her back from her reverie. So far so good? Ok anyway, the one discrepancy I noticed was that if the prince who kissed her and awoke Princess sleepyhead from her sleep, won't he be at least at least 100 years younger than her? Boy! Talk about paedophilia. It's like the prince getting married to his great-great-great grandma or something, which by the way is a really sick thought. Think "Mummy Returns". I think it's a crime that kids are exposed to such stuff at a tender impressionable age.

Talking about young impressionable kids. Maybe it isn't such a good thing for kids to believe in fairy tales and Santa Claus. It'll only make the pain of reality even harder. Imagine believing in Santa for 10 years and then sneaking downstairs to meet Santa and you catch Dad in his PJs stuffing presents into your sock or under the tree. What disappointment that kid would have felt. He would grow up feeling hurt and betrayed by the world. All those letters sent to the North Pole were probably laughed at on the way to the post office. Kids don't have to live with such major disappointments at such a young age.

For me, I don't really recall believing in Santa. Or maybe I did, but the fact that Singapore doesn't have chimneys for Santa to slide down dulls the thrill of a kid staying up all night waiting for Santa. But I have experienced my share of disappointment when the Power Rangers didn't take off their masks at the Power Rangers show. Man! I was hoping to see the actual Rangers but the moment the show concluded and I didn't get to see the Power Rangers in person, I was so upset. Ok, not really. Just trying to dramatize this entry. I just felt hollow. Like I'll never believe anything again. I felt betrayed by advertisers who on TV, made it seem like the Power Rangers were really going to be there.

Maybe this is how some kids grow up to be really cynical about life. I mean, you can't really blame the poor kids, seeing as how they grow up disillusioned by the world. I would be one really angry kid too if I was sitting on Santa's lap at the mall and his beard falls off when I tug at it. What a bad way to discover that Santa doesn't exist. Nor the Power Rangers too.

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