Sunday, February 22, 2004

Amuck

"I just got a phone call from a certain beloved children’s educational television show (one that played a crucial part in my own graduation to literacy!), asking me whether there was any reason to be nervous about using the song “London Bridge is Falling Down.” Edginess about nursery rhymes and old songs (e.g. “Eenie, Meenie") has apparently reached the point that it’s safer to check out every one of them for potential offensiveness before use. I was apparently the right person to call becasue I both know something about English-British history and something about ethnic politics."

The culture of fear of frickin everything, closely entwined, of course, with morality dictated by the state, so you don’t even have to think.

The quote is by Jacob Levy, posted at The Volokh Conspiracy. The call was from the show with the big yellow bird and a monster that eats cookies.

Posted by John Venlet on 02/22 at 08:04 AM
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