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§ ita § - Sep 24, 2005 6:38:09 pm PDT #693 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

the creepy Scots family that lived in a cave

I love that story!!!

Jen, my sister told me she was watching Spooks, and I told her that tidbit about S3. How was I to know that, despite living in England, she was watching on DVD and had only seen a few episodes of S1? Maybe she'll forget.

Would you?

Kat - Sep 24, 2005 6:40:13 pm PDT #694 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I love that story!!!

HA!

I still vote that it's creepy as hell.

I don't want to know as much about crime as I am learning.

Actually, it just means Kristen and I can have a good crime convo one day.

Nutty - Sep 24, 2005 6:42:44 pm PDT #695 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Wow, highwaymen, cannibals, AND inbred? The Bad Social Skills trifecta!

I saw a documentary about American mythology and its subtext of violence. From that movie, I learned, among other things, that child-abuse cases in New York in the 1800s were reported to the ASPCA, because there was no organization dedicated to preventing cruelty to people.

That was also where I learned about the whole "postcards of lynchings as collector-items," which later became a museum exhibit that traveled the country. And you know, people talk about how we modern Americans are squeamish and weaklings, etc., but I'll scream all the girly screams you want, if the world will agree that postcards of murder-victims, post-murder, is an idea both unseemly and phenomenally stupid.

Kat - Sep 24, 2005 6:44:36 pm PDT #696 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Nutty, what movie was it? The one I saw today was called Violence: An American Tradition. There were organizations dedicated to preventing cruelty to people, just not children, I think.

Also, not related to crime, The Sumo Championship! and I have that weekend off!

§ ita § - Sep 24, 2005 6:48:24 pm PDT #697 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

people talk about how we modern Americans are squeamish and weaklings, etc.

I didn't know that. I've heard more talk about modern Americans having lost touch of certain realistic things (like pork having been Babe), but not weak -- abusive of violence, more like, with much too little empathy for suffering of equals.

Zenkitty - Sep 24, 2005 6:48:52 pm PDT #698 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I'm pretty sure the Scots cannibal family story isn't really true.

I read about it recently, can't remember where; someone went looking for non-anecdotal evidence and couldn't find any.

Sorry.

Kristen - Sep 24, 2005 6:50:08 pm PDT #699 of 10002

modern Americans having lost touch of certain realistic things (like pork having been Babe)

Have you seen the L.A. County Fair commericals? I love the cow one.

§ ita § - Sep 24, 2005 6:51:10 pm PDT #700 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The BBC says Sawney Bean didna exist.

I'm sad now.

Kat - Sep 24, 2005 6:55:26 pm PDT #701 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Those commercials are fantastic!

YEAH! I'm reassured that Sawney Bean didn't exist! Thank god!

§ ita § - Sep 24, 2005 6:56:16 pm PDT #702 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've not seen those commercials. Maybe if I had, I'd not be missing Sawney so.

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