Mary Poppins was satanic!

by keyser soze 21 Replies latest jw friends

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  ninja

  plus mary poppins had an unhealthy interest in kids
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  hotspur

  I let my kids watch it.... I thought it was great.
  
  Then one day our VCR tape became 'demonised' and destroyed itself. No problem. Our JW friends had a copy so we borrowed it. Well, my kids got bored with watching it and went to the garden where I was (it was lovely sunny day).
  
  Eventually, I realised the TC/VCR was still running so I went in to turn it off. Lo and behold, on my TV was a radio controlled (miniature) tank running around a brothel or something. In the place of the gun was an imitation phallus in search of ladies! My kids were around 8-10 so a good job they never saw this bit. I guess it was the "Director's cut" LoL
  
  I challenged my friends and they said they didn't know it was there. It was a clean tape as far as they were concerned. They worked out that they got about 20 of them from their brother-in-law in good faith. It turns out he, in turn, bought them from his own father - an elder! Enough said ......
  
  It all comes home to roost in the end doesn't it!
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  Caedes

  This has been weighing on my mind for a very long time.

  Perhaps you should take a rest in a darkened room, preferably with nothing pointy.

  In the place of the gun was an imitation phallus in search of ladies!

  I can't believe I missed that bit, I'm sure I would have remembered something like that!
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  carla

  The old woman who lived in a shoe? Is that really a story or a rhyme? You may have me on that one but I guess if a jw was reading it they could say she would certainly know what to do if she would just join our crazy cult! We jw's have an answer for everything!
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  bebu

  I loved Mary Poppins!!

  But look what the right packaging can do to a sweet story. Behold "Scary Mary":

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic

  bebu
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  Mrs. Witness

  How about the Wizard of Oz?! My hubby's mom used to let them watch that, but hubby freaked out about Harry Potter! I didn't quite (and still don't) understand how the Wicked Witch of the West and her flying monkeys are better than Harry & his friends?
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  horrible life

  There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
  She had so many children she didn't know what to do.
  She gave them some broth without any bread,
  Then whipped them all soundly
  And put them to bed.

  Carla, I thought about the "old woman" at work. LOL How would you like getting your teeth cleaned, and know that the person doing it, was thinking about the Old Woman who lived in the Shoe??? Scary??

  If she was that little to live in a shoe, she would be demonized.

  If she had that many children, she would be Catholic. (Demonized)

  She shouldn't have had so many children, too much money spent, should have given it to the society.

  Broth??? Oatmeal would have been cheaper, instead of boiling some meat!! Again, a waste of money, that could have gone to the World Wide Work.

  Why weren't they at the meeting?? Or in a family study?? Not very theocratic.

  Now, with the whipping them soundly, sounds like there is some hope left for this "Old Lady". Lets just reprove her, and keep a close watch.
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  hubert

  But look what the right packaging can do to a sweet story. Behold "Scary Mary":

  OMG, Bebu, That was worse than "The exorcist" ! I'll never look at Mary Poppins again !

  Well, maybe when my grandaughter wants to look at it with me. I won't be so scared then.

  Goes to show you how a little deviation can change people's perspectives.

  Hubert
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  VoidEater

  In our little circle: if the story was not too rooted in everyday life (like Bewitched), then it was given a "pass" as being mere fantasy. But in my childhood, Harry Potter would have been condemned since it is made to be part and parcel of the real world.

  So if it was a period piece (like Poppins) or took place in a fantasy land (like Oz), somehow it became more palateable. Jeannie was kinda borderline - it took place in Florida, which for us California kids was pretty much a fantasy land.
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  BFD

  I'd like to see if even Mary Poppins would be able to get those kids to sit still for 2 hours after hopping them up on a spoonful of sugar with thier meds!

  BFD