Sunday, July 25, 2010

The real three billy goats Gruff

So we all think we know the story of the three billy goats gruff, but have we ever really thought about it? Really, honestly. Ok, so here it is. There are these three piggish goats who have squandered every good thing on their side of the fence and think that maye life will be better on the other hill. So they devise a plan to trick a poor, old, hungry, "little person" out of his only means of income. So the first, a scrawny little shrimp of a goat tried to cross the bridge, and we all know the story, ends up being able to cross by hoodwinking the supposed, "evil troll," and so on and so forth. Well, when we get to the big billy goat gruff what do we find? Body builder billy goat crossing the bridge. So what is the troll supposed to do, Let him go? He already let two other goats go by, and he has kids under bridge to feed after all. So he tried to collect the toll, after all even goats deserve to pay their dues. Then that no good, steroid packed farm animal throws the poor troll over the bridge. When the police get their who are they goin to believe? Are they going to believe the hideously ugly bearded wife and thirty nauseatingly reoulsive children? Or the upright handsome goat, who works out regularly, keeps the towns lawns trim, and empties the dump? If you look at it politically, the short guy really didn't have a chance. The police label him as a desparate jumper, seeking escape from an impossibly difficult situation. The media plays him off as a bad guy, when in reality, he was just like everyone else. A normal guy, trying to earn a buck. The moral of the story, is don't underanalyze the effect of the media on your perceptions of the reality of a situation involving a. . . .Or maybe just give the little buy the benefit of the doubt.

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