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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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 Posted - 04/16/2010 : 14:36:57
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I came across this review and thought I would share it. I haven't seen the movie, but now I want to.
Review of How to Train Your Dragon
Quote from the review:
...Skeptics and scientists openly lament the willful ignorance of antiscientific rhetoric that seems to plague the world today. Children around the world are being brought up in communities that reject vaccines because they are terrorized by unseen dangers, wait for their gods to fix ecological disasters or ignore that such disasters exist at all, teach them that the earth was made just for them, and make them live in constant danger of being burned as a witch. In America, religious fundamentalists wear their scientific ignorance as a badge of honor. They attack movies and books that depict characters using the wrong kind of magic while thumbing their noses at scientific evidence that disproves their flavor of mysticism. Anti-evolution, pro-creationism school districts pepper the Bible belt beyond all palatability. The war between science and religious dogma is most ferociously fought for the minds of children.
How to Train Your Dragon takes on one of the most controversial, offensive, and indelicate matters that the world must face today. It smacks in the face of all cinematic convention and yet, there it is—a movie for children that demands that they think for themselves, even if they have to buck the beliefs of their parents. There’s no hullabaloo, no malicious protests, nothing but appreciation for a good story with a good message... |
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Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
Genetic Literacy Project |
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How to Train Your Dragon
