User blog:GizmotheMogwai17/Or maybe not.....

After posting that last bit, I decided to do a little research on the whole idealogy I've recently developed that childish media negatively affects the world around us. I stumbled upon something quite profound that made me reconsider everything I said. It was a quote by one of the smartest authors ever, C.S. Lewis. He said,

"When I was a child, I read fairy tales and things like that in private because I didn't anyone to judge me for it. But now as an adult, I read those stories freely without a care in the world. When I became a man, I put away all childish things including the fear of childishness and desire to be very grown up,".

What he said makes a lot of sense to me. While a lot of the things in this world (Happy Tree Friends for example) feature childish humor and concepts such as cartoons, mythical creatures, talking animals, juvenile humor, etc. the people behind those shows aren't trying to change the world or anything like that. They simply just want to do something very important make people smile and laugh. Those type of "childish" shows and movies have probably cured depression in more people than tragic "adult" stuff like Romeo and Juliet or Gone With The Wind ever could. Besides, I don't know if I want to hear those type of comments come out of the mouth of someone who likes watching football. Most men in the U.S. watch football which again, is an interest that often develops in childhood. Most of the things in our world are inspired by the past and I would probably become a hermit if I were to avoid things like that all together. So while I'm still thinking about whether I'm going to leave or not, I am happy to say that the chances of me leaving are rather slim right now.