It appears that dragons can no longer breathe fire in books intended for younger children. Neither can they climb ladders or use electric heat for cooking; after all, they might get hurt!
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Mark Twain said it very well: "Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." This is obviously true also elsewhere in leading positions.
I don't get it. It's like they WANT kids to be divorced from reality... Electrical cooking elements glow red. NOT GREEN! I'd be more afraid to show a kid a picture of a heating element glowing green because it's on than red... 2 weeks later, "Oh, it's not glowing green, it's safe to touch."
We're treating our kids today like they're all mentally handicapped. They're not. I'd wager even kids with mental disabilities are smarter than publishing companies seem to think they are.
Censorship is not a substitute for Parenting!!!
Political correctness is on a par with zero tolerance, in that both have been taken to the most obnoxious extremes. Maybe I shouldn't say that, someone will find a way to make them even more obnoxious!
On the plus side, maybe kids seeing this book will decide that toasting marshmallows must be bad; eventually they'll lay off sugar altogether and the obesity problem in America will be solved! Then we can all do a happy dance around a big bonfire... oh, wait. Fire is bad. I guess we're doomed.
Not if the fire is green, I suppose. ;o)