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by BBTranscriptTeam » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:07 pm
Cindy Molesworth
Robbinsville, NJ
In a 2011 decision about the sale of violent video games to minors, the U.S. Supreme Court cited the gore in which of the following?
A. Aesop’s fables
B. Mother Goose nursery rhymes
C. Grimm’s fairy tales
D. Dr. Seuss books
Cindy makes
Aesop’s fables
her final answer.
Cindy leaves with a Millionaire game for Wii.
C. Grimm’s fairy tales
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earendel
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by earendel » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:27 am
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Cindy Molesworth
Robbinsville, NJ
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:In a 2011 decision about the sale of violent video games to minors, the U.S. Supreme Court cited the gore in which of the following?
A. Aesop’s fables
B. Mother Goose nursery rhymes
C. Grimm’s fairy tales
D. Dr. Seuss books
Cindy makes
Aesop’s fables
her final answer.
Cindy leaves with a Millionaire game for Wii.
C. Grimm’s fairy tales
I thought she'd surely see "Grimm" and realize that the tales there are quite gory. But perhaps she only knew the sanitized versions.
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by vettech » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:27 pm
earendel wrote:BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Cindy Molesworth
Robbinsville, NJ
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:In a 2011 decision about the sale of violent video games to minors, the U.S. Supreme Court cited the gore in which of the following?
A. Aesop’s fables
B. Mother Goose nursery rhymes
C. Grimm’s fairy tales
D. Dr. Seuss books
Cindy makes
Aesop’s fables
her final answer.
Cindy leaves with a Millionaire game for Wii.
C. Grimm’s fairy tales
I thought she'd surely see "Grimm" and realize that the tales there are quite gory. But perhaps she only knew the sanitized versions.
When I was a kid I had books with both versions. I was quite struck even then by the difference.
