Not only does this apply to the citizen's of the United States, but to other people and places as well. I could not help but laugh at Wolfe's statement after this weekend. I saw the show Into the Woods which deals with many themes and among them are morality and consequences of choices. Throughout the show, the characters make moral decisions that have quite unexpected side effects. For example, in one scene, Jack's mother (from Jack and the Beanstalk) is arguing with a giant and upsetting it (and when giants get upset they are quite dangerous). Just then she is killed by being struck on the head by another character who claims he was acting for the greater good. Another example is when a character steals from a witch's garden. The character makes the (im)moral decision to steal beans for his pregant wife (who was craving greens) and as a result gets a curse laid on him.
After seeing the show, I started to wonder how much of our morals come from the classic Brothers Grimm type stories we were told as children. I also thought about my own faith, and how important the stories in the Bible were to interpreting what I think of as right and wrong.
How do you think fairy tale stories or other tales have affected your moral judgment on today's issues?
Here's one of the scenes I mentioned!
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