Having young children, I don't know how many times I have watched the movie, "Sleeping Beauty." And finally I noticed that the HCI philosophy was present in this story.
When the princess Aurora is born and the three fairies are blessing the child, the wicked scorceress, Malificent, enters uninvited and bestows her gift upon the child.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Before the sun sets on her 16th birthday, she shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die.[/quote]
After she leaves, the king duly concerned for his daughter's safety had all spinning wheels banned and burned in the kingdom. Of course, the king knew that such an action would be ineffective, but he just had to do something! Burning the spinning wheels was the easiest thing to do, and the most visible, and also the most short-sighted. It created a black market for the "evil" object, clothing imports increased, and because of imposed tarrifs they cost more than those clothes that used to be produced "in kingdom". Because of the increased cost of cloth, clothing, and tailoring the lifestyles of the subjects decreased. With lifestyle decrease came added preaures to maintain. Many got second jobs, sent their wives to work and their kids to daycare. Honest men started to lie and cheat. Many turned to crime.
Educating Aurora about spinning wheels and their spindles, would have been the wiser, longer term solution, but then the subjects would have complained that there was nothing being done to protect the princess, and the king's popularity polls would have fallen.
However, as we know, Malificent, who did not care for the law (
) somehow (HORROR) got herself a spinning wheel and at the appointed time caused that Aurora should prick her finger on its spindle. All because the kingdom was declared a "spinning wheel spindle-free zone".
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John/az
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When the princess Aurora is born and the three fairies are blessing the child, the wicked scorceress, Malificent, enters uninvited and bestows her gift upon the child.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Before the sun sets on her 16th birthday, she shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die.[/quote]
After she leaves, the king duly concerned for his daughter's safety had all spinning wheels banned and burned in the kingdom. Of course, the king knew that such an action would be ineffective, but he just had to do something! Burning the spinning wheels was the easiest thing to do, and the most visible, and also the most short-sighted. It created a black market for the "evil" object, clothing imports increased, and because of imposed tarrifs they cost more than those clothes that used to be produced "in kingdom". Because of the increased cost of cloth, clothing, and tailoring the lifestyles of the subjects decreased. With lifestyle decrease came added preaures to maintain. Many got second jobs, sent their wives to work and their kids to daycare. Honest men started to lie and cheat. Many turned to crime.
Educating Aurora about spinning wheels and their spindles, would have been the wiser, longer term solution, but then the subjects would have complained that there was nothing being done to protect the princess, and the king's popularity polls would have fallen.
However, as we know, Malificent, who did not care for the law (
) somehow (HORROR) got herself a spinning wheel and at the appointed time caused that Aurora should prick her finger on its spindle. All because the kingdom was declared a "spinning wheel spindle-free zone".------
This story was brought to you by, Stream of Typing Philosophy, Inc.
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"The best defense against ignorance, is education."
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John/az
"Just because something is popular, does not make it right."
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