This Aggression Will Not Stand ...

A nose only a mother could love.

I am sure most of you are aware that the new fad out there is "anti-bully" everything (they've even got Bieber in on the campaign). As a parent I am all for the progressive behavior that is involved with this campaign to curb bullying in our schools and in our daily life, but someone has gone too far.

I am not so sure if you are aware of George Giuliani and his new book "No More Bullies at the North Pole". My guess is that if you listen to the radio then you have heard of this guy and his mission to destroy our Christmas Classics.

Dr. George Giuliani (according to his online profile)  is the Director of the Graduate School Program in Special Education and a full-time tenured Associate Professor at Hofstra University's School of Education, Health and Human Services and he has written his own version of the story of Rudolph, sans bullying. Dr. Giuliani feels that the original version of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" (Rankin/Bass 1964 stop motion) promotes bullying through Santa Claus, Comet and (gasp!) the reindeer school children. I can't say that I didn't notice the ever present bullying in the movie when I watched it this year.

Apparently (I haven't read it because I tend to try and not read such garbage) "No More Bullies at the North Pole" retells the story of Rudolph in a more favorably less dream crushing way with no teasing or bullying (which I thought was what ultimately made Rudolph who he was).

Of course, the conservative news media is alllll over this guy this week; thus making themselves look even more jackassier than they ever have. This guy has gotten coverage from Michelle Malkin who has a ridiculous interview with the guy and a comedian named Brad Stine (who looks like he would jump you in an alley to take your lunch money) to lambaste this poor old fool on national TV through the outlet of Fox and Friends.

Granted (and I hate to say this) Michelle and Brad are correct to rake this guy over the coals. This whole concept of revising classics because they do not seem to be in line with todays PC thinking is just ridiculous. These classics serve as a lesson that bullying can lead to someone using the negativity to prevail and overcome.

If I am correct Rudolph becomes "the most famous reindeer of all" by the end of the story. Do you think that would have happened if none of his peers would have taunted him or if he didn't have to overcome something severe in his life. Yes I know I am waxing intellectual about a fictional clay figure on a television screen.

Let's take it one step further and say we start revising television history and taking out what we don't want our children to learn (I think the Nazi party burned books for this very reason) and we change the story of "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas".

That whole tale is loaded with bully tactics and a negative attitude towards one individual. The bullying he suffered as a child at the hands of the Who populace eventually led him to literally steal Christmas from them. The message of this story for the children watching it is to not be a grinch and to enjoy the holidays and share with your fellow man.

Maybe it should be to include everyone and not alienate your peers because one day it might lead them to break into your home and steal your stockings and all of the food from your refrigerator. Heck they might even go as far as stealing your tree because you sang a song calling them mean and "as charming as an eel" even going so far as to say that they are a "three decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich, with arsenic sauce". I mean who says that kind of stuff. Let's ban it in these United States. Our children can't listen to this crap, it might lead them to ... smile. Heck they might even laugh at it. God forbid they learn something.

Back to the subject: Bullying. I was bullied, as were most of you out there raising children and reading this post. You can either take that experience and let it suffocate you or you can learn something from it and rise above.

We can't obliterate the act of bullying across the globe but we can moderate it. If your child is being bullied or they see someone (whether on tv or in person) being bullied we can help them learn from it. As adults our job is not to shield our children from the world around them. We are here to be a buffer and a moderator for the world around them but we need to allow them to experience all that is surrounding them for the good of their development.

I, for one, will allow my children to watch the original version of "Rudolph" and "The Grinch" because I believe there is something to be learned from the entertainment they provide. Who will teach them the morals of the story? Me, because that is my job as a parent. I am the primary (my wife included) teacher of my children and I will take that responsibility with great honor.

If one of my children is a bully I will take him or her aside and read them the riot act as it applies and they will be punished but I will not tolerate the media or some quack from Hofstra saying that my child can't handle the experience of bullying and that we can't show it in our media because it will pollute their mind.

Doesn't Hermey exact a little revenge for his mistreatment on the yetti by ripping out all of its teeth? Anywho ... Merry Christmas!!!!