stupid movie stunt

[wilomn]

Pat, yes it's a movie. You know that and I know that, and I know that particular snake was not harmed during filming. That's all fine and dandy. I didn't stand up and shout at the screen.

But there were young kids going to see that movie, and as some of us have read in another recent post, kids tend to do stupid things when it comes to animals. Particularly animals they're ill-informed about. Particularly snakes...

Kids are impressionable. They're going to see that and think it's "heroic" or "cool". And since most parents are afraid of snakes, who's to tell them otherwise?

It's not the movie scene I'm concerned about. It's the "brilliant ideas" it's going to inspire in the minds of young impressionables.

I think you've mistaken stupid for impressionable. There is a big difference between the two.

I also think they called the snake in the movie a ratsnake and as far as I could tell, it was a rubber snake, not a live one.

It's just a movie.

But, contrary to popular belief, I do have the brain capacity to worry about more than one thing at once.

How can this be? Are you not a woman?

If you're going to set them up so well, I won't always be able to resist.