Originally posted by Elok
...dude, the Arabian Nights are about a guy who catches his wife cheating and goes nuts, marrying a different woman every night, screwing her, and then having her executed. Every Jew character is a dishonest scoundrel, every black character is dirty, ugly, stupid and mean, and women are almost entirely subservient.
Let me see my copy of the Nights, now. Ah, I remember some of these. Like "Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma," described on the back of the book as "a delightful early version of The Taming of the Shrew." That was a good 'un, and I think Shakespeare's version would have been much improved if he'd kept the part where Petruchio throws Katharina to the ground and rapes her.
...dude, the Arabian Nights are about a guy who catches his wife cheating and goes nuts, marrying a different woman every night, screwing her, and then having her executed. Every Jew character is a dishonest scoundrel, every black character is dirty, ugly, stupid and mean, and women are almost entirely subservient.
Let me see my copy of the Nights, now. Ah, I remember some of these. Like "Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma," described on the back of the book as "a delightful early version of The Taming of the Shrew." That was a good 'un, and I think Shakespeare's version would have been much improved if he'd kept the part where Petruchio throws Katharina to the ground and rapes her.
I remember that there was only one explicit reference to Indian temples and the idols in them, and that was followed by "May Allah smash them utterly".
I know the criticisms you're talking about, and they're all valid, but it is still important to note that such a portrayal can still lead to prejudice in a child. That is all that I'm trying to say, nothing more.
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