Comment Re:Adult Gaming? Hah! (Score 1) 343
If much of the violence in the Brothers Grimm is "artificial", if you will - added in by some early-19th century Germans* who didn't want children reading about sex - and not actually part of the original folktales, it doesn't entirely mesh with the whole argument that violent media is a natural part of human culture. I'm not saying that that isn't the case, in fact it obviously is, I'm saying that the violence in Grimm could possibly be seen as more of a reflection of 19th century German mores than any universal truth and that his other examples (mythology, etc) were a bit better. I'm also saying that, as someone with a lit degree, it's not that often that I can come up with anything interesting to say on slashdot.
Oh, and the sisters chopping off their toes bit is brilliant, I have no idea why anyone would ever cut that out, authentic or not.
* The whole "children love violence" thing was seemingly big in 19th century Germany (for more fun, check out Der Struwwelpeter some time).