outdated. just a little; man, thats quite an understatement. i enjoyed reading the comics cause i enjoy comics in general. to the message, however, i cannot agree more to the fact that you aren't supossed to take them seriously.
i enjoyed the message with the second comic with taking care of the mother in law. the message made sense to me at least. children should take good care of their parents.
but the first one i just coudln't understand. parents who bolt up their own children in wells should be beaten silly in my opinion, but anyways -__-
i recognize that these comics seem ridiculous to us but maybe that just shoulds what they are supposed to teach our seminar, which is that "dang, we have changed". filial devotion to that point sickens us, but maybe it was normal to Asians of the time.
in present day [western] society, filial devotion to that point seems nonsensical. realists (like myself) would argue that not all parents are that great, and we can't keep on turning the other cheek if they, for instance, buried us in a well! -.-
notice that the turning point, at least in my opinion, was when God took an active role to help Shun out. not in any way saying that God wouldn't do this if he did indeed exist, but just for the sake of my argument, i'd say the whole filial devotion theme in the comic RELIES on the fact that god would take an active role and send elephants to plough the land with their tusks and birds to sow seeds for lucky Shun. so let's assume that God doesn't take crazy acts of divine interventions to help those of us who are insanily devoted to our parents.
in a perfect world maybe. but not the one we live in. maybe God does help out a few of us who are indeed devoted to our parents, but by anecdotal evidence, not ALL of us. hence, people like shun woudln't survive very long in the real, or in the very least, he would be mercilessly taken advantage of.
there's some philosophical mumble jumble in a box for you guys
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