…and this is a 
Mondays are my long, long days — this is the day I get to spend 3 hours talking to students in small groups about cancer (they're young and invincible, so so far it hasn't been as depressing as I feared.) And they teach me stuff! Among the things I learned today is that there was a Peanuts special from the 1990s about cancer, titled "Why, Charlie Brown, Why". I was incredulous — it doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd expect on Peanuts — but I looked it up, and there it was on YouTube. So I'll share. It's not bad.
The class is operating on a much higher level than this special — it doesn't mention oncogenes even once! — but the session today was a conversation about everyone's personal experiences with cancer, and yes, we did talk about television and movies and how they deal with the disease.
(Also on FtB)
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Comments
Posted by: paradoctor
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January 23, 2012 8:20 PM
Yes, it's very beautiful. Utterly sincere; what else would you expect from Peanuts?
Linus confronts theodicy head on, and finds no solution. He consoles himself with the promise of future understanding, but then he gets mad and kicks a rock. Later he defends the girl from a bully's teasing.
Linus is a mensch, a stand-up guy. Maybe his god's no good, but he's good.
Posted by: brnofeathers
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January 25, 2012 7:32 PM
Thanks, PZ. You managed to make an old High School Physics teacher tear up a bit. I lost a younger sister to cancer a few years ago. I think I'll be sharing that video.
Thanks again.