i downloaded this collection of doctor seuss films the other day ... they're not really films they're more like short cartoons .. not more than 20 minutes each .. don't know what inspired me to search for it and download it but i've always been a fan of his work ... ANYWAY ... so i watched one ... it's called the sneetches ... now the sneetches are these weird looking yellow creatures ... as most seuss characters are ... and they are two kinds ... star bellied sneetches and bare bellied sneetches ... and the sneetches with stars on their bellies look down on the ones without ... and they enjoy more privileges as well ... then one day a guy comes into town with a contraption that can put stars on your belly ... so all the bare bellied sneetches pay him to use it ... but then the real star bellied sneetches get upset ... so the same guy tells them he has a machine that can remove the star ... so they all pay him to use it ... and then the ones without stars go back to looking down on their counterparts ... so the ones who got stars pay the guy again to have them removed ... and thus begins an endless cycle of getting a star and having it removed ... the guy becomes very rich in the process ... then finally the sneetches run out of money ... also they no longer know who is who or what was what ... who had a star and who didn't ... the guy seeing that there was no more money to be made packs up and leaves ... but it all ends happily ... the sneetches realize how silly they had been acting and live as one people from that point on ...
it kind of reminds me of the situation between jordanians and palestinians ... think about it ... one side has a star on their flag ... and the other side doesn't ... and that makes all the difference ...
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