Comments on: Happy Anniversary The Mouse that Roared

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:19:18 +0000

Ken, I’ve been thinking about that. I wonder how history will depict the changes caused by fear of Sputnik in relation to changes caused by fear of the Caliphate.

By: Ken Larson

Ken Larson — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:06:51 +0000

BTW… I love the movie version of The Mouse That Roared. I’m sure it’s a bit dated, but if you can put yourself in the mind-set of the time, it’s excellent.

By: Ken Larson

Ken Larson — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:04:31 +0000

In the cold war era we were afraid of a technologically superior enemy, so we built schools and invested in science to counter their supposed superior technology.

Today our “enemy” took down some of our highest tech using nothing more than box cutters. They could have used sharpened rocks. So to counter them effectively we have to reduce our technology to match theirs.

Makes perfect sense, right?

By: Julie Stahlhut

Julie Stahlhut — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:16:34 +0000

Thanks for reminding me of the very funny “Mouse” novels, which I loved when I was in high school! Must find out whether they’re available for my e-reader.

There’s also a passage in “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” where the title character half-marvels, half-despairs at the superstitions held by the people he meets in medieval England. It was written in 1889, and could easily describe some of the stuff I’ve seen passed around in frantic mass e-mails more than 120 years later.

By: valdemar

valdemar — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:09:25 +0000

The Mouse That Roared is a great Peter Sellers movie, not least in its appeal for rational army control. Check out the sequel, The Mouse on the Moon, in which a group of hapless Europeans in chain mail are mistaken for… Well, no spoilers from me.

By: Deen

Deen — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:00:13 +0000

“The Mouse that Roared” was a novel first. Never seen the movie, but I remember that the novel was quite amusing. Should probably give it another read, haven’t read it in a long time, and I’ve also only read it in translation.

By: The Ridger

The Ridger — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:52:13 +0000

And it was a 1955 book before it was a movie, one of several funny satires on politics (Feast of Freedom is another) by Leonard Wibberley. Well worth your time.

By: elias saman

elias saman — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:09:12 +0000

Excellent! Thank god that there are people that think out of the box. Education is the most important field that we have to fight for. We need more open minded people!
http://e1saman.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/do-we-really-understand-science/