The Butter Battle Book has conflicted truth values. Its truth: the platitude that nuclear war, like all war, is horrifying. Its falsehood: the naive assertion that conflicts such as the Cold War are based on arbitrary, specious or meaningless differences. Unfortunately this falsehood is so massive that is compromises the overall truth of the book. If Dr. Seuss were alive today to account for his book, he would have to admit he did not compose it in an intellectually responsible manner.
@7777TubeSurfer although its true that the differences during the cold war were not trivial they were treated as such. communism and democracy are both viable systems of government and although the US was right to stop the tyranny of Russia, they handled it childishly hating anyone for merely associating themselves with communism or attempting to implement it. the communist witch and McCarthyism were ridiculous the important thing is that no one should die to settle these disputes
If you think about it, spreading butter on top of bread is the proper way to do it. If you spread it underneath it will drip all over. But that's certainly no reason to go to war, of course.
@zvermilyer3 So you spread the butter on top of the bread and then turn the bread upside down to take a bite as your taste buds are on the top of your tongue anyway, and this way it won't stick to the roof of your mouth either. That way you get the best of both worlds...oh wait, light bulb moment
this is a very good story though went from sticks and stones, bows (the slingshots), guns (gun with dog), to tanks (the big walking machine thingie), and finally the nuke and everyone just hold onto their nukes and are at a standstill
@TheVoiceOfReason93 While the difference in methods of buttering one's toast may be a pointless one, if you think the difference between capitalism and communism is equally as "pointless" then all I can say is I'm glad you weren't making any of the decisions during the Cold War.
Well i didn't exactly say - "He's right!", what i am implying, and i am clarifying it now, is although the whole thing is complicated, there is no actual pt in conflict between the two system. Krushev himself stated his willingness of creating a state of "Peaceful Co-existance" between the two countries, and vice versa. If i am the one making decisions, i would work for a Kissinger style Detente with the other power and settle out differences peacefully.
@aBLiNDbAt69 Except WW2 ended with one side having the bomb. Then the Berlin Wall was built and Cold War arms race had many live in fear of global thermonuclear war.
DOWN WITH THOSE BUTTER SIDE DOWN COMMIES!!!...ok all seriousness i like who this whole 'war' in this book is about something as small as how you eat your bread...just as the cold war was about something as small as communism or capitalism
I just told someone about this story. Its so freaking true, even though I saw it when I was a kid I almost forgot its lessons until later in my life, and when I relearned them I thought of this. My children (should I have any) will have this book.
Every single person on Earth needs to read or be read this book. If everyone understood the message that Dr. Seuss managed to distill in this story, we could save all of the lives, the money, and the misery that frivolous wars over religion and ideology cause the world. Just think how much better the world would be if Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim extremists would just realize that they're all essentially eating the same bread and butter.
That would be great if you were reading The Sneetches because that is about discrimination. You can apply what you said to that book too. I don't want to correct you and seem like a jerk but the book is mainly about the Cold War. That is why the book was pulled from the shelves when it came out. It was all about the ideals of the US and Russia at the time. At the end it is apparent because both sides have a bomb that can wipe each other out. Nuclear bombs. I do like your message though.
@seangllghr Just think if you actually read a book or two and read more and understood that that Catholic Protestant and Jewish people are worship the same entity(Yahweh or God) that is different than the Allah of Islam. But you dont and millions of other people dont because they are misguided and know nothing about critical thinking. This leads to arrogant bigotism like you have just displayed.
@Africa4444 I didn't really read the beginning of your and @Africa4444 's conversation, but the Chritian and the Islamic god are the same god. The MAIN difference between the two religions is that Christians believe that Jesus is the sun of God and Muslims believe that Jesus is not a god, but a prophet.
grand pah. we. will. see. horrible narration -_-
honduranishhgurl 1 month ago
someone foward this to the prez
amykimberlycheer 1 month ago
oooh mirosoft anna i love her!
SCARSAC 3 months ago
For a dc. suess book, that was deep!
LifeOfSammy 3 months ago
The Butter Battle Book has conflicted truth values. Its truth: the platitude that nuclear war, like all war, is horrifying. Its falsehood: the naive assertion that conflicts such as the Cold War are based on arbitrary, specious or meaningless differences. Unfortunately this falsehood is so massive that is compromises the overall truth of the book. If Dr. Seuss were alive today to account for his book, he would have to admit he did not compose it in an intellectually responsible manner.
7777TubeSurfer 5 months ago
@7777TubeSurfer although its true that the differences during the cold war were not trivial they were treated as such. communism and democracy are both viable systems of government and although the US was right to stop the tyranny of Russia, they handled it childishly hating anyone for merely associating themselves with communism or attempting to implement it. the communist witch and McCarthyism were ridiculous the important thing is that no one should die to settle these disputes
Africa4444 3 months ago
Pro-Skub!
Substitutiary 5 months ago
this story is about the cold war
F0CKu2day 6 months ago
Those evil Zooks will ruin the town. Why would you ever have the butterside down?
nolenzshades 8 months ago
Thumbs up if u like your butter side down!
0cally 8 months ago
If you think about it, spreading butter on top of bread is the proper way to do it. If you spread it underneath it will drip all over. But that's certainly no reason to go to war, of course.
zvermilyer3 10 months ago
@zvermilyer3 So you spread the butter on top of the bread and then turn the bread upside down to take a bite as your taste buds are on the top of your tongue anyway, and this way it won't stick to the roof of your mouth either. That way you get the best of both worlds...oh wait, light bulb moment
MrsBelfastBeauty 7 months ago
@MrsBelfastBeauty But that's just too buttery! The subtlety of the butter on the top of the bread is definitely the way to go!
GrimmReaperess 6 months ago
What an enthusiastic storyteller!
liljaye 10 months ago 4
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annarose2029 10 months ago
this is a cold war propaganda book.
hinataFa101 10 months ago
@hinataFa101 no, it reflects on the cold war.
ratemyswing1 10 months ago
@hinataFa101 it reflects the concern about the cold war were both fought on the arms race
Kel10ization 7 months ago
Day9 made me drop the bomb.
DKyousai 11 months ago
Butter side up, DOWN WITH THE ZOOKS !
omlas6 11 months ago 4
@omlas6 Butter side down, you dirty yook!
steelyphantom 9 months ago 2
haunting ...
PapagenoJuan2 11 months ago
Nuclear wars...
twilightgirl4343 11 months ago
promoted? they only got one soldier lol
this is a very good story though went from sticks and stones, bows (the slingshots), guns (gun with dog), to tanks (the big walking machine thingie), and finally the nuke and everyone just hold onto their nukes and are at a standstill
kilkolio 1 year ago
Butter on BOTH sides ftw!!!!!!!
Everyone gets more!
jcrowley1985 1 year ago 5
Moral of this story was that the whole cold war conflict was ultimately a waste of time over a pointless difference. Can't say he's not right
TheVoiceOfReason93 1 year ago
@TheVoiceOfReason93 While the difference in methods of buttering one's toast may be a pointless one, if you think the difference between capitalism and communism is equally as "pointless" then all I can say is I'm glad you weren't making any of the decisions during the Cold War.
cotchery 1 year ago
@cotchery
Well i didn't exactly say - "He's right!", what i am implying, and i am clarifying it now, is although the whole thing is complicated, there is no actual pt in conflict between the two system. Krushev himself stated his willingness of creating a state of "Peaceful Co-existance" between the two countries, and vice versa. If i am the one making decisions, i would work for a Kissinger style Detente with the other power and settle out differences peacefully.
TheVoiceOfReason93 1 year ago
My teacher should have just read this instead of explaining the Cold War.
2dowhenyourbored 1 year ago 6
damn this guy is the greatest rapper of all time
EpicPrimeTime 1 year ago
my social teacher read this to our class and she said it was a bout WW2 cuase at the end i gues that thing was supposed to be a nuke.
aBLiNDbAt69 1 year ago
@aBLiNDbAt69 Except WW2 ended with one side having the bomb. Then the Berlin Wall was built and Cold War arms race had many live in fear of global thermonuclear war.
VCat2006 1 year ago
@aBLiNDbAt69 it is about the cold war. actualy in ww2 there was an atomic bomb and in the cold war it was a nuke
killolot 1 year ago
zooks suck!
richtherake 1 year ago
Eminem can make this much more interesting if he narrated.
nooobStyle 1 year ago
This was Dr. Seuss's answer to the Cold War
PapagenoJuan2 1 year ago
wow.....it's a weird voice and it has NO comments like my class did!!!! :) LOL
minamicandy 1 year ago
there are so many cold war references in that book ...
DragonRaised 1 year ago
@DragonRaised that book IS a cold war refrence
JhayDizzle 1 year ago
@DragonRaised its based on the cold war
killolot 1 year ago
Fallout 4 - in the world of Dr. Seuss.
NeverevenStudios 2 years ago
DOWN WITH THOSE BUTTER SIDE DOWN COMMIES!!!...ok all seriousness i like who this whole 'war' in this book is about something as small as how you eat your bread...just as the cold war was about something as small as communism or capitalism
Gamer4672 2 years ago
srry....how not who in ...how this whole 'war'...
Gamer4672 2 years ago
Down with the yooks!
eveltree 2 years ago
@eveltree UP WITH ZOOKS
Jonj57 1 year ago
wow every one this book is about the cold war!!!! jesus
McJasminehoes 2 years ago
Man I love this, so disturbing for a childrens story, so much of a warning. I'm gonna make my kids read this one.
zzyzx0788 2 years ago
you know, this story would be amazing, if the narrator would have emotions!
jomanspam 2 years ago
The narrator is a computer, there's no way to give it emotions.
hell5309 2 years ago 31
hehe its not a narrator its a computor program... kurswile 3000 or something like that.
worldofwarcraft11234 2 years ago 2
I just told someone about this story. Its so freaking true, even though I saw it when I was a kid I almost forgot its lessons until later in my life, and when I relearned them I thought of this. My children (should I have any) will have this book.
lrice6488 3 years ago 2
Every single person on Earth needs to read or be read this book. If everyone understood the message that Dr. Seuss managed to distill in this story, we could save all of the lives, the money, and the misery that frivolous wars over religion and ideology cause the world. Just think how much better the world would be if Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim extremists would just realize that they're all essentially eating the same bread and butter.
seangllghr 3 years ago 61
That would be great if you were reading The Sneetches because that is about discrimination. You can apply what you said to that book too. I don't want to correct you and seem like a jerk but the book is mainly about the Cold War. That is why the book was pulled from the shelves when it came out. It was all about the ideals of the US and Russia at the time. At the end it is apparent because both sides have a bomb that can wipe each other out. Nuclear bombs. I do like your message though.
option350z 2 years ago
@seangllghr that some deep shit
1alphasam 1 year ago
@seangllghr That's a beautiful rendition of a perfect world. Unfortunately, this world has humans.
kbomb13 1 year ago
@seangllghr Just think if you actually read a book or two and read more and understood that that Catholic Protestant and Jewish people are worship the same entity(Yahweh or God) that is different than the Allah of Islam. But you dont and millions of other people dont because they are misguided and know nothing about critical thinking. This leads to arrogant bigotism like you have just displayed.
fibbomarch 6 months ago
@fibbomarch isnt it the case that islam recognizes Jesus as a prophet though? wouldn't that implicitly legitimize the christian god?
Africa4444 3 months ago
@Africa4444 I didn't really read the beginning of your and @Africa4444 's conversation, but the Chritian and the Islamic god are the same god. The MAIN difference between the two religions is that Christians believe that Jesus is the sun of God and Muslims believe that Jesus is not a god, but a prophet.
laxtitude26 3 months ago
@laxtitude26 .....What does this have to do with Dr. Seuss...
Mwstmrlnd 1 day ago
@Mwstmrlnd lol nothing. just adding my oppinion to their conversation
laxtitude26 1 day ago
wtf using pc to read sucks!
BOSH75 3 years ago
Dr. Seuss was a genius. This is great.
ninamichelle77 3 years ago
oooh. Armageddon in a kids book. creepy.
I love Dr. Seuss though.
theawesomone 3 years ago
she talks wierd
imoutofpennies 3 years ago
'She' is a voice synthesizer, a computer.
ferhordlingrads 3 years ago
beautifully writen book i love the satire of it definitly one of my faves.
lilmstouchme 3 years ago
most of dr. seuss had some deep hidden moral or meaning that was ment for adults. he was a really deep person and is my favorite author
gamble9377 3 years ago
In a way, this children's book can be pretty mature enough for adult readers if you know how dark the story was.
Katana991 3 years ago
This had a lot to do with the Cold War. The separation of West Berlin and East Berlin and how they fighting almost led to Nuclear war.
RexSand 3 years ago 3
thank you for posting this. There is a lot of truth in it.
gigiko84 3 years ago