I’ll never forgive the makers of The Plague Dogs cartoon of HAVING THE PLAGUE DOGS MURDERED! In complete violation of the book. I adore Richard Adams’ books, especially Traveller about Marsh Lee’s brave war horse.
When I was a school librarian Watership Down was one of the books I most recommended to students.
When I was a kid, the loss of Bambi’s mother had the same effect. That’s why I am the cynical sociopath you see before you today.
What, no gay rabbits while they’re at it?
“Watership Down” is not a children’s book - never was a children’s book - High School maybe junior High but not young readers.
It’s not political correctness, it’s realizing that the old cartoon is pretty brutal. And nothing’s biting the dust, the old cartoon will still be out there. And the remake from the late 90s which also mellowed things out a bit.
Toward the end, I was hoping the rabbits would all get slaughtered. By a harvesting machine ...
I read WD in high school... was not scarred. And now they want to give a boost to the female characters, yet cast relative unknowns to play them vs big stars to play the male characters?
I read Grimm’s Fairy tales to my kids - the real thing and not a watered down version. It’s a good thing Child Protective Services never heard about that one!
I saw the movie about a month ago on TCM. First time I’d seen it.
The book and movie were big back in the day.
“Prince with a thousand enemies”
Just keep away from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Socialist ‘Red Rabbits’ are training for national uprising against cops
NY Post ^ | 6/09/26 | Stu Smith
Posted on 6/9/2026, 8:53:35 PM by Libloather
As its national influence has risen, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has simultaneously grown more extreme. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the group’s “Red Rabbits” initiative.
The Red Rabbits Security Commission, a subgroup within the DSA focused on “community defense” efforts, is, according to its authorizing resolution, preparing for a “national uprising against federal agents and police brutality.”
In practice, that means training cadres in tactics like armed and unarmed self-defense, blocking intersections, and fighting “fascists” with umbrellas.
A recent panel offered an unprecedented window into what the project looks like. Organizers from Minnesota, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Tucson, Austin, and Portland compared notes.
As the discussion made clear, the DSA is trying to construct a nationwide security apparatus to support its expanding role in street protests and direct-action organizing. And in so doing, it fears drawing the attention of the Internal Revenue Service — likely with good reason.
Safe name
The DSA launched the Red Rabbits Security Commission at its 2025 national convention.
Organizers chose the deliberately innocuous name as a nod to the novel “Watership Down,” in which anthropomorphized rabbits are outnumbered and beset by enemies. Earlier branding proposals, including “National Vigilance Committee,” were deemed too politically stark, with some members concerned that they could be interpreted as an endorsement of vigilantism.
The Red Rabbits claim their focus is on five core security skills: de-escalation, Stop the Bleed (a first aid training on bleeding control), firearm safety, unarmed self-defense and protest marshaling (crowd management during demonstrations). The commission has set a goal of having at least five members in 40% of DSA chapters complete these trainings.
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