From the mouths of babes

Being stuck inside with innumerable rug rats this weekend, cartoons were watched. Of note was the beginning of Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost. Typical Scooby-Doo fare, but oh that beginning illuminates nicely for the grown-ups:

The movie opens with the curator of a museum closing up for the night. Suddenly he is attacked by two creatures with glowing green eyes. Hiding in the museum, amongst various artifacts are Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma. It turns out that they are not alone in the museum. A man by the name of Ben Ravencroft is also hiding there.

Ben Ravencroft helps catch the bad guys. It seems that they are really not scary creatures after all. The men work at the museum!! It is Perkins and Griswald, two disgruntled archeologists from the Babylonian Project.

Now, why would these two disgruntled archeologists from the very same museum attack their very own curator:

They were angry because their funding had been cut by the curator!!

Art imitates life. Still think that assistance, the pursuit of knowledge, scientific discovery, truth, et al are the number one objectives of many in the do-gooder community?

It is all about the funding ....... ZOINKS!!

Who says cartoons can't teach children important life lessons?