Don't Give A Mouse A Cookie

Merriam-Webster defines the term slippery slope as "a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences." Laura Joffre Numeroff and Felicia Bond's If You Give A Mouse A Cookie is perhaps the greatest story to explain what a slippery slope is. A kid gives a mouse a cookie, who then asks for a glass of milk to drink with the cookie, and then he asks for a straw to drink the milk. It goes on from there with a series of requests that ultimately ends up back to the mouse asking for another cookie and starting the cycle up again. I bring up this story and the slippery slope analogy because Cartoon Network fanatics still want MeTV Toons to add CN's catalog to that channel because Cartoon Network no longer airs those shows, and, instead of demanding THAT network airs them, they'll complain at MeTV Toons, and anyone connected to the channel for NOT airing them. Seriously, since the day the network was annou...