another moment of feeling justified

I've always thought Thomas the Tank Engine was a little creepy.  I mean, there's the fact that Thomas is a noble little he-engine pull around two ditsy she-coaches, but there's more to it than that.  Jessica Roake explains some of the subtexts here, and I think she does a pretty good job of identifying why I've never really like the show.  It's nice to know I don't have some obscure phobia of anthropomorphic trains.