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But this time from a different angle.
As I see it, censorship is double standard and very, very suspicious.
Why?
The stance taken over violence in film as opposed to sex in films.
Why is it I can watch Arnie blow away a 3rd world country, yet I cant watch 2 people enjoying each other?
Nobody gets hurt (unless that's your thing), there are no murders, no explosions (well..nah, I wont), no dubious ethnic races used as villians.
Yet, should I so desire, I cannot watch this.
That seems wrong and just a little..disturbing to me.
I don't have the desire to watch a porn movie, grew out of that since The Net and puberty.
But if I do, then I have to trek to Soho and buy "specialist" videos.
Yet if I want to watch people getting shot, stabbed, hung, drowned, burnt I can pop down to (insert video chain here) and rent any number of action movies starring some endomorph with limited acting skills.
Why?
Why is it ok for me to witness murders and carnage, but I can't watch two consensual adults doing what we've all been doing since the dawn of man?
And you can apply that age old argument of movies influencing behaviour, with only positive results.
Imagine the headlines "Today, after watching Danish Dental Nurses 4, a young man imitated what he saw and...well...had a damn good time. Here's the weather."
A nicer, calmer, more relaxed world.
Surely better than braindead savages abducting kids and murdering them because of a movie with a killer doll?
There is no argument that holds up for why I can rent violent movies but I can't rent a skin-flick.
I would rather a child watch a porn film than a violent action thriller.
But that's me, I'm strange like that I suppose.
It just doesn't make sense that, instead of a laid-back and happy population watching these movies and imitating what they see (to no bad effect), we can all go watch The Matrix and think "Cool, Neo machine gunned 35 security guards whilst wearing shades...he's cool".
Don't get me wrong, I like action movies as much as the next man, I just find this double standard pointless and against the arguments people use for cinema influencing.
As far as I can see, the only negative copycat result would be bad perms, wah-wah music and asking everyone "Who's your daddy?"
As I see it, censorship is double standard and very, very suspicious.
Why?
The stance taken over violence in film as opposed to sex in films.
Why is it I can watch Arnie blow away a 3rd world country, yet I cant watch 2 people enjoying each other?
Nobody gets hurt (unless that's your thing), there are no murders, no explosions (well..nah, I wont), no dubious ethnic races used as villians.
Yet, should I so desire, I cannot watch this.
That seems wrong and just a little..disturbing to me.
I don't have the desire to watch a porn movie, grew out of that since The Net and puberty.
But if I do, then I have to trek to Soho and buy "specialist" videos.
Yet if I want to watch people getting shot, stabbed, hung, drowned, burnt I can pop down to (insert video chain here) and rent any number of action movies starring some endomorph with limited acting skills.
Why?
Why is it ok for me to witness murders and carnage, but I can't watch two consensual adults doing what we've all been doing since the dawn of man?
And you can apply that age old argument of movies influencing behaviour, with only positive results.
Imagine the headlines "Today, after watching Danish Dental Nurses 4, a young man imitated what he saw and...well...had a damn good time. Here's the weather."
A nicer, calmer, more relaxed world.
Surely better than braindead savages abducting kids and murdering them because of a movie with a killer doll?
There is no argument that holds up for why I can rent violent movies but I can't rent a skin-flick.
I would rather a child watch a porn film than a violent action thriller.
But that's me, I'm strange like that I suppose.
It just doesn't make sense that, instead of a laid-back and happy population watching these movies and imitating what they see (to no bad effect), we can all go watch The Matrix and think "Cool, Neo machine gunned 35 security guards whilst wearing shades...he's cool".
Don't get me wrong, I like action movies as much as the next man, I just find this double standard pointless and against the arguments people use for cinema influencing.
As far as I can see, the only negative copycat result would be bad perms, wah-wah music and asking everyone "Who's your daddy?"
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Captain Funk wrote:
> The best name I know for forum/chat purposes is Tosswink - which is
> used by a mate of mine.
I like my name, but I guess I'm biased
FUNKY!!!!!!
> The best name I know for forum/chat purposes is Tosswink - which is
> used by a mate of mine.
I like my name, but I guess I'm biased
FUNKY!!!!!!
Goatboy (obviously)
And the rest? I'll get lynched if I repeat the ones I find silly.
Ok, tis now 2am and sleep robs me of my usual defence of boorish male chauvinism and rubbish puns and innuendo so I will leave before anyone might discover anything serious from me.
I will bid these forums farewell for the night, pleased to meet you Big Sally, always nice to welcome new faces that aren't windowlickers (Cheat Guru has left a damaging rep for newbies).
"I don't claim to be the best, but I'm the best at what I claim"
And Funky, shame on you for sleeping so early.
And the rest? I'll get lynched if I repeat the ones I find silly.
Ok, tis now 2am and sleep robs me of my usual defence of boorish male chauvinism and rubbish puns and innuendo so I will leave before anyone might discover anything serious from me.
I will bid these forums farewell for the night, pleased to meet you Big Sally, always nice to welcome new faces that aren't windowlickers (Cheat Guru has left a damaging rep for newbies).
"I don't claim to be the best, but I'm the best at what I claim"
And Funky, shame on you for sleeping so early.
Thanks for the explaination, I wasn't born BigSally, obviously I was teenySally at that point, but now I'm 'big n strong' mentally at least, I hope (that's why I'm up at 2am...) but I can see why people want to hide real names. Some are just not great are they?
What's the funniest/silliest or worst name you have heard?
What's the funniest/silliest or worst name you have heard?
Nah, these are the names that we wish we had been born with, that's why we choose them.
Captain Funk feels the funk, mine is easier to spell then "Idiot Man-Child" and the rest of the gang?
I'm too scared to ask.
Tony is his real name, that dude owns the company and you'll see him post a few times each day.
It's a friendly place, and you'll get to know the regs over time.
Captain Funk feels the funk, mine is easier to spell then "Idiot Man-Child" and the rest of the gang?
I'm too scared to ask.
Tony is his real name, that dude owns the company and you'll see him post a few times each day.
It's a friendly place, and you'll get to know the regs over time.
Yup.
I know that one.
Usually it's me and Captain Funk talking complete @rse in here and quoting Police Academy movies.
I know that one.
Usually it's me and Captain Funk talking complete @rse in here and quoting Police Academy movies.
Sshh...keep the stats quiet, you're lucky nobody comes in this thread.
These forums are filled with others not as adult and mature in mind as myself. We have been likened to "Silverback Gorillas stomping about".
As soon as someone gets a whiff of Estrogen in here, it turns into Beavis and Butthead.
And it should be pet name 1st, then mother maiden name
Other variations of mine are:
BJ Cook
Lady Cook
Bomber Cook
TC Cook
So far, Silky Cousins is the best I've heard, althoug k9 Roxanne is pretty close.
These forums are filled with others not as adult and mature in mind as myself. We have been likened to "Silverback Gorillas stomping about".
As soon as someone gets a whiff of Estrogen in here, it turns into Beavis and Butthead.
And it should be pet name 1st, then mother maiden name
Other variations of mine are:
BJ Cook
Lady Cook
Bomber Cook
TC Cook
So far, Silky Cousins is the best I've heard, althoug k9 Roxanne is pretty close.
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