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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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Lol! Is it the pet first or the maiden name? You play strange games Mr Goatboy! But yeah thanks, BigSally isn't really reflecting my size - I'm 5ft 6 and weigh (no chance! I'd never say!) but I'm not fat, jus' people call me Big Sal! As a name for a porn star? I don't think, maybe HornySally would be appropriate!?
Ok porn name game....(!?!?)
K9 Roxanne
(My dog's called K9 - very original) (Mum's maiden name is Roxanne)
Sounds good!!
Simple things, featuring BJ Cook, two silky cousins and staring K9 Roxanne!
Ok porn name game....(!?!?)
K9 Roxanne
(My dog's called K9 - very original) (Mum's maiden name is Roxanne)
Sounds good!!
Simple things, featuring BJ Cook, two silky cousins and staring K9 Roxanne!
Yep.
Me and Captain Funk, occasionally Your Honour pops in, but me and Funky are The Daddies of DVD, Movies, TV and Music.
Not proud of it, but there you go.
And now you.
Big Sally...*shakes head* considering the porno thread, I have to say that is a perfect porno name, like Dusty Rhodes, Rebecca Wild or other (obviously fictional) porn star names.
Do the Porn name game:
Your mother's maiden name and the name of any pet you've owned = Porn Name
Mine - BJ Cook
Mates - Silky Cousins
Me and Captain Funk, occasionally Your Honour pops in, but me and Funky are The Daddies of DVD, Movies, TV and Music.
Not proud of it, but there you go.
And now you.
Big Sally...*shakes head* considering the porno thread, I have to say that is a perfect porno name, like Dusty Rhodes, Rebecca Wild or other (obviously fictional) porn star names.
Do the Porn name game:
Your mother's maiden name and the name of any pet you've owned = Porn Name
Mine - BJ Cook
Mates - Silky Cousins
Books with pencil drawings of a man with a beard on most of the pages.
I read lots, hence the need for glasses.
Read too much and you'll go blind.
Ahem
I read lots, hence the need for glasses.
Read too much and you'll go blind.
Ahem
Er..I, like, dont watch pornos or anything.
This is all based on information gathered from..er..books or something.
Yes, that's right.
Books.
This is all based on information gathered from..er..books or something.
Yes, that's right.
Books.
SilentNoise wrote:
am i making sense?
Pretty much, I understand your point.
Bill Hicks summed it up perfectly with:
"What business is it of yours what I read, do, see, hear, think or take into my body as long as I do not harm another living being on the planet? And for those of you having a little moral dilemna on how to answer that, I'll tell you...NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS"
am i making sense?
Pretty much, I understand your point.
Bill Hicks summed it up perfectly with:
"What business is it of yours what I read, do, see, hear, think or take into my body as long as I do not harm another living being on the planet? And for those of you having a little moral dilemna on how to answer that, I'll tell you...NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS"
the whole "sex is bad" thing comes from society being governed by the morals that are laid out in religion and the whole ideal that sex is "bad" and isnt something to be discussed, let alone presented on screen for all to see.
whereas violence is seen in one way as "ok" to show, yet it is condemned when some sort of disaster happens (especially something like kids being violent towards each other supposesdly because a movie or tv show influenced them)
excessive violence on screen can have an effect on people, but only if they're in an "unstable" state where anything could affect them, and this is something that a lot of people seem to forget.
it can actually be very therapeutic to watch a bunch of people get shot on screen (no really) especially if you're stressed out with lots of people.
ok so now you think im weird.
on the subject of sex, ok so parents may not want their kids exposed to it on screen, and thats fair enough, but it should be up to the parents to monitor it themselves.
am i making sense?
whereas violence is seen in one way as "ok" to show, yet it is condemned when some sort of disaster happens (especially something like kids being violent towards each other supposesdly because a movie or tv show influenced them)
excessive violence on screen can have an effect on people, but only if they're in an "unstable" state where anything could affect them, and this is something that a lot of people seem to forget.
it can actually be very therapeutic to watch a bunch of people get shot on screen (no really) especially if you're stressed out with lots of people.
ok so now you think im weird.
on the subject of sex, ok so parents may not want their kids exposed to it on screen, and thats fair enough, but it should be up to the parents to monitor it themselves.
am i making sense?
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