Censorship?!
Wed, 5 Sept 2001, 02:11 amGambler29 posts in thread
Censorship?!
Wed, 5 Sept 2001, 02:11 amPersonally I am 110% against censorship. If people don't want to see nudity, hear swearing etc then they should just not attend the shows/watch the tv programs/buy the music that contains the stuff they don't want to see/hear. Classifications are fine but why should we be forced to accept the censorship that is forced into our faces[rhetorical question]? Society should grow up and stop sheltering everybody. any comments?...
PS. Dont' think I'm an arse for saying these things if you are for censorship, just tell me your opinions please.
Jason
PS. Dont' think I'm an arse for saying these things if you are for censorship, just tell me your opinions please.
Jason
RE: Censorship?!
Wed, 5 Sept 2001, 08:16 amMaking something illegal because of it's content is kind of the meaning of censorship.
I'm all for censorship. Sexually explicit content is almost based on a dominance/submissive dichotomy. Guess where women, children and the generally unempowered fit into that one?
Trawl through the net and type words like "Kiddie", "Neo-Nazi" and "Rape" into the search engine and then tell me you are 110% against all forms of censorship. Society need to draw lines in the sand or subversive, overly simplified notions that prey on peoples feeling of helpless and hopelessness and their need to feel strong in any way they can creep in and become acceptable. We already have our sexual behavious dictated to us by media and porn. Men @!#$, women are @!#$.
That having been said. I don't think I've ever seen anything on stage that I objected to. It depends on the portrayal. Personally I think the Eminem song "Stan" is a masterpeice, a cry in the wind against violence and hoplessness. It is supposed to be shocking so that people say "Oh how awful, I'm going to make sure never get to that point in my life, and no-one I love does either."
However, as soon as these things stop being shocking, as soon as we can watch a war on TV without blinking an eye, we've gone too far.
I'm all for censorship. Sexually explicit content is almost based on a dominance/submissive dichotomy. Guess where women, children and the generally unempowered fit into that one?
Trawl through the net and type words like "Kiddie", "Neo-Nazi" and "Rape" into the search engine and then tell me you are 110% against all forms of censorship. Society need to draw lines in the sand or subversive, overly simplified notions that prey on peoples feeling of helpless and hopelessness and their need to feel strong in any way they can creep in and become acceptable. We already have our sexual behavious dictated to us by media and porn. Men @!#$, women are @!#$.
That having been said. I don't think I've ever seen anything on stage that I objected to. It depends on the portrayal. Personally I think the Eminem song "Stan" is a masterpeice, a cry in the wind against violence and hoplessness. It is supposed to be shocking so that people say "Oh how awful, I'm going to make sure never get to that point in my life, and no-one I love does either."
However, as soon as these things stop being shocking, as soon as we can watch a war on TV without blinking an eye, we've gone too far.
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