Slip, one question: Is there a sense of a scary place if there are no humans to observe it?
On Sep 28, 5:03 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > I also see how the world is, something I keep saying elsewhere. If > things keep progressing in the way they are, it's going to be a really > scary place in the near future. > > On Sep 28, 4:48 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > “Is violence pushed on society like cigarettes and alcohol?” – SD > > > No. Violence can be analyzed in numerous ways. One quick observation > > though is that ‘society’ is imposed on violence. > > > “Should we continue to allow portrayals of violence on the screen > > because violence exists?” – SD > > > ‘We’ have no control over it Slip… Unless perhaps one just stops > > buying from the sponsors of corporate TV. Of course, at that point, we > > would have to re-implement the terrible item, ‘Public TV’…again….like > > many other countries do…and ‘we’ couldn’t afford the lobbyists to > > counter the corporate lobbyists that already exist. > > > “I don't understand why they are making movies and television series > > based on despicable characterization, it's almost like glorifying the > > behavior, setting up role models for dummies to identify with. We > > have lost our sense of abhorrence towards this behavior and are > > heading in the wrong direction as a society?” – SD > > > The ‘reasons’ again are many. Some are: they are cheap to make…sort of > > ‘reality TV’ stuff. Also, the more violent, the more the control > > groups watched and didn’t change the channel. So, such stuff clearly > > titillates ‘us’. > > > ‘We’, as a society have lost much of the Victorian patina that covered > > some more base appetites for a long time. My theory is that much of it > > started with “Dumb and Dumber” and similar arc types. Oh, and don’t > > forget anti-intellectualism. . . this even though such tendencies have > > always existed. See Plato. > > > “I'm not sure that we will ever be able to weed out the violent > > behavior that is inherent in our species.” – SD > > > Slip, it would take the use of a divine scalpel to ‘weed out’ said > > behavior, no? And, cynical as the view is, many people thrive on such > > behavior, from the corporate sponsors to the media to you tube to…say, > > the legal system, courts, police, privatized jails, Taser > > manufacturers, other munitions makers and salesmen, psychiatrists, > > doctors, undertakers, manufacturers of caskets etc. It is no accident > > that such behavior just IS. It will take an enormous jump in view of > > humanity for this to change. > > > “What do you see?” – SD > > > Slip, I see how the world is. > > > On Sep 28, 1:14 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/video_derrion_albert > > > > In the past it would seem, in some abstract way, understandable as > > > cultures had conflict in establishing rule or territorial > > > acquisitions. Today it is hard to understand in the context of a > > > civilized nation. I see in the video a primitive sort of behavior, > > > unwarranted and inexcusable. This is murder, violence at it's peak, > > > street violence not different than that of any jungle warfare. > > > I also see a tendency in youth of becoming numb to the concept of > > > violence as a result of years of exposure by various forms of what is > > > oddly enough called entertainment. > > > Is violence pushed on society like cigarettes and alcohol? Should we > > > continue to allow portrayals of violence on the screen because > > > violence exists? I don't understand why they are making movies and > > > television series based on despicable characterization, it's almost > > > like glorifying the behavior, setting up role models for dummies to > > > identify with. We have lost our sense of abhorrence towards this > > > behavior and are heading in the wrong direction as a society? > > > I'm not sure that we will ever be able to weed out the violent > > > behavior that is inherent in our species. > > > What do you see?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
