On 29 Sep, 01:03, 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.
>
Yes, it will be. But, if we take on board certain facts and
instill them in our children through education, perhaps the 3rd or 4th
generation from now will be able to reap the rewards of 'right
view'. But, as long as people keep their heads in the sand and
refuse to accept certain truths, then the outcome is devestation
wiithout redemption. Luckily, and I have my faith to thank for that,
I don't see that latter occurring, as we've been told (through various
revelations) that there WILL be a time of peace (with humans still
alive). SO, what I see coming is, truly, a war to end all wars; after
which, everyone will know God and will act godly. But the path
towards that needs to be laid (which is what I'm hoping to do with my
book), THEN, we stand a decent chance.
> 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 -
>
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