I think I see differantly form you there Slip! Can it be said that portrayals of good morality as seen on any amount of TV programes with a moral message to convey, has induced in mankind a good morality?
I do not think so. So why imagine that portrayals of bad morality from the same source has any effect either? On 28 Sep, 21:14, 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? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
