PoiuyWired Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Repost from my own stuff from another thread for ease of following. >>It is always interesting to see that why sexy things would be a taboo on so many levels that it is almost to the point of stupidity, and while, really, it does minimal harm to the grand scheme of things. Well, is it THAT bad really? >>Well, I am not going to talk about the general acceptance of violance and war, since it is just too obvious as it is THE popular heroic theme to anything major in our civilizations from art to literature to sport to roleplay to childplay to cultured games to religion to national anthems...and that it is impossable to convince kids that it is something wrong effectively when they open up some supposedly good book and see how heros run around killing random people and rip off their forskins just to get his ticket to marry a cute girl... something that makes games like GTA look like a friendly teaparty. >>Granted, I am still going to enjoy virtual slaughtering of everykind lots more than virtual sexy stuff, pr0nz not withstanding. My point being, violence is something that is often idealized and glorified. Many many national heros involove in acts of war, and actions of destroying your enemies are taught at a young age just cause of your history lessons, religious lessons and what not. That ranges from things like bible stories, important national history, chess playing, historic inventors, artworks, etc... Sure you would say war is bad, but you also tell them kids that sometimes violence is necessary. All in all we silently accept the existance of violence from a really young age. Now sex, how many national heros are glorified for their sex acts. How many nobel prices are awarded for designers of intimacy aids? I am not saying that we should have a "pr0nstar of the year" award for Times magazine cover, but I do think that the world would be a much more simple place if people would understand that intimate actions is NOT supposed to be some weird Taboo... and whatever you go "eewwww" about there are probably lots who think its a yummy idea and what not. I am not saying we should all show off what we did in the bedroom (or whatever place you enjoy it at) but at least don't make it something untouchable. Its all good if someone don't want to talk about their privacy, but you really don't need to crusade on people who like to be open about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I have a real simple rule about graphical sex and violence in the media. If you would want your parents to show it to you before you believed the story, then it is necessary to the story. Yse I tend to include the graphical bits in there as well. You don't need to see the guts spilling out on the ground to know that something has happened. If you have to show it, you have done a poor job as a story teller. We didn't need to see the woman's guts spilling out to know she died. We didn't need to see the the knife plunging repeatedly into the woman to know what happened. We could tell when the dark liquid swirled around the drain mixing with the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ-W4 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 You don't need to see the guts spilling out on the ground to know that something has happened. If you have to show it, you have done a poor job as a story teller. We didn't need to see the woman's guts spilling out to know she died. We didn't need to see the the knife plunging repeatedly into the woman to know what happened. We could tell when the dark liquid swirled around the drain mixing with the water.QFT & QED: see any old, highly acclaimed film noir. [They didn't even use to show wounds. A shot rang out, somebody dropped, everyone got the picture] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk102 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I have a real simple rule about graphical sex and violence in the media. If you would want your parents to show it to you before you believed the story, then it is necessary to the story. That's an interesting way to look at it. If the movie adhered to that, I suppose that would make it a movie that your parents would want to show you. I could enjoy movies like that from time to time, but sometimes I'd like to see a movie my buddy wants to show me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoiuyWired Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 That's an interesting way to look at it. If the movie adhered to that, I suppose that would make it a movie that your parents would want to show you. I could enjoy movies like that from time to time, but sometimes I'd like to see a movie my buddy wants to show me too. QFFE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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