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Thread #105155   Message #2162063
Posted By: John MacKenzie
02-Oct-07 - 12:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: Language/violence in films
Subject: RE: BS: Language/violence in films
It's the fact that violence, and sometimes extreme graphic violence, is regarded as entertainment that horrifies me.
Just what is entertaining about watching people killed, maimed, and tortured.
It is no wonder that the whole of society is more violent these days, when such behaviour is everyday fare for many.
It is not permitted to physically punish children, so the only physical pain many of them encounter is on the screen of their TV or PS2, in a second hand fashion.
Surely if someone uses physical violence on another person it is apposite to punish them in a like manner.
I'm an atheist, but I do believe the bible got it right when it said "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth"

Giok