RE: media violence

From: Steve Drew (srdrew_1@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Apr 17 2002 - 20:02:24 BST

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Hi Scott

> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 18:40:03 -0400
> From: "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: media violence
>
> My dispute isn't necessarily with whether media can have adverse effects of
> people's behavior, but if so, *what* should be done about it. If media
> violence can lead to actual individual acts of violence does this mean that
> legislation needs to be adopted to rid ourselves of the dangers of media
> violence? I say no. I'm not against rating motion pictures and having
> certain TV shows (like "South Park") aired at times when chances are lowered
> that children will see these types of entertainment. I'm OK with reasonable
> standards. I draw the line somewhere and I'm afraid of the "thought police"
> running rampant and using published studies as a bully pulpit for
> unprecedented legislation impacting the media. I wasn't a big fan of the
> PMRC (Tipper Gore et al) campaign and I was a bit concerned about some of
> the rhetoric coming from the types who are coming after the media, whether
> they be religious conservatives or neo-liberals. I thought the whole 2Live
> Crew debacle a total circus at the time, which ended up acomplishing little
> more than free publicity for Luther Campbell.
>
> Movies could have deleterious impacts on individuals. Wasn't it the "Taxi
> Driver" that led *inadvertantly* to Reagan getting an assassination attempt
> made upon him? People can get carried away with movies. I like the
> "Terminator" flix, but hope nobody takes them too seriously and develops a
> Sarah or John Connor complex, thinking they've gotta save the world from
> computers before they become self-aware.
>
> Even sans violence or other bad impacts like that, I've known people who
> have gotten way too wrapped up on big movies like "Star Wars" back when I
> was a kid. Nothing worse than having lunch boxes, T-shirts, action figures
> and all the assorted items associated with the movie and watching it more
> than a dozen times before it finished its first run in the theaters. I've
> known folks that have gotten way into "Star Trek" too. I wonder if anyone
> has tried to pass off Klingon as knowing a second language ;-)
>
> I do take some offense to the obligatory hybridization of blockbuster films
> and fast food merchandising, but that's just my pet peeve.

I can agree with this.

Regards

Steve

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