Re: Media and Violence

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 24 2002 - 14:15:06 BST

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    On 04/23/02 18:48, Steve Drew said this-

    >Rome did the same if I recall.

    Rome, like other civilizations, was not desensitized to their spectacles
    of violence and death, they _wanted_ to see just that. The audience was a
    living and enjoying entity in these pageants of blood.

    The bull fight is a pale imitation.

    The appetites of the human species are strong, and should never be
    discounted.

    - Wade

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