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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-11 05:25 PM
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13. My favorite movie ever!!!!
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  -Can you believe they let children buy this? Ohio Joe  Jun-28-11 05:11 PM   #0 
  - A Clockwork Orange can lead to wearing false eyelashes and Beethoven.  onehandle   Jun-28-11 05:13 PM   #1 
  - If you have cable tv and the Chiller channel, kids can watch things  Rex   Jun-28-11 05:13 PM   #2 
  - crying/pleadeing, about to explode from the alien inside them women  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 05:15 PM   #3 
  - Well hell! Didn't know that, kill em all and let God sort it out!  Rex   Jun-28-11 05:17 PM   #4 
     - Perhaps you would rather ban them?  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 05:23 PM   #9 
        - No, I would think a rational adult would find a way to keep their youngins  Rex   Jun-28-11 05:24 PM   #11 
  - Ever READ 'A Clockwork Orange?  REP   Jun-28-11 05:18 PM   #5 
  - I wasn't really referring to the game...ever watch cable tv channel Chiller?  Rex   Jun-28-11 05:25 PM   #12 
     - Yes. And I've read and understood Burgess's book; perhaps you did not  REP   Jun-28-11 05:28 PM   #19 
        - Perhaps, maybe you are talking about something of no relevance.  Rex   Jun-28-11 05:29 PM   #24 
  - What's worse than ruining Singing in the Rain...  WCGreen   Jun-28-11 08:39 PM   #84 
  - there's an actual story and commentary in A Clockwork Orange. And reading it involves using ones  KittyWampus   Jun-28-11 05:19 PM   #6 
  - So that negates the murder, rape and torture  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 05:21 PM   #8 
     - They serve a larger purpose in the story and lead the reader to THINK about violence in society.  KittyWampus   Jun-28-11 05:26 PM   #16 
        - So that makes them ok?  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 05:30 PM   #26 
        - The violence in video games is the artist commentary on violence in society, that dog doesn't hunt.  Exultant Democracy   Jun-28-11 06:18 PM   #49 
        - LOL! sure it is. And you read Hustler for the articles, right?  KittyWampus   Jun-28-11 06:20 PM   #52 
           - Sorry but my statement is is a truism, any depiction of violence by and artist is by definition  Exultant Democracy   Jun-28-11 06:29 PM   #55 
        - Kubrick does an excellent job of making you think the same thing  Goblinmonger   Jun-28-11 07:12 PM   #67 
  - Change "A Clockwork Orange" to "The Bible" ... and it still works.  JoePhilly   Jun-28-11 05:21 PM   #7 
  - Pretty much. Consider the story of the Levite's Concubine (Judges 19) - far worse than DNF  REP   Jun-28-11 05:26 PM   #17 
  - jesus, I saw that as a kid  Maine-ah   Jun-28-11 05:23 PM   #10 
  - Yeah same here...and of course you and I grew up to be serial killers...  Rex   Jun-28-11 05:26 PM   #14 
     - There is a vast difference between reading a book and habitually playing a video game.  KittyWampus   Jun-28-11 05:29 PM   #22 
        - Just any book?  Rex   Jun-28-11 05:31 PM   #27 
        - So what am I doing  JonLP24   Jun-28-11 05:32 PM   #29 
        - Be the change you want to see in the world- Ghandi. Don't want violence? Then don't engage in it.  KittyWampus   Jun-28-11 05:57 PM   #41 
           - I don't think that answers my question  JonLP24   Jun-28-11 06:04 PM   #43 
              - Your subconscious does not distinguish between fiction and real life. That is a fact.  KittyWampus   Jun-28-11 06:09 PM   #45 
                 - I'm sorry that is hard to swallow  JonLP24   Jun-28-11 06:19 PM   #50 
                    - If we lived near one another, I'd suggest a game of softball. Wouldn't that be great!  KittyWampus   Jun-28-11 06:21 PM   #53 
                       - That does sound great  JonLP24   Jun-28-11 06:30 PM   #56 
        - "reading" "habitually"  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 05:36 PM   #31 
           - Reading A Clockwork Orange once vs. habitually playing a video game.  KittyWampus   Jun-28-11 06:04 PM   #42 
              - So...  JonLP24   Jun-28-11 06:09 PM   #44 
              - Your dogs need to fear people who act on the energy you help multiply  KittyWampus   Jun-28-11 06:15 PM   #48 
                 - You can also say the moon is made of cheese  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 06:31 PM   #57 
              - Then why do we not have an epidemic of violence?  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 06:14 PM   #46 
                 - because violence manifests in other ways  JonLP24   Jun-28-11 06:15 PM   #47 
                 - I am sorry that you can't see the violence in society and the world. You apparently only think  KittyWampus   Jun-28-11 06:19 PM   #51 
                    - Why do you keep framing it that way?  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 06:27 PM   #54 
                    - The  JonLP24   Jun-28-11 07:08 PM   #64 
  - My favorite movie ever!!!!  Quantess   Jun-28-11 05:25 PM   #13 
  - K&R  JonLP24   Jun-28-11 05:26 PM   #15 
  - RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!  Drale   Jun-28-11 05:26 PM   #18 
  - This is a sarcastic OP, or.....?  Quantess   Jun-28-11 05:28 PM   #20 
  - Can you explain why one medium is ok and another is not?  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 05:32 PM   #28 
     - Crap, I'm lost.  Quantess   Jun-28-11 05:43 PM   #35 
        - Sorry  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 05:47 PM   #37 
           - Thanks for clarifying. I'm not particularly concerned with this topic, in general, but  Quantess   Jun-28-11 05:54 PM   #40 
  - Altough some may argue that the Bible has led to untold suffering...  Kaleva   Jun-28-11 05:28 PM   #21 
  - You know Alex reaps what he had sown in that story, unlike video games  Motown_Johnny   Jun-28-11 05:29 PM   #23 
  - Rape is not part of the game  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 05:34 PM   #30 
  - I have issue with the under aged simulating those acts  Motown_Johnny   Jun-28-11 08:03 PM   #74 
     - Non-sense  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 08:46 PM   #87 
  - If you're talking about Duke  JonLP24   Jun-28-11 05:39 PM   #33 
  - omg  Liberal_in_LA   Jun-28-11 05:30 PM   #25 
  - if it is a shrug of the shoulders, why do we monitor our children at all ohio joe?  seabeyond   Jun-28-11 05:37 PM   #32 
  - No, not at all what I am suggesting  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 05:42 PM   #34 
     - i monitor and discuss with kids. i think it is the parents job, too. yet, often the suggestion is  seabeyond   Jun-28-11 05:46 PM   #36 
     - If parents don't monitor and get involved in their child(s) life  Rex   Jun-28-11 05:51 PM   #38 
     - agreed. told very young niece when preg. lots of parenting styles, i wont say anything  seabeyond   Jun-28-11 07:02 PM   #61 
     - Well fuck me, and my wife for not obsessing over our three  CBGLuthier   Jun-28-11 07:19 PM   #71 
        - I didn't say obsess over your kids.  Rex   Jun-28-11 10:55 PM   #94 
     - Most studies indicate it does not  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 05:53 PM   #39 
        - it can be an effect of numbing to sensitivity, lack of empathy. i am not going ot gauge  seabeyond   Jun-28-11 07:04 PM   #62 
        - Well...  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 07:13 PM   #68 
           - i agree only to a point. when children were very young and watched something inappropriate  seabeyond   Jun-28-11 07:15 PM   #70 
              - By the time a kid is 14 or 15 they should understand what a game is  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 08:11 PM   #76 
                 - by 4 or 5 a kid gets a game. and who said we should disregard what our children read  seabeyond   Jun-28-11 08:42 PM   #85 
        - Do you have a link to the survey that you have done, or that  jtuck004   Jun-28-11 07:14 PM   #69 
           - Like many things  JonLP24   Jun-28-11 07:51 PM   #72 
           - Sure  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 08:05 PM   #75 
              - Psychological studies invariably find a positive relationship between violent  jtuck004   Jun-28-11 09:25 PM   #89 
                 - they use the same argument with rape....  seabeyond   Jun-28-11 09:32 PM   #90 
                 - In the upper left hand corner you can get the actual study  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 09:45 PM   #91 
                    - I had downloaded it, and it does provide more detail as to  jtuck004   Jun-28-11 09:51 PM   #92 
     - I don't think it is okay to sell mature books and movies to my child. And I'd be fucking  Luminous Animal   Jun-28-11 06:59 PM   #60 
        - Well then...  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 08:12 PM   #77 
  - It should be a crime to sell objectionable video games!  zappaman   Jun-28-11 06:35 PM   #58 
  - Did you eat 100 bananas thinking you'd get an extra life?  JonLP24   Jun-28-11 06:41 PM   #59 
  - "crime to sell objectionable video games!". has ANYONE suggested this?  seabeyond   Jun-28-11 07:06 PM   #63 
     - Yes, that's what the SCOTUS decision was. CA made it a crime to sell to minors.  PeaceNikki   Jun-28-11 07:10 PM   #65 
        - then the poster i addressed should clarify.... to minors. nt  seabeyond   Jun-28-11 07:11 PM   #66 
  - Video games are interactive.  moondust   Jun-28-11 08:00 PM   #73 
  - I think you underestimate the power of books and movies  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 08:13 PM   #78 
  - But the kid is still not an active participant in a book or movie.  moondust   Jun-28-11 08:31 PM   #79 
     - Non-sense  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 08:38 PM   #83 
        - It's different.  moondust   Jun-28-11 08:43 PM   #86 
           - You need to read some better books - nt  Ohio Joe   Jun-28-11 09:05 PM   #88 
  - Alright. This has gone on long enough.  Shandris   Jun-28-11 08:32 PM   #80 
     - What an arrogant post.  moondust   Jun-28-11 08:36 PM   #81 
        - It's arrogant to point out that most people are complaining about something that doesn't exist?  Shandris   Jun-28-11 08:37 PM   #82 
        - ahhh did the truth hurt  zappaman   Jun-29-11 05:58 PM   #97 
  - I like that flick...  and-justice-for-all   Jun-28-11 09:56 PM   #93 
  - Every genre of media has to go through this. Even Dungeons & Dragons went through this. nt  ZombieHorde   Jun-29-11 04:42 PM   #95 
  - I read the book when I was 16  hifiguy   Jun-29-11 04:50 PM   #96 
 

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