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- From: robinson@mdivax1.uucp (Jim Robinson)
- Subject: Re: Virginie's TV violence petition
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.174736.2104@mdivax1.uucp>
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- Reply-To: robinson@mdd.comm.mot.com (Jim Robinson)
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 17:48:04 GMT
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- Denis Beauregard (beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca) wrote:
- >In article <1992Nov19.185703.1@uwovax.uwo.ca> 4224_5201@uwovax.uwo.ca (John LaRocque) writes:
- >>
- >>No, you have not read this correctly at all. Lance et Compte did not cause
- >>the rape of women any more than the A-Team or Wile E Coyte is responsible for
- >>the death of Virginie's sister.
- >
- >I think the point (and you missed it), violence on TV is present enough
- >to show to children that violence is "natural", like the sky is blue
- >or the sun is hot or people are (usually married).
-
- I would agree with Denis, and I don't see a problem with restricting
- violent TV shows to certain hours (e.g. after 10pm). I consider it quite
- ludicrous that nudity on TV is a no-no, while murder is A-OK.
-
- On the other hand, when direct broadcast satellite comes into its own,
- doesn't all this become moot as there would be no way to regulate what the
- public watches?
-
- >I think one major point is that TV present violence in a way that
- >there is no hurt associated to it. See the Road Runner show. The
- >coyote is continuously victim, but is still alive. This is not correct.
- >If you fall a 1000 feet hole, you are dead. If the road runner show
- >was using different coyotes (i.e. with variable colors or some wearings),
- >then the child would understand that when you're died, it is final
- >and you won;t survive at the next episod. But, violence is shown as
- >of no physical effect, just for the action or for the special effect
- >(like in Terminator II).
-
- Here I am not so sure. Cartoons are almost by definition fantasy. Surely
- even children realize this. After all, how many talking, upright walking, 6
- foot bunnies have they run into other than on TV.
- --
- Jim Robinson
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