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- From: 4224_5201@uwovax.uwo.ca (John LaRocque)
- Subject: Re: Virginie's TV violence petition
- Organization: University of Western Ont, London
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 02:39:26 GMT
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- In article <By0w44.6xp@DMI.USherb.CA>, paien00@DMI.USherb.CA (Nick) writes:
-
- >>Yeah, there are "weirdos" everywhere and TV caused all of them to go and rape
- >>and kill, right? That's like Hitler blaming Jews for Germany's economic woes!
- >>(ou Duplessis et les communistes!)
- >
- > No but just if it would be to save ten or one it would worth it! You
- > could live without A-Team or Wile E Coyte and there's is probably many
- > shows that are not on the air beause they're judged too violent! Are
- > you upset by them??? No because you don't know they exist... it would
- > be the same...
-
- Unfortunately, that is what the lawyers and politicians and lobbyists want
- people to believe. They know that people care about real problems and they
- go and propose bad ways of relieiving them (witness the Charlottetown
- Accord, RIP). As someone said, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
-
- > So if we have some problems we should not be able to solve some
- > others???
-
- While we're at it, let's stop inventing scapegoats for our problems (like
- my beloved TV)
-
- > But anyways... I mean and you know it there's nothing that will change
- > for a long time... The Governement will not do anything anyways. So
- > you'Re going to be able to watch whatever you want and the weirdos who
- > REALLY get upset by the TV will continue doing what they do...
-
- If the politicians do anything, the courts will probably strike it down
- anyways.
-
- Oh... and the Weirdos, the only reason TV affects them in such a big way
- is because all of them are locked up in prison and have nothing else to do
- except watch TV (no wonder they have trouble coping with life when they
- come out).
-
- > Nick
- > - Ce n'est pas parce qu'une rumeur ne tient
- > pas debout... qu'elle ne peut courir !
-
- --
-
- John P. LaRocque
- vader@uwo.ca
- University of Western Ontario
- London, Ontario
-
-
- "Urk..urk..."
- "Apologies accepted, Captian Nida", Darth Vader
-