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Re: More LP S P A M : (was Re: Scary Survey results about the US First Amendment)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:01:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Duane Hess writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > > > "realities of life"? You think violence in movies and pornography represent
> > > > the "realities of life"? It looks like my life is duller than I thought.
> > >
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> > > Then I'm assuming that you've never had sex, or been in a fist-fight.
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> > Why?
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> I don't typically come down in complete agreement with Scott, but I must
> concur with him on this point. Does anyone of full mental capacity actually
> think that any film is a true representation of life? The entire process,
> from the formulation of the idea to the rolling of the credits in the
> theater, is fully synthesized and orchestrated to be a representation of an
> aesthetic sensibility. Even a documentary is a caricature of its subject,
> rather than the subject itself.
> To infer something about Scott's sex life or pugilistic history on the
> basis that he rejects films as an objective account of the "realities of
> life" is nonsensical (and, I hasten to add, Postmodernist drivel!)
Thanks! Dave!
Scott A
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> Dave!
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