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Subject:	Re: More LP S P A M : (was Re: Scary Survey results about the US First Amendment)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:12:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes: > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Duane Hess writes: > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes: > > > > Then I'm assuming that you've never had sex, or been in a fist-fight. > > > > > > Why? > > > > Pornography is just a graphical depiction of sex. Sex happens in real life. > > > It does yes. But not as it is depicted in pornography. What is your basis to the claim that acts depicted in pornography are different than those done in real life behind closed doors? > > > Violence happens in real life to varying degrees. Get threatened with a > > crow-bar, or get maced sometime. I feel that both are pretty violent and > > they have both happened to me. > > You must be mixing with the wrong people. The crow-bar incident stemmed from my attempt to help a woman in a neighboring apartment who was being abused. The abuser, didn't like my involvement. The macing incident resulted from my inability to back down from a confrontation. The crowd I was associating with had nothing to do with it. > Violence in the movies is not the > same as in real life. How so? What is different? > Perhaps the US's fascination with gun culture would be > lessened if the movies depicted the full horror of what they can do - rather > than depict the usual band-aid type wounds. Does this mean that you feel that violence should not be censored? It seems like you are suggesting that movie violence (gun violence in particular) actually be made *more* graphic to communicate more effectively the damage resulting from a gunshot wound. > > Scott A -Duane

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		Re: More LP S P A M : (was Re: Scary Survey results about the US First Amendment)
(...) This is a family forum. Like I said before, it may just be that I am a prude. (...) Just what war torn coutry do you live in? (...) Not more violent, but more realistic. There is a clear distinction between the two. Movies have the stylised (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: More LP S P A M : (was Re: Scary Survey results about the US First Amendment)
(...) For one thing, after the filming of Xena's beheading, Lucy Lawless appeared on Leno. In real life people do not typically hit the talk show circuit after they're decapitated (though admittedly it's sometimes hard to tell the difference). As (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: More LP S P A M : (was Re: Scary Survey results about the US First Amendment)
(...) It does yes. But not as it is depicted in pornography. (...) You must be mixing with the wrong people. Violence in the movies is not the same as in real life. Perhaps the US's fascination with gun culture would be lessened if the movies (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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