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Re: Why is cockfighting bad?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:23:18 GMT
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > > Most everyone I know want to see the cool weapons, the cool
> > > starfighters, the cool battles, and the cool bad guys. How is this not
> > > entertainment based upon the suffering of others?
> > Certainly a part of the entertainment value can be described as being based
> > on the suffering of some, but you're aware that Star Wars is fiction, right?
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> What the--?! No one told me that before! Do you have proof? I demand
> proof! ;-)
Don't you believe it. He probably want's you to give up on the tooth fairy
too.
> obofftopicposit: If violence is shown with more negative results, then it
> would serve a more useful function (as a deterrent) within entertainment,
> rather than just be glorified eye candy.
I agree with this lots and lots.
Chris
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| (...) What the--?! No one told me that before! Do you have proof? I demand proof! ;-) (...) Well, I concede that cockfighting as a real-life event is much worse than Star Wars as a fictional story. However, the original debate was comparing Pokemon (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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