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Re: Something not right about Captain Ahnee and the Dipwads?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 3 Nov 2000 22:44:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Sandlin writes:
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> > From: Steve Campbell <s.a.campbell@larc.nasa.gov>
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> > I may not like it but I'll go to the wall to defend your (and my) right to
> > show
> > it. I know where the "off" switch is, I know how to change the channel, I know
> > how
> > to not hit the "next" button.
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> <snip>
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> I really appreciate your view, Steve.
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> I resent the tendency to idiot-proof the world. I'm an adult, and I can
> judge for myself what is or is not offensive. I don't need my world
> pre-packaged in a child safe wrapper.
I *was* hanging back a bit.
There are some very very subtle issues here. Like I said in my original
post, I couldn't put my finger on what was bothering me exactly. And
Damraska summed it up nicely, it's satire of a meme, not a call for genocide
against a real thinking living creature.
That said, I guess I'm not sure I'm happy to be lumped into the "pro PC"
camp by you Mark, because I'm not PC in any way shape or form. And I'm not
too happy to be apparently charged with not being clear on how not to be
offended. (was that enough nots in one sentence? I found it naughtily knotty
to parse)
I know I don't have to look at stuff, thanks very much. But when someone
posts something and says in effect "look at this, isn't it neat?", by golly,
if I by chance don't happen to think it's neat, I'll darn well say so, and
you in turn can hit "next" too if you don't want to hear it. (else, what
you're asking for is uncritical adulation or silence... and that, frankly,
isn't what is needed here, this being .debate)
In this case, I'm not *sure* if it's neat or not. For once I'm not
completely certain I know all the answers, believe it or not.
I know it's *technically* neat. It's a tour de force of what can be done
with a tiny budget, graphic illustration software and a good imagination.
But as a piece which is claimed to be art/satire, I have to judge it on its
artistic merits too. (that's the way my process works) I can't decide if the
message is "important" enough to warrant the gore. Or if I agree with that
message, actually.
Please don't accuse me of being close minded if I happen not to agree that
it's appropriate for my kids, even if I can't put my finger on why, or if I
happen not to dislike JarJar, or Lucas and his marketing machine, or even
Timmy (well, we're speaking hypthetically here :-) ) as much as everyone
else does.
Because if you do that, you're being the close minded one, hmm?
THINK about what I'm saying before reacting, it's not cut and dried. Heck,
it's not even scored and squeegeed. If it was I would have said so, I have
no fear of asserting my opinion as fact when it suits me. :-)
++Lar
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