Posts by BenWilson
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But given that it was set in Occupied France not Germany, we were unlikely to encounter Germans who were not Nazis and/or in the German Army.
Yeah but not everyone in the German army was a Nazi. Not all of them deserved to have their brains bashed in with baseball bats as part of a torture aimed at extracting counter-intelligence from others who then have Swastikas carved into their foreheads. And even if they did deserve it, it should not have been done, and would have only served to increase the atrocities that the Germans were already doing. The idea that it would actually scare and unnerve the Germans was just ridiculous. On the contrary it would have made them more vicious, exactly is it did do on the Russian front.
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I believe this to be a form of domestic emotional abuse (the unexplained withdrawing of fatherly love), one that will have lasting effects (not least of all, potentially, upon the daughters' own sexual experiences), and not the sort that gets reported. So, when I read of domestic abuse decreasing when porn is around, I am suspicious of the statistics because they never tell the whole story. Statistics are funny like that.
Is it the porn's fault? Not exclusively, of course not. But is the porn culpable? Absolutely.
It's a tricky one. Would he perhaps have felt exactly the same way without the porn? Who can know? If his preferences are toward teen girls then they are/were probably in his fantasies already.
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And Gemma, thanks for your post. I found a lot to agree with in there. Keep it up.
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Oh but I agree Watchmen was even more unrewatchable. At least 300 put out on the ridiculous gratuitous violence.
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Interestingly my reasons for disliking Inglor-whatever are similar to Craig's for hating 300. I found the anti-German message very hard to stomach, probably through long association with Germans, who are just people. It hid behind "anti-Nazi", but there was not one single German character in it who was not a Nazi. Which was clearly meant to make it OK to commit revolting atrocities against them.
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I recall you mentioning you enjoyed 'Inglourious Basterds', though, and I have wondered why '300' made you uncomfortable, but 'Inglourious Basterds' didn't.
You probably need to see "Meet the Spartans" to get it.
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Offers a different perspective. Allows time for productivity that's not counted in GDP- of thoughts, arts, crafts, gardening, families and community work.
I get what you're saying here, but the people I do know who are long term unemployed don't really seem to have as much spare time as most of the full-timers. Poverty is incredibly stressful and time consuming, because every dollar is a battle. Every purchase needs to be carefully considered. Every random downturn is a disaster - a flat tire on a car can cost you days. You need to travel miles to get good prices on things. You try to fix things that really should be replaced. People assume your time is valueless so they help themselves to it. Stink things happen like utility disconnection, and fines for things you couldn't afford to keep up to date, which take time to sort out.
But yes, they can get to take care of a lot of things that are neglected by people who work for money.
Wouldn't downplay the risks of inter-generational dependency and the way poverty can eat away self-esteem and general well-being. People who want paid work should be helped to find it.
Definitely. And the impoverished need not be so damned poor that they can't afford to seek work.
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I suggest you watch it, Ben. It isn't going to do you irreparable psychic damage.
But what if I'm one of those 99% of the population who does have their perceptions molded passively by things they see? Odds are....
There is the wider question of censorship here as well, there is the question of internet filtering particularly and that is part of your expertise is it not
My expertise is about how to filter, not why to. On that, I'm from the school that there actually aren't any experts.
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Some good news in amongst the doom. Can-this-Brain-Eating-Zombie-get-more-fans-than-Roger-Douglas in Facebook is only a few fans away now.
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I'm still in this bind. Watching it is against the best advice of 100% of people on this thread. And yet here you all are discussing it... I guess I have to opt out of that too, if I am to follow the advice people are giving. Kind of a pity, it sounds like an interesting debate...
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