Snacko
Level: Smiter
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Registered: 06-08-2006
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Re: Movies (+2)
I do not believe there would be any merit in such a task, nor any artistic value or worthy perspective.
You seem to believe you have made a point, or at least that you have given the appearance of one, but are ignoring that my argument has long ago gone beyond the realm of fantasy and into the realm of perspective. I do not believe pretending to rape a child wouldin any way further my quest to better myself, as it presents neither artistic value nor does it offer a perspective on any relevant objective reality. I have thought much and I have considered much on what could drive someone to rape, and indeed have come to the conclusion that it is so deeply ingrained in the West's collective psyche that it may never be eradicated. Such an obvious, stereotypical depiction of the act would in no way benefit me where all action in its eradication would be focused on the idea of the male's sexual dominance. Even consentual sex is often described in violent terms ("[screw] her brains out"), and rape is often not even recognized when it happens, as it has become the norm. Just because someone doesn't say "no" they don't necessarily mean "yes".
I believe a more appropriate question would be, "Snacko, would you read On the Jews and Their Lies by Martin Luther?" and the answer would be yes, and I have. It highlights a very interesting, very contradictory prejudice in the world's most popular Abrahamic religion and indeed plants the seeds for the European Holocaust, an event that is as sickening to study as it is necessary to comprehend. It is an event that is borne of the fear of the different, of the need for power, and of pure mob mentality, always present, simply needing an enemy.
*spoilers*
Inglorious Basterds shows the Nazi Hive Mind in a new light, and indeed the film is very much a mirror, and glorifies the acts of violence against the Germans (both Nazis and non-Nazis) to such a point that we do not notice that Aldo Raine carving swastikas into the foreheads of Nazi survivors is so similar to the common act of carving a Shield of David into a rabbi's chest before his execution, until we are presented with a far more familiar parallel: the Nazi high command is burned alive, as are many Germans, both soldiers and innocents, and when we find ourselves taking an almost pornographic interest in the events, does that not prove that we are the same as the man who convinced himself that he was in the right as he was careful to only kill children who he reasoned would die anyway, if only due to the fact that his partner had killed the mother moments before?
*end spoilers*
As your question involved fiction (which I have already addressed), I am not sure if you know what I meant by refferring to "illegitimate mulatto children, weapons of mass destruction and death panels". These are all lies told by the recent neoconservative parties to further their own ends, though I don't believe most understand the purpose of the last one. The first was fabricated by Carl Rove, who during the 2000 Republican primary spread rumors that John McCain had fathered an illegitimate mulatto child. The next, weapons of mass destruction, also from the Bush administration, was another lie, this time that the US government had evidence that Iraq was stockpiling so-called "weapons of mass destruction", which was not only not true, but the weapons themselves turned out not to exist at all. The final, death panels, is a statement used often by health insurance companies, who would lose money should the government provide socialized health care (I hesitate to use the term, as people believe that a socialized is somehow in opposition to the American's Oligarchal concept of Democracy, despite the fact that one is predicated on equality while Capitalism requires financial inequality). They have stated that Barrack Obama's health care plan involves euthanization for the sick and eldery, which is a lie of course, but considering that the very mobs whipped into a frenzy by the term often choose the meetings created to clarify the plan to disrupt, it is not a surprise that the misconception is so common. One person even thought that the plan involved the government tampering with MediCare, something he was opposed, which I find absolutely delightful considering that MediCare is a government program.
People don't believe these things because it is the only information available. Indeed, most sources discount them as the lies they are, but people are so set in their ways that they will not only take the lier as the one source of truth, despite lacking any and all evidence, but will tirelessly promote the lie. It is the movement towards non-linear entertainment and information that has created a need for instant gratification, and many will take what they hear as the truth simply because they do not wish to clarify it.
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