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Originally posted by ratbastid
One thing we deserve to be shocked about is that a cane-wielding, codpieced rapist is any more acceptable now than it was then.
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It isn't more acceptable... we just don't seem to be able to recognize it when we see it...
I think the author's point that what we see are "simulacra: They are representations of which there is no original" is quite true.
In a world full of simulacra it becomes impossible to understand what you are seeing (hearing, exeperiencing if you will). Meaning is forever altered into meaninglessness...
As a result we are not fully capable of reading what is being shown to us. The precense of Black Hawk heliocopters is seen as cool. Period. No one questions their presence and that they are symbols of violence and warfare.
A man simulates a sexual assault on a woman and all we can talk about is the fact that a boob was seen on TV and not that there was a disturbing quality to the delivery of that boob.
What are people really reacting to? As Lebell points out... boobs and sex are everywhere. Women's bodies and the sex they represent are used to sell us things all the time. Why is this different? Was it because it was on CBS during prime time? I'm not sure that is the answer.
It feels like there is something else happening here.
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]Originally posted by ARTelevision
P.S. I also do want to create some good will among those who think we're full of it for appearing puritanical...
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I agree... hell anyone who reads my posts will see that I am far from puritanical.