What should or shouldn’t be shown on TV?

[David]

[think positive]

if they want to clear the airways like that, then they also need to remove all the fictional movies, telemovies and serials that glorify rape, and or child sex abuse. far too many are more titillating than horrifying.

[David]

Or, alternatively, we could treat viewers as adults (as the vast majority of consumers of these kinds of programs are) and not try to crack down too strongly on what can be shown (and how).

[think positive]

Or, alternatively, we could treat viewers as adults (as the vast majority of consumers of these kinds of programs are) and not try to crack down too strongly on what can be shown (and how).

Oh I agree, but then we have to accept that there will be a certain amount of crime committed by those “adults” who get it so wrong. And that’s fine- unless you are or know the victim.

Do we really need to see rape shown in a way that is not a true representation of the horror that the reality is? I mean I know I can’t talk, I love a good shoot em up bang bang bad boy movie, but then I’m never going to want to pick up a gun.

[K]

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Do we really need to see rape shown in a way that is not a true representation of the horror that the reality is? ...

Do we really need to see rape shown in any way, whether realistic or unrealistic, on TV?
Isn't it possible that it is causing harm? (There are endless arguments about whether the depiction of violence, whether realistic or unrealistic, increases violence.)

[David]

[think positive]

its not me im worried about, my mind is not twisted, its the morons and evil dudes that should have been put down at ejaculation that worry me. And i cant control what they choose to watch.

and also note i didnt say dont show it, i said dont glamorise it. big difference.

[David]

[think positive]

[K]

[K]

^ Here it is:

Boys, porn and the NRL sex videos: our pathetic race to manhood

https://www.smh.com.au/national/boys-po ... 512dj.html

Jack claims

"Obviously there’s a distinction between videos involving actors in the adult film industry, who are paid to perform, and women who are filmed without their knowledge and against their will, often in violent or demeaning sexual acts. But there’s a certain commonality in the young boys staring at the phone screens concealed in their pencil cases during fifth-period English and the elite athletes who send these videos to their friends to affirm their place in the male hierarchy."

[David]

[K]

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As I’ve argued several times on here in the past, there’s a big difference between what is, say, available to buy on DVD if a viewer wishes, and, say, what is plastered on a billboard for everyone to see whether they like it or not. ....

But if this can "tip people over the edge", those who might be tipped over the edge are not going to be filtered out by it being DVD-purchase-only.

[David]

[K]

I think it's up to the makers of those extremely violent (or whatever) movies, etc., to show they do no harm, not up to society to show there must be harm. It's not as if this is a wildly improbable worry. Nor does making movies more and more violent improve their artistic qualities.