tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138570918413841323.post333829701852614996..comments2024-02-23T03:29:54.261-05:00Comments on The Unreligious Right: Whining About Cartoon TortureUNRRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093711439992855042noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138570918413841323.post-30607318983143510852010-01-01T01:26:56.291-05:002010-01-01T01:26:56.291-05:00I missed the part where 24 is not fictional... the...I missed the part where 24 is not fictional... the fact of this Clone Wars episode being fictional is immaterial.<br /><br />If the torture in the episode was innocuous enough to pass as PG (think of how innocuous sex has to be to pass as PG) then yes this author was overreacting. Though not idiotically so--it's a fair question to raise.Gherald Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018224925808657621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138570918413841323.post-85586144763699466252009-12-29T06:29:42.410-05:002009-12-29T06:29:42.410-05:00" However, given the system we have, the ques..." However, given the system we have, the question of whether 24-style torture is appropriate for TV-PG has an obvious answer: No."<br /><br />I haven't seen 24, but from what I've read, it has some pretty intense scenes. My son is a huge Star Wars fan, and I've actually seen the Clone Wars episode in question. It's not even remotely in the same category as a drama that depicts realistic-seeming scenes of torture.<br /><br />"I went and read the piece in its entirety just to confirm that nothing there rises anywhere near the level of idiocy of this sentence."<br /><br />Yeah, my little joke is more idiotic than the ravings of someone worried about the depictions of a fictional cartoon character using the fictional force to torture a fictional cartoon alien. Ok, I'm convinced.UNRRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17093711439992855042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138570918413841323.post-35200836469984919432009-12-28T22:41:46.745-05:002009-12-28T22:41:46.745-05:00I'm oppose to such public content ratings on l...I'm oppose to such public content ratings on libertarian grounds and don't think the FCC should have any say in this. However, <i>given the system we have</i>, the question of whether 24-style torture is appropriate for TV-PG has an obvious answer: No.<br /><br />> <i>Hopefully the writers will see this article and add in more torture scenes, just to make this idiot squirm and whine further.</i><br /><br />I went and read the piece in its entirety just to confirm that nothing there rises anywhere near the level of idiocy of this sentence.Gherald Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018224925808657621noreply@blogger.com