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What's with all the violence against children?

posted 12 years ago by Ultimex_Varptuner
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For the most part, I dug this film. Sure, it's tone is exceptionally nasty - heightened by the grainy, lurid 80's look, but the burning kids thing really p***ed me off.

Sure, I've been slagged elsewhere on this site for making similar complaints against another film and for not recognising it as, seriously, 'transgressive art'.

But really, phuc that.

Entertainment, even violent entertainment, should have moral certain boundaries respected in order to safeguard against densensitising the audience. In my opinion having a laugh at burning up a bunch of innocent children is over that line.

'You punched me in the boob! Prepare to die, obviously!'

[–] [deleted] 6 months ago

It was just stupid. Any parents would go berserk if some lunatic kills their children. Instead, they just start to hunt some random hobos. They already has guns, why not massacre the bad guy who's actually bragging with child killings?