What is more obscene?
We were watching TV recently and this clip was playing from the movie The People v Larry Flynt, yes they play things like that on regular TV in France, as part of a discussion about obscenity. Can you imagine such a a thing in the US, at least one not dominated by religious conservatives, an actual discussion about the various points of view regarding the matter?
I had forgotten about this clip, but I often think about the movie. Let 2008 be the year the war in Iraq became so obscene that no one could tolerate it anymore. I know for many of us that is already the case but as so many people seem to be against this war how is it possible everyone is not so disgusted and ready to demand of the next president an end?
Both are obscene. Pointless killing is no better than pornography nor is the opposite true.
Lust of any kind be it for flesh, or be it for blood is a sickness.
Did you consider the pictures showing in the clip to be pornographic? I thought they were sensual or erotic. Yes Larry Flynt was a porn king but the pictures in the clip were not exactly pornographic. I think that is the problem America has. Anything slightly related to sex is considered obscene and pornographic. It is bad to be sexy. I think that was the point, most people would see those images and consider them wrong or bad. Why?
Lust of any kind is a sickness? I disagree. Maybe you are talking about Lust as in the 7 deadly sins then according to religion they are a sickness but lust of any kind is a little extreme. I lust and I think I am not sick, I know that’s debatable.
The real question is why we seemingly tolerate war as a necessary evil but don’t tolerate anything related to sex.
The real tragedy is that not one American got the movie’s message, and probably never will.
Americans like to talk about Freedom of Speech but often don’t like to practice it.
“If the first ammendment will protect a scumbag like me, you can be sure it will protect someone like you”
Or some such thing he said in the movie as well.
I think many Americans like the idea of the first amendment but don’t think they will ever need to invoke it. It’s kind of like the privacy issue. I’ve got nothing to hide so what do I care if the government snoops around my Google account or my library account, as the argument goes.