Viki said:
I'm not OK with the seeming premise that there is anyone who "deserves" to be tortured and killed (and, yes, I know many would disagree), no matter how heinous their crimes. That seems to be the way we're suppossed to be OK with this guy - at least enough to watch it. But that doesn't do it for me.
YES!!!!
I hunt some and DH and some of the DS's hunt
a lot. And ya know, even with an animal you know you are going to eat later on, with great relish and lip-smacking enjoyment (as opposed to a HUMAN BEING -- no matter how depraved -- fer pitysakes!), you feel an obligation to only take a "good" shot because a "bad" shot can cause such pain and suffering. And God(dess) knows, there's NO shortage of those two karmic commodities floatin' around in this world!
Viki said:
...Apparently he was already damaged before his foster family took him in (he can't even remember anything before), but they then proceeded to understand and accept him so thoroughly just as he was (serial killer tendencies and all)
YES AGAIN!!!!!!
And a question I would ask the creative folks that came up with the concept of "Dexter" is: Does this contribute a
new element to our "culture" of de-sensitization to violence? Does this damage young people more than other TV shows, video games, etc.? Again, I go back to hunting -- because it's the only frame of reference I have for killing something. There is very little overlap with death as it is shown on TV -- clean, quick, and all ambiguities neatly resolved within an hour segment. Under the best large game hunting circumstances:
1.) You search for the animal or wait, hidden at a site where you have evidence that he has been in the past (sometimes for days -- in either case).
2.) You wait for a do-able shot.
3.) You shoot 'em.
4.) If you're lucky, he goes down after one or two shots.
5.) You hike over to check.
6.) If he's not dead, you shoot 'em again. You may get some on you.
7.) You take a picture.
Woo-Hoo! ...Then, the work begins.
8.) You skin 'em.
9.) You gut 'em.
10.) You quarter 'em.
11.) You haul 'em out.
12.) You butcher it yourself or you haul it to the game processor.
It's TIME consuming. It's HARD work. It's GROSS. It STINKS. And it's DIRTY. And that greasy blood-smell
sticks to you -- after showering, sometimes even a day or so later.
Killing something (or by extrapolation -- somebody) is not easy and there's no changing the channel.
With disaffected kids blowing away their principals and milk-truck drivers murdering little Amish girls, do I want to watch a show that shows the "Up" side of sociopathic serial killers -- I'm thinkin' probably not. At the same time, would I support censorship of this material? Despite what I find to be a disturbing topic -- potentially subject to facile misrepresentaion, No, I do not.
Thank heavens, I think the train I was ridin' on just made made a U-turn. Am VERY interested in other people's opinion.
, I feel soooo ALONE!!! I mean it's not even getting any time on the Community Board!
