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Mar 8, 2024 9:03 PM
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shivernsnake
Not condoning the family murders but the plot point was to make the cartel boss feel the same way as he did when his family were murdered, if only briefly. Does seeing the deaths make it worse than knowing the overriding reason for his need for revenge?
ElRigs83
I thought the whole point of how senseless the war on drugs and the violence it fosters is
Escapist83
No more than the "video games make you violent" trope.
jaxomdad
This right here. A movie is not going to magically justify homicide to mentally stable people. Mentally unstable people will be triggered eventually without care and help. People need help, not censorship.
Da3n
I have to wonder why advertisers spend billions and billions on TV and movie ads, but some people are able to convince themselves that you can sell everything from penis pills to automobiles but somehow NOT sell violence. An entire genre of TV developed around selling laundry soap, but selling violence is magically impossible.
Learn to recognize bad science.
jaxomdad
I have no illusion as to violence as a genre being sold. Of course, it is. I am just saying that movies are not the root cause of violence and are often used as a scapegoat to avoid harder topics. Violent movies and games are relatively new, violence as a whole is as old as humanity itself. Violence is also no more prevalent than before, it is merely easier to track.
Da3n
Bless you for having a rational viewpoint. Violence is far rarer now than at any point in history. The concept of a life where you didn't regularly fight in wars would be unfathomable to the residents of ancient Athens. The idea of adults who had never killed anyone or seen death on the battlefield is purely a luxury of the times that we don't tend to appreciate. The way we teach each generation about violence does matter.
grosscol
Selling a behavior that someone wasn't going to do anyway has always been tough. E.g. better physical and mental health to buckling seatbelts or not texting and driving all have had ad and PR campaigns.
Da3n
You left off the words "wildly successful" in your description of those as campaigns.
https://aef.com/classroom-resources/social-responsibility/ad-council-campaigns-made-difference/seat-belt-education/
grosscol
The ticket part of the "click it or ticket" campaign was more than just a PSA