Now it's been on TV & all sorts, and yes it's tame.
Come on! A Clockwork Orange is one of my favorite movies. I've read the book twice as well, but to say it's tame is an absolute lie, unless you consider rape, murder, graphic violence and gratuitous drug use to be kid stuff. Just because Hollywood etc. has desensitized you to the point that you consider these things tame, does not mean that they actually are.
Even when viewed through a contemporary lens, the portrayal of the banality of extreme antisocial behavior is disturbing, and scenes such as the beating of the bum or the attempted rape of a young girl in a theater by Billyboy's gang are still very graphic. The movie got an X rating in 1971 and would still get an R today, and rightly so. This is not a movie for children or those lacking maturity. It is in no way "tame", not even by today's standards.
I know you're trying to bolster this knee-jerk reaction to the concept that banning anything is an overreaction, but mischaracterizing an extremely violent movie as "tame" does not lend credence to your point of view...and if you truly do consider this film to be innocuous, then you have bigger problems with which to contend than the banning of a video game in Oz.
Isn't it ironic how your attitude tends to mirror that of Alex? Maybe you need the Ludovico treatment. XD
As for going to hell, we all know there's no such place as heaven or hell. You don't seriously believe that nonsense do you?
Yes, of course I do. Truth does not cease to be truth merely because you wish it to be falsehood, and all the bloviating and animadverting you wish to publicly display will not change that.
Now if you will excuse me, I am off to EAT THE FLESH OF GOD AND DRINK HIS BLOOD.
This is hate-filled, vitriolic flamebait, pure and simple. I know you were trying to be funny, but you failed. It's interesting how those secular humanists who sing the hue and cry of tolerance are always at the ready to mock Christians in the most nasty (and juvenile) way possible. The truth has a way of bringing out that type of behavior in those who have turned their backs upon it.
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If having a modicum of taste and demanding that humor contain more that random sophomoric observations punctuated by a proliferation of off color language constitutes being, "stuck up", the yes - by your definition.
Not by a long shot. I got over giggling at copious profanity in high school. It's amazing to me that what used to be deemed juvenile humor is now considered the pinnacle of intelligent satire.
Here's to MIT's lofty standards. I imagine Kevin Smith is up next on the agenda.
It's hard to be specific when "a programmer" could write in a number of languages. Regardless, just about anything from O'Reilly is well worth the shelf space. I still have my original copy of "The Whole Internet"!
Honestly, you people think working for Google is like playtime and that no one would ever have problems there. I felt the same way about working at McDonalds when I was 8.
Any successful business is just that...a business, and all the adolescent fantasies of corporate ski trips and pool tables in the break room aside, work has to be done. A job at Google is not a panacea for the workaday blues. I'm sure it's a very nice and creative environment, but I remember a lot of dot-com companies that sneered at traditional business practices, opting instead for lavish salaries, non-standard work hours, jacuzzis in every office, and multi-million dollar IPO parties. We all know where they are now...how much is that theGlobe.com stock worth now?
Not to say that Google is such a company. They obviously have their heads on straight, but don't kid yourself into thinking that no one in his right mind would ever want to leave, because Google ain't perfect.
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Now it's been on TV & all sorts, and yes it's tame.
Come on! A Clockwork Orange is one of my favorite movies. I've read the book twice as well, but to say it's tame is an absolute lie, unless you consider rape, murder, graphic violence and gratuitous drug use to be kid stuff. Just because Hollywood etc. has desensitized you to the point that you consider these things tame, does not mean that they actually are.
Even when viewed through a contemporary lens, the portrayal of the banality of extreme antisocial behavior is disturbing, and scenes such as the beating of the bum or the attempted rape of a young girl in a theater by Billyboy's gang are still very graphic. The movie got an X rating in 1971 and would still get an R today, and rightly so. This is not a movie for children or those lacking maturity. It is in no way "tame", not even by today's standards.
I know you're trying to bolster this knee-jerk reaction to the concept that banning anything is an overreaction, but mischaracterizing an extremely violent movie as "tame" does not lend credence to your point of view...and if you truly do consider this film to be innocuous, then you have bigger problems with which to contend than the banning of a video game in Oz.
Isn't it ironic how your attitude tends to mirror that of Alex? Maybe you need the Ludovico treatment. XD
As for going to hell, we all know there's no such place as heaven or hell. You don't seriously believe that nonsense do you?
Yes, of course I do. Truth does not cease to be truth merely because you wish it to be falsehood, and all the bloviating and animadverting you wish to publicly display will not change that.
Now if you will excuse me, I am off to EAT THE FLESH OF GOD AND DRINK HIS BLOOD.
This is hate-filled, vitriolic flamebait, pure and simple. I know you were trying to be funny, but you failed. It's interesting how those secular humanists who sing the hue and cry of tolerance are always at the ready to mock Christians in the most nasty (and juvenile) way possible. The truth has a way of bringing out that type of behavior in those who have turned their backs upon it.
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If having a modicum of taste and demanding that humor contain more that random sophomoric observations punctuated by a proliferation of off color language constitutes being, "stuck up", the yes - by your definition.
Not by a long shot. I got over giggling at copious profanity in high school. It's amazing to me that what used to be deemed juvenile humor is now considered the pinnacle of intelligent satire. Here's to MIT's lofty standards. I imagine Kevin Smith is up next on the agenda.
It's hard to be specific when "a programmer" could write in a number of languages. Regardless, just about anything from O'Reilly is well worth the shelf space. I still have my original copy of "The Whole Internet"!
Any successful business is just that...a business, and all the adolescent fantasies of corporate ski trips and pool tables in the break room aside, work has to be done. A job at Google is not a panacea for the workaday blues. I'm sure it's a very nice and creative environment, but I remember a lot of dot-com companies that sneered at traditional business practices, opting instead for lavish salaries, non-standard work hours, jacuzzis in every office, and multi-million dollar IPO parties. We all know where they are now...how much is that theGlobe.com stock worth now?
Not to say that Google is such a company. They obviously have their heads on straight, but don't kid yourself into thinking that no one in his right mind would ever want to leave, because Google ain't perfect.