roundtable: Re: SEN. ROBERT DOLE, SPEAKI

roundtable: Re: SEN. ROBERT DOLE, SPEAKI

Re: SEN. ROBERT DOLE, SPEAKI

SHelly Warwick (WASBB@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU)
Fri, 09 Jun 95 12:11:08 EDT 

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Date:         Fri, 09 Jun 95 12:11:08 EDT
From: SHelly Warwick <WASBB@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: SEN. ROBERT DOLE, SPEAKI
To: roundtable@cni.org
In-Reply-To:  Message of Fri, 9 Jun 1995 09:45:06 -0400 from <jack@his.com>


I found it interesting that Dole specifically remarked on "Natural
Born Killers" -- a film which takes as its theme the role of the 
media in transforming criinals into stars, and in making heros of
senseless killer.  The film clearly holds the media responsible
for glorifying violence and those who perform unsocial acts.   This
points to the danger of censorship, for in the process of "protecting"
citizens from violent and sexual works we would lose not only those 
with little (if any) artistic content, but  also those with brilliant 
social commentary.  Now I realize that Dole and other probably think 
that any violence or sex in any media is socially unacceptable, and 
that artistic merit is not an issue.  In that case I refer them to 
the Bible, Shakespeare, Euripides, Aristophanes, Fielding. . . .not 
to mention the Ramayanana and Grimm's Fairy Tales.

I'm not suggesting there are easy solutions - but certainly not 
funding any art because some art may be offensive to some seems like 
(pardon the expression) overkill.

Shelly Warwick
wasbb@cunyvm.cuny.edu

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