Quote Originally Posted by oddler View Post
Quote Originally Posted by lovehurts View Post
A society isnt born messed up. Every thing has its cause or causes. The media is or can be responsible for many changes. Look at rap music for crying out loud with its gangster crap.
OK, now we're just getting way off topic.

People have a right to enjoy/create/spit at/puke on/praise rap music. Rap music in that sentence can also be substituted with almost any other word or phrase, by the way. We (most of us, anyway) are free to choose whatever we want to do with ourselves in any way, shape, or form. One, alone, controls one's actions.

If the media wants to advertise poo on a stick, then it can. If that's what the people want, then that's what they're going to broadcast.

Here's something to think about: Why do you think drugs are bad?

It inst off topic. I gave clear examples of how the media has warped society. Gansta or home boy or any damn thing that was originated from the media.

HEll you dont even know. I am studdying film in college . A film called "birth of a nation" mulitplied the KKK by twice its originall size this is well known. It influenced people to crazy amounts to do so.This is all related to the topic at hand. The media this film and any other media effects society. Pooping on a stick if it was aa style or fad it might just work. Heaven knows that 100's of fads and styles were media originated. Look at james bond or star trek and look at all the inventions inspired from the media. Look at ealry rappers and see how they have influenced our ghetto boys and "gansters" as rap and as themselves would be known as.

Look at music , some famous murders or killers even blame lyrics in music for there horrors. BLAH BLAH BLAH I could go on.....


You would be blind or death or dumb any of your choice to not acknowledge a steady influence that the media casts on our youth as well to even an older and more mature public.

I could give you examples of it all day long.

The fact is that advertising drugs something that is close to home and easy to get, soemthing that could hurt people in a movie is wrong. Especially when most people seeing it will be teens , who are easily driven by there peers regardless of how you personally bond with yours or how you defend yourself in this argument. Peer pressure is a big issue in society and drugs are everywhere in the us as a major on going problem. The influence of films is larger than you think it is. Even in a physchologicall prespective of the sub conscious and blah...I rather not get into it.

This is how I feel and if you think Im being unfair I could say the same about you. This is my opinion and I dont ask that you agree with me but I still say that drugs avertised in a trailer for an action film is wrong.


I dont understand why you dont get this. Peer pressure would surely be greater if films were advertising it as cool....its common sense people....