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Rant - Ban All Films (Bird Box)
7 years ago
I remember back in the 90s and 00s when people were trying to ban games. The supposed logic was that people would play GTA, Manhunt, or Mortal Kombat and that would turn people into killers. In the 10s they tried to argue that playing Dead or Alive Xtreme or Senran Kagura would turn you into a rapist. And just recently we've seen crackdowns on "alt-right" sites and Pepe memes. None of them ever proved any harm. They FELT that these MIGHT cause someone to MAYBE do something.
I say all of this because of Bird Box. A popular film on Netflix about people wearing blind folds. I've not seen the film my self, but it has resulted in people copying the film by doing things like walking down train tracks blindfolded or driving down the motorway blindfolded. This has had the obvious outcome. Death and injury.
So why hasn't the film been banned?
To be clear, I don't think it should be banned, but I was a kid I remember a Tango advert where a fat orange man ran around (the footage was sped up) and gave a double slap to a man. Kids started to copy this double slap and the advert was banned.
Now we have this is a film that, directly or indirectly, is telling people to drive around blindfolded and people are dumb enough to do it. Personally, I'd make any damage or harm caused by people doing this challenge to be paid for by the person doing the challenge. I'd also make it carry an attempted murder charge because that's what it is when you decide to drive on the motorway blind folded. I'm tempted to make any crimes against them null and void, but that could easily be exploited.
But my point is that these people are a danger to themselves and everyone around them, and I think it's bullshit that everyone else has to pay the price because some brain dead idiot wants to be "like Sandra Bullock off the tele".
Now, maybe I'm playing into the media's hands here. Part of me thinks this is media paranoia like "rainbow parties", or that these stories are fake as part of some viral PR campaign. In that case, jokes on me I guess.
But if people really are this dumb, maybe they should start with the challenge where they jump off a cliff ...blindfloded if course.
I say all of this because of Bird Box. A popular film on Netflix about people wearing blind folds. I've not seen the film my self, but it has resulted in people copying the film by doing things like walking down train tracks blindfolded or driving down the motorway blindfolded. This has had the obvious outcome. Death and injury.
So why hasn't the film been banned?
To be clear, I don't think it should be banned, but I was a kid I remember a Tango advert where a fat orange man ran around (the footage was sped up) and gave a double slap to a man. Kids started to copy this double slap and the advert was banned.
Now we have this is a film that, directly or indirectly, is telling people to drive around blindfolded and people are dumb enough to do it. Personally, I'd make any damage or harm caused by people doing this challenge to be paid for by the person doing the challenge. I'd also make it carry an attempted murder charge because that's what it is when you decide to drive on the motorway blind folded. I'm tempted to make any crimes against them null and void, but that could easily be exploited.
But my point is that these people are a danger to themselves and everyone around them, and I think it's bullshit that everyone else has to pay the price because some brain dead idiot wants to be "like Sandra Bullock off the tele".
Now, maybe I'm playing into the media's hands here. Part of me thinks this is media paranoia like "rainbow parties", or that these stories are fake as part of some viral PR campaign. In that case, jokes on me I guess.
But if people really are this dumb, maybe they should start with the challenge where they jump off a cliff ...blindfloded if course.
Isinia
~isinia
Sadly for the people who have common sense, such as us, are doomed to suffer having to put up in seeing and hearing other people's stupidity. Unfortunately it is a sad truth. Now I'm not bashing any religion here but when you take a bible, is still out there and parents are still teaching it to kids thinking its a book of morals even though it has violence, sex, and death. Now why not ban this? I'm not saying to ban it of course but it still contains what every other book, game, tv show, movie, etc,. has. I'm starting to believe its just nature trying to curve humanity by giving them stupid brains and make them do stupid things. This could go on forever so I'm stopping here.
