Dude the "the there is no line" argument is just false.
If enough people found it funny would torture on stage be acceptable?
I cannot conceive that you think it would. That is a line. A pretty low level line. But a line nevertheless.
What about less intense physical harm? Slapstick where the unwitting member of the audience ends up with an intended black eye for the amusement of others for example? Is that acceptable?
If your "line" is verbal abuse only is acceptable then - fair enough.
But that is still a line and you are still drawing it. No?
I think what he is saying, and I agree, is that this line you speak of is subjective. Who decides exactly where the line begins and ends?, is I think what he means.
Having been on the earth for more than a few years, most everyone on the forum understands social graces and social taboo's to some degree, even if we don't think we consciously do.
Some comics go overboard
in my opinion, but I'm unclear on what exactly you'd like to see done to enforce said arbitrary line.
Isn't the FCC enough bureaucratic nonsense to fill a room with a steaming pile of excrement, as if bleeping out the word "fuck" is really morally better than just letting it ride? It's not like you're tricking anyone. We all know what the word was, so why ruin a perfectly good movie? It's functionally useless, and what a terrible waste of taxes.
Edited by Hyroglyphx, : No reason given.
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