People in positions of power are, mostly, socio-or-psycho-paths? Wow!

Posted by tinear (A) on September 20, 2021 at 07:59:15

In Reply to: Your comment about the general armed forces and their need for. . . posted by Chris from Lafayette on September 19, 2021 at 11:26:12:

You sure won't get that in the MSM. I know you must have lots of non-MSM reported studies to have made such an astonishing claim.

I didn't think the clientele of "Westworld" were those in positions of power? Perhaps bourgeoisie or even blue-collar that had saved up? After all, the truly powerful don't need to go to a fantasy palace, they do this stuff (Epstein and his "clients") in the real world.

As far as conditioning: folks that go to "Westworld" know what they're in for, they're already interested in rape and ultra-violence: is this an accurate portrayal?

Gratuitous is the many-multiple repetition of, for instance, the shooting massacre in the town street with the dozens of bodies. Unnecessarily graphic are the many scenes wherein knives are used to maim, dismember, disembowel, etc. We'll have to disagree on this point as far as the repetitive nature. And what of the continuous showing of the bots being carved up or their remains shown prominently? What is the object? Sensationalism. Do you really think a viewer will come away more pacifistic from viewing ultra-violence or will it further deaden him to it? You seem to agree with the latter since you say it has to be increased. If "shaking us out of" worked, "Saving Private Ryan," one of the most graphic depictions (without gratuitousness/repetitiveness) of war, ever, would have had an impact. It quite obviously didn't.

And Dolores was a bot, programmed to be passive and not to harm a human. Not much, I'd say, to be deduced from her behavior, i.e. compared to a human being's far greater complexity.

By the way, the "reveries" basic plot smacked so very much of the HAL cognitive dissonance story that Clarke's estate should have been paid...

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Topic - "Westworld:" entertaining, sometimes brilliant, but - tinear 07:52:03 09/18/21 (18)

feminist racists propaganda - mbnx01 09:05:39 09/21/21 (4)

AVOID Gunpowder Milkshake at all costs... - musetap 22:13:45 09/25/21 (0)

RE: feminist racists propaganda - RGA 01:38:56 09/22/21 (2)

+1. nt - tinear 07:44:10 09/25/21 (0)

Thanks - Mossback 14:35:39 09/22/21 (0)

Maybe it wasn't for you... - tunenut 18:42:48 09/20/21 (0)

Did you watch to whole thing (i.e., to where they are now)? - Chris from Lafayette 11:58:00 09/18/21 (11)

The oft stated/implied message: average people want this, - tinear 09:56:11 09/19/21 (8)

Your comment about the general armed forces and their need for. . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:26:12 09/19/21 (7)

People in positions of power are, mostly, socio-or-psycho-paths? Wow! - tinear 07:59:15 09/20/21 (0)

People in positions of power are, mostly, socio-or-psychopaths? Wow! - tinear 07:57:36 09/20/21 (5)

Wow indeed! - Chris from Lafayette 11:06:42 09/20/21 (4)

Gratuitous violence, endlessly repeated. Very deep, Chris. - tinear 07:18:05 09/22/21 (3)

Yeah - it must seem that way when you lack the capacity. . . - Chris from Lafayette 14:59:51 09/22/21 (2)

Try discussing without puerile insults. Gratuitous violence: do you q - tinear 15:27:31 09/22/21 (1)

C'mon, tin - I KNOW you can do it if you wish real hard! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 20:06:12 09/22/21 (0)

I enjoyed season 1 but - Jon L 14:46:04 09/18/21 (1)

Each season has been WAY different from its preceding season - Chris from Lafayette 01:00:59 09/19/21 (0)

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People in positions of power are, mostly, socio-or-psycho-paths? Wow! - tinear 07:59:15 09/20/21 (0)

People in positions of power are, mostly, socio-or-psycho-paths? Wow!

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