tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post5644426252634995199..comments2024-03-28T16:46:50.706+00:00Comments on The Moose: Video nasties - The easy targetBuckohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-77549895015188581242012-04-03T15:57:36.502+01:002012-04-03T15:57:36.502+01:00"Amok originated from the Malay word mengamuk...<i>"Amok originated from the Malay word mengamuk,[4] which roughly defined means “to make a furious and desperate charge” much like the ancient Norse berserker warriors practiced before going into battle.[5] According to Malay culture, amok was rooted in a deep spiritual belief. They believed that amok was caused by the hantu belian,[6] which was an evil tiger spirit that entered one’s body and caused the heinous act. As a result of the belief, those in Malaysian culture tolerated amok and dealt with the after effects with no ill will towards the assailant.[7]"</i><br /><br />Ha! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_amok" rel="nofollow">Stupid Malays</a> blaming it on an evil tiger spirit when we all know it's from watching Corrie.Kevin Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-14572922697006826632012-04-03T12:11:50.882+01:002012-04-03T12:11:50.882+01:00Shakespeare wrote a nasty play, Titus Andronicus. ...Shakespeare wrote a nasty play, Titus Andronicus. I wonder if anyone ever wanted to ban that.Michael Fowkehttp://moneyistheway.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-67698937089148749872012-04-03T10:18:29.242+01:002012-04-03T10:18:29.242+01:00I did read about this one in the online press and ...I did read about this one in the online press and noted two things:<br /><br />a) the lad does not appear to be particlarly bright<br /><br />b) and he is probably mentally ill.<br /><br />Perhaps his mother didn't know how to cope or didn't want to know, because after all a child can do no wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-14728304031462437202012-04-03T10:16:20.254+01:002012-04-03T10:16:20.254+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-68372331186981814302012-04-03T08:27:35.593+01:002012-04-03T08:27:35.593+01:00Thanks Julia, feels like that :-)
Well predicted,...Thanks Julia, feels like that :-)<br /><br />Well predicted, got it in one.<br />Good job by the social worker too. Looks like the blame is going to land squarely on the telly though, closely followed by the film, Saw.<br /><br />The Daily Mail are already calling him the Coronation St Killer. The quote from ITV in your post is also mentioned in the DM today - "TV companies were 'forced to defend' pre watershed storylines".<br /><br />We've gone from Chuckie 3, a video nasty in the true sense of the word, to a crappy soap opera being blamed for murders.<br /><br />It won't be long before Peppa Pig... Oh, wait....Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-59599284917943843772012-04-03T07:12:54.641+01:002012-04-03T07:12:54.641+01:00The people who are rushing to blame the TV soaps a...The people who are rushing to blame the TV soaps and video nasties are merely trying to deflect blame from <a href="http://thylacosmilus.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/as-serial-killer-obsessions-go.html" rel="nofollow">where it more properly lies</a>.<br /><br />I have an update cued up for today now he's been named, and my suspicions were correct. Will link.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-64924443968838270632012-04-03T07:10:49.924+01:002012-04-03T07:10:49.924+01:00Welcome back! It's like you'd never been a...Welcome back! It's like you'd never been away, isn't it? ;)JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-35764215636776247742012-04-02T21:33:14.591+01:002012-04-02T21:33:14.591+01:00Thanks Macheath!
I've never watched any of th...Thanks Macheath!<br /><br />I've never watched any of the Chucky films but I did watch Saw. It took away 2 hours of my life that I'm never going to get back and I never bothered with any of the sequels. I don't mind violence in context but I can't be doing with gore just for the sake of it.<br /><br />If I had children I wouldn't let them watch such a film. I would never call for them to be banned though, and blaming them for something like this is very simplistic and misses many deeper points.Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-28167588140622630072012-04-02T20:58:37.055+01:002012-04-02T20:58:37.055+01:00Welcome back!
As you say, there is nothing new ab...Welcome back!<br /><br />As you say, there is nothing new about this sort of crime; what makes it stand out these days as something worth recording is the comparative rarity of violent and brutal assault compared to, say, ancient Rome or medieval Europe.<br /><br />I can't say I like the idea of Saw and its ilk - and I certainly wouldn't have them in the house - but you are right that to blame them exclusively is a gross over-simplification of the situation.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.com