Lonewulf,
I think it would depend on how absurd the violence is and the context it is presented in. I used Hollywood as an example, but I think RPG’s could probably come under a similar taxation scheme. I’m not familiar with the comic books you mentioned. A college student's violent short story is unlikely to be marketed to a huge audience, or the content easily confused with socially acceptable behaviour.
Ah, so you would attempt to try to ruin my favorite RPG of all time,
Shadowrun, because it doesn't appeal to your tastes. And because you assume that the content will "easily be confused with socially acceptable behavior", even though you just admitted earlier that there was no definitive proof of such a thing. Go figure.
If your tax scheme ever actually occurred, I would encourage students from across the world to write the most violent stories that they can, and distribute them as much as they can to as many people as they can. It would be great! As for the comic, read up on
Penny Arcade.
They have plenty of articles in that website that tends to shoot down the ignorant points of people like you. And it's not actually run by the EEEEVIL "mass media"... yet millions of people read it every day.
Funny that, huh? Yet in your world, the only people that could possible spread entertainment are all rich, aren't they? You did, after all, claim that the rich people "controlled" the media.
I was particularly interested in one of your replies:
Many parents don’t seem to be particularly bothered about their children’s viewing or other pastimes. How do you propose to make parents accept this job?
I don't. And neither does the government.
You're essentially saying that you want to control people "FOR THE CHILDREN!"... notably, you want to control what they are exposed to, by trying to work out products that you don't like, which affects more than just children. You're essentially telling me what
I can't/shouldn't see, what
I can't/shouldn't read, and what
I can't/shouldn't play. In which case, I have nothing but contempt for you.
You don't like what I watch, what I read? Then don't read it, don't watch it. And if you want to pretend that you're doing it over some simple-minded moralistic philosophy based around the supposed "fact" that this fiction makes people violent... then you better have some definitive scientific evidence, and not just your rampant and inane speculation.
And even then, I draw a line at controlling the media to try to get everyone to act just like what you want to do. Because, see, I do believe that people should be able to watch, read, and expose themselves to whatever they wish. Period.
Self-righteous holier-than-thou people like you always talk about "THINKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN!", but you just want to arbitrarily control people. That's how it's always been.
BTW, you’re on your last chance. Be aggressive and rude to me again and I’ll stop responding to you until you calm down.
You act like that's actually a threat.
You really think that people care to listen to what you say so much that that's such a threat?
That's the funniest thing I've ever seen. Buddy, I don't like your company that much. In fact, I care for it not at all.
And by the way, "calm down"? What makes you think I'm not actually calm? I'm perfectly calm. I just talk to your kind like your kind deserves to be talked to. And that's certainly not with respect.
