I viewed "Starship Troopers" at a local theater a year or so ago. Something caught my eye as rather odd and prompted me to ask myself a
a question, consider: early on in the movie a government-run TV station
announced that a scheduled execution was to be publicly aired later (using
what appeared to be some sort of futuristic electric chair). Later in the movie the
station showed a cow placed in a room with a giant predatory bug, and the
feeding carnage was blotted from view.
My question is, what gives? It seems a society that values honorable
citizenhip over mere civilianship would have certainly developed a set
of moral values that would have precluded the possiblity of exposing
children from public executions; yet it doesn't, while simultaneously
putting forth the concern not to violate public sensibility by covering
up the slaughter of a lowly cow! Seems a little wacky to me. - AH
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Topic - Thoughts On "Starship Troopers" - AudioHead 13:56:37 09/05/99 (6)
- would you prefer present day hypocracy of ... - Mart 00:05:29 09/07/99 (0)
- you'ld better read the original book... - gnat 02:18:09 09/06/99 (0)
- Re: Thoughts On "Starship Troopers" - TAFKA Steve 17:35:27 09/05/99 (3)
- Re: Thoughts On "Starship Troopers" - Edp 14:19:13 09/10/99 (0)
- I don't get it ... - Mart 23:47:18 09/06/99 (1)
- "I'd buy that for a dollar!"--Robocop.(nt) - TAFKA Steve 04:40:23 09/07/99 (0)