HIS SUIT WAS BETTER CUT THEN ONE OF FRED WESTS VICTIMS

After a lecture I found overly orientated towards the gaming community an a technical hitch, I was not to excited at the prospect of a seminar going over the same old drivel. However, as the kids these days would say, it was ACE.
There are so many different things to talk about relating to violence in the media, that I am not entirely sure where to start. Untill decided, I shall reacount some of the seminar content...
For years, I have seen this picture knocking about the place, but I never knew where it came from...

Thankyou Ivan! It came from a short surealist film by Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel entitled 'Un Chien Andalou.' I'm not entirely sure was relevent to the violence theme other then this scene, but it is testament to its makers that it can still make a room full of twenty somethings cringe and as a fan of surrealism, it was pretty bloody good.
I remember Catherine mentioning something about a film in which someone, is told to bite the curb as their head is kicked in. There were a few reports of people doing this back home, and it makes my legs turn to jelly every time I think of it. The scene didn't contain any sound of the incident, but then it doesn't really need to. Teeth and eyes are just one of those things... Also reminds me of a friends pal, who was held down as his legs were driven over in a car... there are some seriously sick people around.
The media makes it seem as though there is a spiralling number of paedophiles, rapists, and murderers year on year, however, if you look back several hundred years, my suggestion is that things are suitably improved. I certainly know which era I'd rather live in - I mean, people used to go to public executions in this country for a laugh. I know you have the fruit loops who revel in watching the decapitation of Ken Bigley and suchlike, but as I said, a marked improvement.
I'm not really someone who is impressed by violence or marvels at horrendously gut clenching films, so I find people who revel in it, a bit bizzare. Things like tours to see Fred and Mary Wests house (which incidently is no longer there as far as I know!) and Jack the Ripper tours just boggle my mind a bit. Not in the way that aeroplanes boggle my mind (I know, it's to do with lift, but still- its mad!!) but in the way I cant quite fathom what is so interesting or grasping. Humans are capable of incredible cruelty we know, but I'd rather live in lala land thanks.