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Piscivore
1st August 2007, 07:33 AM
Breach of Rule 4 removed.
Discuss.

ETA: I did not link to the site because if you go there you might see BAD THINGS.

FETA: Okay. The content in question was a "The Parking Lot is Full" cartoon from November 27, 1998 which one can easily Google. Be advised that the site has been rated "Not for Babies" and many of the humourous drawings contained therein feature quite a lot of content inappropriate to this forum.

In summary, the artwork displayed a young male preadolescent walking along a urban city street, hands in pockets, wearing protective headgear covering his eyes and ears and blissfully whistling a happy tune, completely unaware of the blanked-out silhouettes of an assault in progress and a woman crooking her finger in a "come hither" gesture, presumably a bangtail or slapper of some variety.

The text, which I shall forbear from quoting, was in essence alluding that this young man was the beneficiary of a microchip implant that rendered him insensate to stimulii his parental figures deemed to be unsuitable beyond what he might experience via media sources alone. The implication was that this chip did harm instead of good to this young worthy and the offspring he might later bear and attempt to raise would be further ill served.

Giggywig
1st August 2007, 07:36 AM
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Discuss.
I think somebody should think of the monsters. They need protection too.

Damien Evans
1st August 2007, 07:47 AM
Breach of Rule 4 removed.
Discuss.

ETA: I did not link to the site because if you go there you might see BAD THINGS.

this was very informative...

Piscivore
1st August 2007, 09:14 AM
this was very informative...

My bad Damien, I hope my summary of the work provides sufficient illumination of its salient points to stimulate a discussion.

Aoidoi
1st August 2007, 09:34 AM
Barbara Streisand!


Meaning, of course, that an issue of a behavioural modification chip being implanted in a child in an attempt to control what they can say was explored at some length in a movie also wholly inapproriate for this forum.

Solus
1st August 2007, 09:40 AM
I tried using google searching for: "parking lot is full" and still couldn't find site referred to. This a bit annoying... Maybe give a better description of how to reach the site if possible or just link to the search result.

Piscivore
1st August 2007, 10:02 AM
I tried using google searching for: "parking lot is full" and still couldn't find site referred to. This a bit annoying... Maybe give a better description of how to reach the site if possible or just link to the search result.

When I enter that phrase in quotes I get it at the top of the list. I don't know what to tell you.

Piscivore
1st August 2007, 10:37 AM
Barbara Streisand!


Meaning, of course, that an issue of a behavioural modification chip being implanted in a child in an attempt to control what they can say was explored at some length in a movie also wholly inapproriate for this forum.

The cartoon goes far beyond that motion picture, in that the chip it postulates prevents the posesser from even perceiving whatever might be deemed "negative" by the chips programmers- in effect removing any concept of anything negative from the child. Presumably, the persons reponsible for such a device are well-intentioned, but the text of the caption suggests that such extreme actions in defense of a child's sensibilities is instead detrimental.

Mycroft
1st August 2007, 10:39 AM
I tried using google searching for: "parking lot is full" and still couldn't find site referred to. This a bit annoying... Maybe give a better description of how to reach the site if possible or just link to the search result.

http://plif.andkon.com/archive/archive.htm

Solus
1st August 2007, 10:42 AM
When I enter that phrase in quotes I get it at the top of the list. I don't know what to tell you.

My mistake, I must have mistyped it google I bet I left out the "is".

I don't think is against the rules to link it this way: http://plif.andkon.com/archive/wc161.gif

To add I grew up around two sides. My parents divorced, on my father's side were some of the worst people, I could say whatever I wanted, everyone smoked there were no rules, and anything went. Mother's home compete opposite like in that cartoon there. In this word it's necessary to have a balance, and for a child to see both sides in order to truly find any "morality".

I think that's why America has so many uptight people lacking critical thinking skills; they were raised in a bubble.