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POINTLESS THREAD III: ESCAPE FROM RAPTOR MOUNTAIN AGAIN
Blue Kitty:
Jace:
--- Quote from: LeeC on 20 Jun 2013, 08:36 ---
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I get, is funny because misogyny.
K1dmor:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8S4KMHSW6s
And just like that i'm having a good day :-D .
LeeC:
--- Quote from: Jace on 21 Jun 2013, 00:19 ---I get, is funny because misogyny.
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more like Misandry! :-P
then again I have dated a girl with anger problems which has left me like the monk with the torch.
bainidhe_dub:
--- Quote from: Jace on 21 Jun 2013, 00:19 ---
--- Quote from: LeeC on 20 Jun 2013, 08:36 ---Monk:Is it an evil spirit?
The Doctor: It's a woman.
Monk: *crosses himself*
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I get, is funny because misogyny.
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I know it's the Pointless Thread and all but I'm getting sick of people on the internet (at large) who seem incapable of holding two thoughts about something in their head. Like the other day I saw somebody (on tumblr, probably) ranting about GoT and how "people shouldn't be saying Tyrion is a good person for not raping Sansa even though he could have gotten away with it, that's just basic not-being-a-shit-person, does he want a cookie for it or something?" Why do we think we are too dumb to have conversations about things like this?
We should be able to dredge up some of those high school English class analytical skills and say, "Tyrion's refusal to force himself on his teenage bride, despite the expectations of the society and the orders of his family, reveals the decency of his character to the reader. However, it is concerning to see his behavior held up as a model for decency today, because it may tell young men that emulating it - literally, choosing not to commit rape even when he could get away with it - makes him a 'hero', rather than simply 'not a rapist'. In discussing it, we must find ways to use the story to teach people to be critical of what our society will allow, and comparing it to their moral code to find a path to decency."
You don't have to ignore a work's context to be able to talk about its place as a piece of media.
I might be giving Moffat too much benefit of the doubt, but it's a fucking monk. Monks were sworn celibacy, to break it was a sin. Why wouldn't he consider women a source of temptation? Eve, snake, apple, blah blah I'm not religious but I at least know that part. Was the exchange necessary? No. Was it a completely unreasonable reaction for the character? Also no.
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