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I recently read the opinion by Todd Carbonara. In that opinion he stated
that church is more violent than the hacked up crap that funimation
presented us in North America. He is totally right. Lately people have
been saying that the Bible is the answer to teaching children right and
wrong. While the Ten Commandments set a good example, the Bible does have
some parts that are more violent than anything I've ever seen on T.V. For
example, King David's family life. One son rapes his half sister. Other
son kills rapist and leads revolution against David. The rebellious son
gets his long hair caught in a tree, and is slowly hacked to bits by David's
best friend. And then there's the entire book of Revelations.
I myself am only a newbie, having seen the first two seasons of the dub.
I can say that it sucks. Funimation overzealously "protecting" me from all
possible bad thoughts isn't my idea of fun. But I saw something behind the
horrible dubbing, and the total lack of gore where there should have been.
The thing I saw was original DBZ. I've never seen it, and I know almost
nothing about it, but I really want to see it. I've been a fan of anime
since I first saw "G-force" as a kid. The thing that distinguished it was the fact that, despite being a children's show in Japan even before the dubbing, I got to see the very pinnacle of cartoon excellence, the thing that I believe
animation was intended for in the first place, that thing is WANTON AND
GRATUITOUS VIOLENCE. I remember watching my first ever dose of anime. I
saw a giant robot caterpillar rear up and incinerate a building, and several
dozen scientists.
I thought, "holy crap, people in Japan understand that children aren't
total morons!" Since then I've watched Robotech and Sailor Moon, and, most
importantly, Dragonball Z. Dragonball Z is the greatest piece of anime I've
ever seen. I just have to say it.
In conclusion, I have to say that real violence is not the product of the
media, but of a society that shields its children from violent media they
can from which they can learn violence is bad (gotta love it), and therefore
doesn't make parents feel it's necessary to talk to the children about
violence, and then fails to stop them from seeing the REAL BAD INFLUENCES
THAT THE OTHER VIOLENCE WOULD HAVE SAID WAS BAD!! Stuff like Marilyn Manson
shouldn't drive someone to murder if their parents talk to them about it!!
I own a game call Grand Theft Auto (highly recommended) whose main selling
is the fact that you can do as you please and slaughter people with a rocket
launcher then fend off the feds with a machine gun. And that doesn't drive
me to steal a car and go on a rampage with a flame thrower!!
Dragonball has most of its main characters wanting to avoid violence and
killing, and the ones that like it are evil and punished severely. Dragonball
shows the reality of violence in a surreal way, and editing it takes that
lesson from it! If Radditz kidnaps Gohan, then the good guys come and
punish him. Goku gives him a chance to repent, but he refuses, so he dies.
IF DRAGONBALL HAD NOT BEEN EDITED, NOT ONLY WOULD IT HAVE BEEN BETTER,
BUT WOULD ALSO TEACH THAT VIOLENCE IS BAD!!!!
Wow, I wandered quite a bit.
- Evan Schenck |
   
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