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Sociopaths murdering random people - Not in the public interest

When did Britain or Australia last fight a war of aggression?

Given that pretty well all of America's wars have been about hegemony you have a point about American films.

Emus started it.

One thing the army and gangs have in common here is they sometimes recruit with a pathway out of poverty as the prize.

Imagine joining the Australian army just to get beaten by a bunch of emus.

both armed forces committed war crimes and atrocities. you can't blame big evil USA for everything.

the UK deployed its most notorious and bellicose paratrooper unit to helmand on an 'alliance-building' mission, knowing they had a reputation for violence. a troop captain was sentenced to prison for murder, the first time a member of the armed forces on active duty has been sentenced in this way since WW2. guess that was america's fault.

australia's special forces have been involved in so many controversies for their slayings and pig behaviour, you don't need to be reminded of it.

when is someone going to stop poisoning the minds of our young men with all these war movies and video-games? clearly it's having a deleterious effect.

Last edited by uziq (2021-07-11 00:00:51)

This is great and all but the soldiers didn't send themselves into war, and I'm sure soldiers have been violent since before TV

Promoting Sicilian peasant mobsterism as a lifestyle choice on TV is not a good thing however you look at it.

Yes, yes they have, is promoting peasant criminality in a modern country something that should really be done?

I can't think of a war film which glorifies sadistic killing of innocent people over trifles, ego battles, profit etc whereas thats in pretty well every mafia film and TV show ever made.

Not sure why the mafia get a free pass, where are the TV shows looking at things from the perspective of a conflicted SS officer?

Chase had been fascinated by organized crime and the mafia from an early age, witnessing such people growing up. He also was raised on classic gangster films such as The Public Enemy and the crime series The Untouchables. The series is partly inspired by the Richard Boiardo family, a prominent New Jersey organized crime family when Chase was growing up, and partly on New Jersey's DeCavalcante family.

Jackie's brother Richie Aprile is released from prison, proving to be uncontrollable in the business arena. He starts a relationship with Janice, Tony's sister, who has arrived from Seattle. "Big Pussy" returns to New Jersey after a conspicuous absence.

Christopher Moltisanti becomes engaged to his girlfriend Adriana La Cerva. Matthew Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte, two low-level associates dissatisfied with their perceived lack of success in the Soprano crew, try to make a name for themselves by attempting to kill Christopher. Their plan fails and Christopher kills Sean, but Christopher is critically wounded. Tony and Big Pussy locate Matthew and kill him. A witness goes to the FBI and identifies Tony.

Junior is placed under house arrest as he awaits trial. Richie, frustrated with Tony's authority over him, entreats Junior to have Tony killed. Junior feigns interest, then informs Tony of Richie's intentions, leaving Tony with another problem to address. However, the situation is defused unexpectedly when Janice kills Richie in a violent argument; Tony and his men conceal all evidence of the murder, and Janice returns to Seattle.

Tony, realizing Big Pussy is an FBI informant, kills him on board a boat (with assistance from Silvio Dante and Paulie Gualtieri), disposing of his body at sea.

Doesn't promote peasant criminality at all, its just about a regular family guy with issues.

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2021-07-11 01:05:51)

imagine watching this and thinking it glorifies being a gangster and promotes violence. imagine lacking that much of a sense of humour.

Last edited by uziq (2021-07-11 01:32:08)

violence appears in many forms of media. it can be slapstick, comedic, black-comic, farcical, tragi-comic, noirish ... it doesn't have to be vicious and nihilistic, dilbert.

you seem to have no problem watching comic book movies that frequently feature city-wide devastation, the erasure of all life as we know it, fighting scenes, terrorist plots involving bombs, hostage taking, car chases, death scenes, etc. etc. is it portrayed in a vicious and demeaning manner? does it promote this behaviour in the real world? no, it's part of an accepted dramatic genre – you know, something that is staged, not real – and people take it as such. you know, like people do when they watch scorsese gangster flicks, or highly ironic and humorous tv shows. the mafia doesn't owe its existence or its recruitment numbers to fucking television, dilbert. that's not how organized crime works ffs. next you'll be telling me that the cartels have received 1000s of applicants after 'narcos' aired.

crime has been a perennial interest. i've said it several times. people's fascination with criminals is no different to fascination with pirates or bandits, centuries ago. i guess walter scott was a sad promoter of violence when he wrote those historical adventure novels, eh? and robin hood is nothing but the promotion of wanton crime!

get a fucking grip. you're a grown man mewling about a tv drama from 20 years ago. there have been no 'sopranos shootings' (didn't someone shoot up a movie theatre after seeing a batman movie?). it is pure conjecture on your part, based no doubt on some hidden personal animus against organized crime. let me guess: it affected you personally at some point, hence the moral crusade.

very, very tiresome stuff.



iT's jUst sO viOlenT!!

Last edited by uziq (2021-07-12 01:39:31)

Incorrect, routine glorification of low-level criminal violence is a relatively recent phenomenon.

But did he glorify it?

He portrayed the protagonists as scum didn't he?