"New ‘Looney Tunes’ Cartoons Ban Elmer Fudd From Having A Gun – But Other Mayhem Is Okay"

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Hahahahahaha!!! 🤣

This is hilarious!

Okay. Composing myself now. I’m of two minds regarding this. On the one hand, it seems ridiculous that they’re willing to portray cartoon violence, just not cartoon gun violence.

On the other hand, there is a degree to which the attachment to guns in America (HBO is an American company) is psychological, rather than based on any necessity. Yes, there are cases where a person has a legitimate need for a gun, but the majority of gun sales in the U.S. do not fall in that category. They are either based on delusion (“I’m going to fight off the tyranny of the U.S. government”) or they are based on some sort of psychological fascination with firearms. There’s no other explanation for why someone would need a dozen (or more) guns. People just like playing with them, the same way a child likes playing with toys.

The media plays a large part in swaying public opinion and the fostering of various psychological fascinations. Look at how quickly, for instance, this country changed its opinion of homosexuality. In the course of only a few decades, we went from a liberal president signing the Defense of Marriage Act, to that same president disavowing that law, and a conservative Supreme Court overturning it. The sharp shift in public opinion that accompanied that legal pivot can largely be attributed to a media blitz from Hollywood in the intervening years to make people warm up to the idea of homosexuality.

Hollywood is fully aware of the impact their content has on people’s minds. The opinions and psychological states they induce in people are not accident. So, to the degree that they might be able to mitigate America’s very dangerous psychological fascination with guns, by no longer portraying them in children’s media, I suppose it’s a worthwhile endeavor.

It’s still hilarious though. 🙂
 
What about that Acme Corp. anvil that’s always falling upon Wile E. Coyote? Not to mention the explosives and cannon.
 
A lot of those were taken out for a while (late 80s?)

It work dwell; the number young children throwing their little brothers off cliffs and dropping anvils, feeding their sister explode birdseed, and tricking their parents into running into cliffs with portable holes were reduced by 57% . . .
 
It’s not just weapons. As a child, I often worried about Fred Flintstone getting locked out of the house at night, at the end of every TV episode! You can scarcely imagine the effect that has on a young mind.

 
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White_Tree said:
On the other hand, there is a degree to which the attachment to guns in America (HBO is an American company) is psychological, rather than based on any necessity. Yes, there are cases where a person has a legitimate need for a gun, but the majority of gun sales in the U.S. do not fall in that category. They are either based on delusion (“I’m going to fight off the tyranny of the U.S. government”) or they are based on some sort of psychological fascination with firearms. There’s no other explanation for why someone would need a dozen (or more) guns. People just like playing with them, the same way a child likes playing with toys.
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No, the sales are based on the fact that people like them. Some people buy guns, and enjoy shooting them for sport, hunting, or marksmanship practice. It’s a fulfilling, intelligent sport that engages mind and body, and does not require absolute top-notch physical fitness. It’s perfectly accessible to most disabled people ---- blindness would be about the only disability that wouldn’t be compatible with sport shooting. There’s no question of “psychological fascination” (which I am assuming, in this case, has a pejorative connotation). Women like to buy shoes, some people collect sports cars, some people collect stamps, some people go birdwatching. It’s a hobby. Owning several guns is not at all uncommon, nor is there anything malevolent about it. I don’t have a dozen but I do own several. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it.
 
HomeschoolDad said:
No, the sales are based on the fact that people like them. Some people buy guns, and enjoy shooting them for sport, hunting, or marksmanship practice. It’s a fulfilling, intelligent sport that engages mind and body, and does not require absolute top-notch physical fitness. It’s perfectly accessible to most disabled people ---- blindness would be about the only disability that wouldn’t be compatible with sport shooting. There’s no question of “psychological fascination” (which I am assuming, in this case, has a pejorative connotation). Women like to buy shoes, some people collect sports cars, some people collect stamps, some people go birdwatching. It’s a hobby . Owning several guns is not at all uncommon, nor is there anything malevolent about it. I don’t have a dozen but I do own several. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it.
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That is exactly what I meant by the term “psychological fascination.”

Shopping for shoes, sports cars, etc. is all psychological fascination. So is collecting stamps, bird watching, traveling for leisure, reading novels, browsing social media, or watching television. Even exercise falls into that category for some people. It’s not meant to be pejorative. It is a simply a description of what it is.

I’m sorry if you were “triggered” by the terminology. 😉
 
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No, the sales are based on the fact that people like them. Some people buy guns, and enjoy shooting them for sport, hunting, or marksmanship practice. It’s a fulfilling, intelligent sport that engages mind and body, and does not require absolute top-notch physical fitness. It’s perfectly accessible to most disabled people ---- blindness would be about the only disability that wouldn’t be compatible with sport shooting. There’s no question of “psychological fascination” (which I am assuming, in this case, has a pejorative connotation). Women like to buy shoes, some people collect sports cars, some people collect stamps, some people go birdwatching. It’s a hobby . Owning several guns is not at all uncommon, nor is there anything malevolent about it. I don’t have a dozen but I do own several. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it.
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That is exactly what I meant by the term “psychological fascination.”

Shopping for shoes, sports cars, etc. is all psychological fascination. So is collecting stamps, bird watching, traveling for leisure, reading novels, browsing social media, or watching television. Even exercise falls into that category for some people. It’s not meant to be pejorative. It is a simply a description of what it is.

I’m sorry if you were “triggered” by the terminology.
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Oh, OK, I see. You drew a distinction between “psychological fascination” and necessity. I do not hunt (just never had the opportunity and I didn’t grow up with it) and I do not have a depredation problem to speak of — I am content to let the occasional raccoon or opossum be, they’re not hurting anything, and there is talk of coyotes in my county, let’s just say I’m ready for them. Yes, Americans like their guns, and the vast number of responsible, law-abiding gun owners dwarfs those who would use them for nefarious purposes. Not all countries have gun cultures but some do — the Czech Republic, Serbia, Yemen, and to some extent Canada, France, and others. I was surprised to learn that hunting was common in the former USSR — Brezhnev was an avid hunter and he became friends with, of all people, actor Chuck Connors, The Rifleman was shown on Soviet TV.
 
I always wondered why they had that scene with the cat when their pet was Dino.

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The new looney tunes are on Cartoon Network I believe. The real Looney Tunes is normally on following it.

Real Looney Tunes is better and funnier.
 
They best is when they rigged the piano to explode when somebody played “Forgive me if all those endearing young charms”
 
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What about that Acme Corp. anvil that’s always falling upon Wile E. Coyote? Not to mention the explosives and cannon.
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Actually, I’m surprised PETA hasn’t taken on Wile E. Coyote and tried to get him banned for harassing the Road Runner. Just the sort of action they’re known for. Of course, when anvils are outlawed, only outlaws will have anvils.
 
Elmer was kind of a ridiculous character who was ineffective at accomplishing anything. I’m surprised the NRA didn’t try to get his gun removed. Now Chuck Connors, that’s a different story.
 
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so everything we “like” we have a psychological fascination for it?
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Depends. In most cases, yes. However to identify whether you personally have a psychological fascination with a particular thing, you really have to look inside yourself to see what is there.

Most of the time, things that we like turn into psychological fascinations because we associate pleasure with that particular thing, which generates the desire to repeat the experience, which then develops into psychological fascination.

Our likes don’t have to become psychological fascinations. It’s possible to allow them to pass through the mind without causing any interference or attachment, but that requires a conscious effort. The way we typically process the impressions we receive from the world doesn’t do that.
 
One way to identify fascination vs. liking is whether you have significantly more than you need. For example, I have a thing about flashlights. I estimate that I have about 20, although half of those are from an inexpensive 10-pack. Sure, I use them and can tell you why I got each one, but all I really need is one hand-held and one headlamp. That’s a fascination.

I think anyone who has more than about 3 guns could fairly be characterized as having a fascination with guns. Just my opinion.

Edited to add: I’ve also upgraded a couple of my old flashlights with LED replacement bulbs. That too is the sort of thing that fascination will make you do.
 
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Will they stop hating on Elmer now that he’s unarmed?

He’s still white. And “the injustice” has been going on for 400 years. 🤔

He never really shot anyone in all those years.

No one seems to care that Elmer has had to deal with a lifelong speech impediment … Porky Pig gets all THAT sympathy. And Sylvester.

It’s hard enough to have to live in this warped society as a marginalized two dimensional doodle … without government pressuring you to cede your second amendment rights and chief tool of your trade on behalf of entitled fictional critters clutching their pearls in some illustrator’s safe space.

What wascal is behind this food chain bending Darwinian inversion?

😯 Wight!

And don’t caw me DOC!

“They caw me MISTEW
FUDD!”
 
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