Romantic Hollywood movies are full of illegal (criminal) actions, perpetrated by movie heroes, our role models! Interestingly, most of these illegalities are considered highly romantic (when perpetrated by a heartthrob movie star)
“When done in real life, many of the tricks used by onscreen singletons to successfully woo potential lovers can get you put away for a long time.”
- Pranking a Rival by Doctoring His Drink
- Defending Her Honor – With Your FISTS
- Watching Your True Love From the Bushes (stalking)
- Just Tie The Guy Up (rape committed by females is romantic)
- “Oh, It Was You I Was Having Sex With!” (sex by deception)
- Dashing Through Airport Security to Declare Your Love
Source: Romantic Movie Gestures That Can Get You Prison Time
It is fun to read all the details and examples:
Romantic Movie Gestures That Can Get You Prison Time
Do these movies send us wrong messages? Do they mis-educate us and our kids? Should they be prohibited for minors? Or are our laws wrong and the movies are right? Tough questions!
Hollywood glorifies ILLEGAL violent actions perpetrated by handsome role models …. but photos and movies of LEGAL acts are child pornography
Hollywood glorifies ILLEGAL violent actions perpetrated by handsome role models …
Our inborn insticts are not acceptable in laws of the modern world. This has good reasons. Genocide and ethnical cleansing can be found not only in the holy Bible, but even in chimpanzee colonies in the wild. Overreacting in self defense is a deterrent to thugs, but nowadays gets victims of bullying and robbery into jail. Of course, occasionally, the old illegal method would work as well or better. Vigilanteism and lynching, in the past, helped to maintain order.
In Hollywood movie clearly illegal and dangerous actions are perpetrated by the hero! Not just by the villains, but by the beloved and adored hero that serves as model for adults and children alike. I always wondered why the hero never makes a police report, but rather solves his problems with his fists and guns. What a role model for our gullible children!
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