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man watching porn is mistaken for a rapist

spongersponger Posts: 3,159
edited February 2007 in A Moving Train
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/267969,CST-NWS-sword22.article

A man says he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, but the sound actually was from a pornographic movie his upstairs neighbor was watching
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  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    I read about this a few days ago. Man, how loud did he have it?!
  • moeaholicmoeaholic Posts: 535
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    I read about this a few days ago. Man, how loud did he have it?!

    surround sound, baby.

    how embarrassing.
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  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    They're called headphones. Jeez, have some respect for the neighbors!


    This story had me laughing all day :D
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  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    I hate it when that happens
  • DerrickDerrick Posts: 475
    I bet if he were watching a gunfight movie loud, no one would have cared.

    Sex > violence. AKA your country is backwards.
  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    "A man says he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword"


    i am in tears picturing this scene!

    a fucking cavalry sword!!! ROTFLMAO :D:):D
  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    Derrick wrote:
    I bet if he were watching a gunfight movie loud, no one would have cared.

    Sex > violence. AKA your country is backwards.


    no need to attack the good old USA chief over this clown with a cavalry sword.

    where are you from, i am sure you have some classic wacko storys from your homeland?
  • DerrickDerrick Posts: 475
    my2hands wrote:
    "A man says he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword"


    i am in tears picturing this scene!

    a fucking cavalry sword!!! ROTFLMAO :D:):D


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  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    my2hands wrote:
    "A man says he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword"


    i am in tears picturing this scene!

    a fucking cavalry sword!!! ROTFLMAO :D:):D

    Yep, me too. So hilarious:D:D
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  • DerrickDerrick Posts: 475
    my2hands wrote:
    no need to attack the good old USA chief over this clown with a cavalry sword.

    where are you from, i am sure you have some classic wacko storys from your homeland?

    true...this story is humor. I just always pick up on the whole "sex vs. violence" and what's more acceptable in the good old USA. I am from Canada, and we'd have as many wackos as you if it weren't cold here 9 months of the year. Staying warm is more important than being a wacko.
  • ajedigeckoajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,430
    i mistakenly rapped myself once.......while watching porn.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    must have been one hell of a "sword fight" :cool:
  • macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    that guys a super hero..he shouldnt be in jail..the guy listening to porn that loud should be..
  • thatirwinfellathatirwinfella Posts: 51
    why would you need to have it up so loud anyway? everyone knows that when they're masturbating, the most sensitive part of a man's body is their ears :S
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  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    Derrick wrote:
    I bet if he were watching a gunfight movie loud, no one would have cared.

    Sex > violence. AKA your country is backwards.


    It's hard to realistically recreate the sounds of a gunfight even with a decent home theater system. Guns are extremely loud and distinct.
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  • present addresspresent address Posts: 72
    i once watched the jungle book and was mistaken for a zookeeper.......hmmm
    .....
  • KannKann Posts: 1,146
    sponger wrote:
    It's hard to realistically recreate the sounds of a gunfight even with a decent home theater system. Guns are extremely loud and distinct.

    Even though, he still is right, sex is a more taboo subject than violence. I don't know why though. I think seeing naked people is less damaging than dead ones, we all hope our children meet the first type in real life and never the second.
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Kann wrote:
    Even though, he still is right, sex is a more taboo subject than violence. I don't know why though. I think seeing naked people is less damaging than dead ones, we all hope our children meet the first type in real life and never the second.


    I know! People act as if they'd rather have children view death and violence than to see the natural act of sex. Both are mature subject matter but it just seems violence is accepted when it seems it should be considered worse.
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  • El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    I know! People act as if they'd rather have children view death and violence than to see the natural act of sex. Both are mature subject matter but it just seems violence is accepted when it seems it should be considered worse.


    it always struck me as odd that the original planet of the apes movie was rated g....it was pretty violent at times
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  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    Kann wrote:
    Even though, he still is right, sex is a more taboo subject than violence. I don't know why though. I think seeing naked people is less damaging than dead ones, we all hope our children meet the first type in real life and never the second.

    He may be right, but we are all right every now and then. The difference is being able to use an appropriate analogy to illustrate that. If he wants to talk about america's indifference to violence, then he should be under some kind of obligation to illustrate that with an example that makes logical sense.

    Nowhere in America can you get into a gunfight in your apartment and not have the cops called on you. If people want to make a point, they should do so without sounding like they really don't know reality from fiction. Saying that people don't call the cops when they think a gunfight is going on is fiction. It is not reality.
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  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    I know! People act as if they'd rather have children view death and violence than to see the natural act of sex. Both are mature subject matter but it just seems violence is accepted when it seems it should be considered worse.


    It was violent porn, as the man heard a woman screaming for help. It wasn't a natural act of sex. You might be right about sex being more taboo than violence, but this article is not an example of that.
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  • angelicaangelica Posts: 6,038
    Kann wrote:
    Even though, he still is right, sex is a more taboo subject than violence. I don't know why though. I think seeing naked people is less damaging than dead ones, we all hope our children meet the first type in real life and never the second.
    I think we're a very odd society in that we try to sweep death under the rug, like its not a valid part of life.

    The violence part, I get.
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  • yosi1yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    I know! People act as if they'd rather have children view death and violence than to see the natural act of sex. Both are mature subject matter but it just seems violence is accepted when it seems it should be considered worse.

    That was always my mom's theory for us when we were growing up. If a movie was rated R because of nudity, she didn't really care if we watched it (when we were about 13 or 14) but if it was violent, she wouldn't. I think she was probably right.
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  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    Besides, pornography is not "natural sex" anyway. Porn sex is deliberately designed to be demeaning towards women. It usually places women into a submissive and berated role, adding to their objectification. According to studies on men who watch porn regularly, the more porn they watch, the more desensitized they become towards women.
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  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    hahahaha thats hilarious.

    i dont know why he's going to court though, wtf.
  • angelicaangelica Posts: 6,038
    sponger wrote:
    Besides, pornography is not "natural sex" anyway. Porn sex is deliberately designed to be demeaning towards women. It usually places women into a submissive and berated role, adding to their objectification. According to studies on men who watch porn regularly, the more porn they watch, the more desensitized they become towards women.

    don't get me started....
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    "Van Iveren, who lives with his mother in the downstairs apartment, said he did not call police when he heard the noises because he does not have a telephone."

    too many jokes


    and why does he have a cavalry sword?
  • Skitch PattersonSkitch Patterson Posts: 642
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    I know! People act as if they'd rather have children view death and violence than to see the natural act of sex. Both are mature subject matter but it just seems violence is accepted when it seems it should be considered worse.


    My theory on this, at least for the non ridiculous religious fringe?

    Sex is not bad. Its easy to point to a violent murder on TV and say "This is a movie, never do this!" With sex, its not so cut and dry to explain to a child. Realistically, all children are going to eventually have sex as they get older, and most will do so in a somewhat irresponsible way at some point or another. By exposing it to them at an age they may not understand its much more complicated to explain when and why its okay sometimes, and not others.
  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    Skitch Patterson wrote:
    My theory on this, at least for the non ridiculous religious fringe?

    Sex is not bad. Its easy to point to a violent murder on TV and say "This is a movie, never do this!" With sex, its not so cut and dry to explain to a child. Realistically, all children are going to eventually have sex as they get older, and most will do so in a somewhat irresponsible way at some point or another. By exposing it to them at an age they may not understand its much more complicated to explain when and why its okay sometimes, and not others.

    So, do you rub puppies noses in their poo when they miss the newpaper?
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  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Skitch Patterson wrote:
    My theory on this, at least for the non ridiculous religious fringe?

    Sex is not bad. Its easy to point to a violent murder on TV and say "This is a movie, never do this!" With sex, its not so cut and dry to explain to a child. Realistically, all children are going to eventually have sex as they get older, and most will do so in a somewhat irresponsible way at some point or another. By exposing it to them at an age they may not understand its much more complicated to explain when and why its okay sometimes, and not others.


    It's easy to explain. You do it when you're an adult and when you love someone. Don't do it at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons.
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