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(I remember this one causing a small uproar. I’ve made posts about this topic too. Boils to down to a simple fact. Society glorifies violence and death while demonizing sex and nudity, which is how you make more life. I’m sure the comments are going to be just as crazy this time as it was back in the day.)
We cheer at gore and pain
Splattered on our screens
Staring at the chunks of flesh
And corpses full of holes
Our eyes feed upon the action
And accept the violent views
Yet we cringe at human forms
Bare breasts and rears shake
With a hint of frontal show
Causing us to gasp and cry
Disgusted by the lewd display
Many rise to scream their rage
While others shield their eyes
It is a strange world
That we have built for us
Where death is cheered
And the human form is booed
Legends of Windemere 
This poem reminds me of some thoughts I had about some shows and movies today. It makes me think of The Hunger Games, a book I enjoyed actually, which seems very telling of how voyeuristic we’ve become.
What was your inspiration for this?
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The inspiration was a response to one of my books. The person complained about the ‘sex’ even though it was only implied. No real nudity was described, but they were disgusted. In the same book, I had violent deaths, torture, and bloody battles. They weren’t upset by the violence. Just the faint acknowledgment that characters had sex.
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Oh I see. A friend here and I had a similar conversation about a show.
The person who complained would probably complain about my WIP.
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It is amazing that people are like that. I’m on the other side. I enjoy human forms and violence not so much. Good post, Charles.
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I’ve read that it’s a very much American thing. I assume it deals with what a culture focuses on as bad and evil.
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I agree.
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Interesting observation, and you’re so right.
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Thanks.
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Yeah, LOL, our species sucks.
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They’re definitely flawed. Get angry at the act of procreation and cheer at acts of death. Rather opposite there.
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