rb@cci632.UUCP (Rex Ballard) (10/03/86)
In article <662@phred.UUCP> artm@phred.UUCP (Art Marriott) writes: >In article <1245@whuxl.UUCP> orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) writes: >>Here's an interesting news item which the Meese Commission would >>undoubtedly wish to ignore: >> >>"The Sylvester Stallone movie, 'Cobra', is too violent for Brazilian >> audiences..... >> Controversy arose when an audience in the northeastern city of >> Recife destroyed seats in a theater after viewing 'Cobra' and when >> a retired policeman in the northeastern city of Salvador fired a >> gun after seeing the picture, wounding three people. >> ... > >No, they'd simply use it as another example of exposure of **something** >causing unacceptable behavior and argue that one must decuce from this that >viewing of erotica would lead to **whatever**. > Art Marriott I haven't seen "Cobra", but isn't there at least one scene that could be construed as sexual? (But officer, I saw that girl in the camaflauge fatigues, and just went crazy :-) Of course, there were no reports of sexual assault, so it must be a "good 'merican movie" :-). Violence - The American Way. Rex B.