Movies Can Teach Hate 2 ad RY Hal; Do movies mirror life? if some fitras finding their way into theatres reflect life - God heip us. 3 i : | ue it ea nt aa Frank sex scenes don't make moviegoers squirm half as much as all-out sadism and violence. And movies are rated for either adult or child consumption - only on the amount of sex shown - not on their violence quotient. Many people even long for the old skin-shows after =| the chopping, decapitating, head-splitting, action found in so many movies recently. a3 of an mei Most adults can bridge the gap between reality and fantasy - but what about the children? What do they take away from violent movies? 4 : ] ul seit ey a4 5 i Movies can be devastating propaganda vehicles. The Nazis helped push their antiJew campaign with films depicting the Jews as exploiting monsters. Consider the % i patriotic British and Americans films from the Second i iH | World War. Any youngster from that era can remember the satisfaction they felt in darkened theatres as the Allies hammered down bombs and shot up planes of the z 533 * ai nr bad-guy Nazis. Movies can teach hate - this is a proven fact. de Censorship of the film industry won't solve anything. The industry could probably come up with something worse than the present level of violence. : i hi ti Parents will have to be their own censors - attend movies to keep up with the trends, and discuss the values and ideas projected in them with their children. Hin st: Parents should also forbid their children from il SA 32 5 "Tt a muy 2 rh Board of Social Services United Church of Canada 3 * . ° a Pi lig 8 4422%2h5b} gat a4 : ' iH ER Hi ial Hu i. ie He 514347 ° HE ; i ae ares ih Foe. iy; ii ft 3 fi RRGURe EIEN Gt ern orn TET fai af] edide fic: EMT. uy heueeegltiieett if : ii i i bal ial atl il; iil Hi pal tdelapast ia nage tial ntit Hsia ine dade KL EG a hit gil aed Bole +H : a iat ca | Ul Se Wistar'; Lablajesity scqiiiieda citys ee He aT SHILHeN WHI He iaR hy Are | : : as < b-- WY > ad ad uJ a be O rate Second Clans Mail Registration Number 0268 Subseription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr, Elsewhere $6.00 per year. Single Copy 10¢ Department. Ottawa. and for payment of postage in cash