26th November, 2019.
Right …
It’s the 26th November, 2019.
And if, like me, you are in the UK?
You have until 11:59, tonight, to register to vote.
I believe you can do that at your local town hall.
But know that you can do it online, here …
There IS a certain amount of irony, there.
A post that mentions Anarchy in the UK … is telling people to do something …
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Are you a film fan?
I am: or, at least, I like watching them.
And couldn’t help but notice the reports around the recently released Blue Story.
Especially ones blaming trouble at one multiplex, on the film. One cinema chain has reinstated it, I should add: after dropping it.
I’ve one question, for starters.
In that original incident? What the bloody hell were the site’s security doing? How the hell did they drop the ball so damn far, several police officers were injured?
A second?
From what I can see, the kids who caused the problems were in the thirteen to fifteen age range.
How on Earth did a bunch of thirteen year olds get into see a film with a Fifteen rating? What were the staff doing?
I think the blame lies with the staff, not the film!
I’m also tempted to think we’re looking at a potential — and unwarranted — media frenzy.
One similar to that which occurred after A Clockwork Orange was released in the UK.
Similar to the frenzy surrounding First Blood, in the wake of the Hungerford Massacre.
Similar to the frenzy around Child’s Play 3, after the murder of James Bulger.
In all of those cases? I’m tempted to blame, not the movies, but the criminals.
The films — at most — may have suggested how to commit the crime, rather than encourage the killers.
But, from what I can see of the relevant Wikipedia articles? There’s no evidence the killers saw the movies concerned.
Just as — from what I’ve understood of the news reports — the children involved in the gang fight …were too young to get in to see Blue Story.
My question is NOT Why is this film out.
My question is What were the staff doing … ?
Because they weren’t doing their jobs.
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