Dragonball Z is Evil

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2002-11-16 11:48pm

Run! Run! Save the Children!!
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_702872.html

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2002-11-16 11:50pm

I've watched all the Babidi epsiodes, and I certainly haven't had problems with demonic possession or seizures or any of that sort of thing.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-16 11:52pm

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-11-16 11:52pm

Dragonball Z is Evil

Ya think?

data_link · Post by **data_link** » 2002-11-16 11:53pm

What a bunch of morons... they seriously believe that a goddamned anime is evil? Well, okay, DBZ is evil, but not for that reason.

pecker · Post by **pecker** » 2002-11-16 11:55pm

Idle hands are the Devil's workshop, and DBZ reuses the same 4 frames of animation each episode, so...

Antediluvian · Post by **Antediluvian** » 2002-11-16 11:55pm

Here comes the bullshit.

"Oh, the media's evil! They're causing all the problems in society!"

Grow up and take some responsibility.

Morons.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2002-11-16 11:56pm

pecker wrote:Idle hands are the Devil's workshop, and DBZ reuses the same 4 frames of animation each episode, so...

ROFL...true, each saga consists of three fight scenes and twenty seconds of Goku lying on the ground groaning in various semi-randomly timed cycles.

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2002-11-16 11:57pm

*Sigh*
That's too bad. Anime does do that to some people, just look at Pokemon. Inorder to counter this deamonic posession, they must watch some truly Godly Anime.

EVANGELION!!!

A few episodes of Evangelion and they'll be all fixed up!

If that doesn't work, there's always Kokoro Library. That should counter any convlusions they have, as it is essencially animated tranqualizer.

pecker · Post by **pecker** » 2002-11-16 11:57pm

Antediluvian wrote:Here comes the bullshit.

"Oh, the media's evil! They're causing all the problems in society!"

Grow up and take some responsibility.

Morons.

And you got that out of this...how?

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2002-11-17 12:01am

OMG!! He's called . . . MR.SATAN!!! He must be evil!!!
http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/DragonBall.htm

But then . . . wouldn't Jenova, being a derivation from the name "Jehova", be good as well?

Antediluvian · Post by **Antediluvian** » 2002-11-17 12:05am

pecker wrote:
Antediluvian wrote:Here comes the bullshit.

"Oh, the media's evil! They're causing all the problems in society!"

Grow up and take some responsibility.

Morons.
And you got that out of this...how?

Because it's the same old fundie routine that TV shows and Movies cause the problems in society because they're evil and violent and corrupt and possess people.

Instead of taking them to a doctor, the father is running around yelling that DBZ is possessing his children, and that's what is making them have convulsions!

This doesn't sound stupid to you?

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-17 12:05am

Yogi wrote:OMG!! He's called . . . MR.SATAN!!! He must be evil!!!
http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/DragonBall.htm

But then . . . wouldn't Jenova, being a derivation from the name "Jehova", be good as well?

lol

data_link · Post by **data_link** » 2002-11-17 12:06am

Yogi wrote:*Sigh*
That's too bad. Anime does do that to some people, just look at Pokemon. Inorder to counter this deamonic posession, they must watch some truly Godly Anime.

EVANGELION!!!

A few episodes of Evangelion and they'll be all fixed up!

If that doesn't work, there's always Kokoro Library. That should counter any convlusions they have, as it is essencially animated tranqualizer.

Meh. Poket Monsters (I refuse to refer to it by that butchered american name) wasn't so bad. At least it had the decency to advertise itself as a children's show. Dragon Ball Z on the other hand... *seeths with rage*

Evangelion... it won't cure the psychological problems of people who actually watch DBZ. You need something a bit more lighthearted without blood, gore, or prolonged fight scenes. Nadesico is the best thing to use on them.

BTW, what's Kokoro Library about?

Antediluvian · Post by **Antediluvian** » 2002-11-17 12:07am

It's like blaming D&D for those crimes a few of the players perpetrated back in the 80's, while completely ignoring the real causes. Follow my logic, pecker?

pecker · Post by **pecker** » 2002-11-17 12:08am

Antediluvian wrote:
pecker wrote:
Antediluvian wrote:Here comes the bullshit.

"Oh, the media's evil! They're causing all the problems in society!"

Grow up and take some responsibility.

Morons.
And you got that out of this...how?
Because it's the same old fundie routine that TV shows and Movies cause the problems in society because they're evil and violent and corrupt and possess people.

Instead of taking them to a doctor, the father is running around yelling that DBZ is possessing his children, and that's what is making them have convulsions!

This doesn't sound stupid to you?

That's not fundamentalism. It's South American culture. And In case you didn't read, he DID have doctors see him.

"Doctors on the town of Tarapoto have examined Edy Frank Castillo and have not yet come up with an explanation for his condition. They continue to study the cases."

Ok, they may not be geniuses, but a Doctor is a Doctor.

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2002-11-17 12:10am

data_link wrote:Meh. Poket Monsters (I refuse to refer to it by that butchered american name) wasn't so bad. At least it had the decency to advertise itself as a children's show. Dragon Ball Z on the other hand... *seeths with rage*

Evangelion... it won't cure the psychological problems of people who actually watch DBZ. You need something a bit more lighthearted without blood, gore, or prolonged fight scenes. Nadesico is the best thing to use on them.

BTW, what's Kokoro Library about?

Pokemon actually induced seizures in Japanese children because of he flashes of light in a certain episode. That's what I was talking about.

Also, I was joking, saying that since the should watch GODly anime to drive out the demonic anime, then they should watch Evangelion.

Kokoro Library is about nothing. Hence, I reffered to it as "Animated Tranqualizer"

pecker · Post by **pecker** » 2002-11-17 12:14am

Yogi wrote:
data_link wrote:Meh. Poket Monsters (I refuse to refer to it by that butchered american name) wasn't so bad. At least it had the decency to advertise itself as a children's show. Dragon Ball Z on the other hand... *seeths with rage*

Evangelion... it won't cure the psychological problems of people who actually watch DBZ. You need something a bit more lighthearted without blood, gore, or prolonged fight scenes. Nadesico is the best thing to use on them.

BTW, what's Kokoro Library about?
Pokemon actually induced seizures in Japanese children because of he flashes of light in a certain episode. That's what I was talking about.

Also, I was joking, saying that since the should watch GODly anime to drive out the demonic anime, then they should watch Evangelion.

Kokoro Library is about nothing. Hence, I reffered to it as "Animated Tranqualizer"

Actually, the seizures in an urban legend, or so I'm told.

Antediluvian · Post by **Antediluvian** » 2002-11-17 12:15am

pecker wrote:
Antediluvian wrote:
pecker wrote: And you got that out of this...how?
Because it's the same old fundie routine that TV shows and Movies cause the problems in society because they're evil and violent and corrupt and possess people.

Instead of taking them to a doctor, the father is running around yelling that DBZ is possessing his children, and that's what is making them have convulsions!

This doesn't sound stupid to you?
That's not fundamentalism. It's South American culture. And In case you didn't read, he DID have doctors see him.

"Doctors on the town of Tarapoto have examined Edy Frank Castillo and have not yet come up with an explanation for his condition. They continue to study the cases."

Ok, they may not be geniuses, but a Doctor is a Doctor.

Oops. Missed that.

Blaming it on possession is definitely fundamentalism however, as is blaming the show for possessing them and causing their condition by this method, wouldn't you agree?

And Christian Fundamentalism is the primary party for wanting to blame the media for a huge part of society's ills, but that's a whole another debate.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2002-11-17 12:17am

pecker wrote:
Yogi wrote:
data_link wrote:Meh. Poket Monsters (I refuse to refer to it by that butchered american name) wasn't so bad. At least it had the decency to advertise itself as a children's show. Dragon Ball Z on the other hand... *seeths with rage*

Evangelion... it won't cure the psychological problems of people who actually watch DBZ. You need something a bit more lighthearted without blood, gore, or prolonged fight scenes. Nadesico is the best thing to use on them.

BTW, what's Kokoro Library about?
Pokemon actually induced seizures in Japanese children because of he flashes of light in a certain episode. That's what I was talking about.

Also, I was joking, saying that since the should watch GODly anime to drive out the demonic anime, then they should watch Evangelion.

Kokoro Library is about nothing. Hence, I reffered to it as "Animated Tranqualizer"
Actually, the seizures in an urban legend, or so I'm told.

I heard it was true, but only in children who are epileptic. That's why most videogames have warnings about epilepsy, and why some cartoons do now also.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2002-11-17 12:17am

At least it's South America. If it were here in the U.S.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-17 12:19am

The Dark wrote:I heard it was true, but only in children who are epileptic. That's why most videogames have warnings about epilepsy, and why some cartoons do now also.

This is true. I had a cousin that was epileptic, and she couldn't play a lot of video games because of the flashing lights. Also, she had to take meds 4 times a day (yes, even at 4am) because of it.

Antediluvian · Post by **Antediluvian** » 2002-11-17 12:21am

That's undoubtedly the explanation for what happened to them, then.

I hope they get to be feeling better soon.

Newtonian Fury · Post by **Newtonian Fury** » 2002-11-17 12:29am

The flashing lights in that particular Pokemon show was especially bad because of the nature of the colors. That scene featured the background's color changing back and forth between red and blue. If you take a look at it, the rapid change of these two "opposing" colors can be rather nauseating, especially coming out from a screen in large areas.

pecker · Post by **pecker** » 2002-11-17 12:29am

Antediluvian wrote:
pecker wrote:
Antediluvian wrote: Because it's the same old fundie routine that TV shows and Movies cause the problems in society because they're evil and violent and corrupt and possess people.

Instead of taking them to a doctor, the father is running around yelling that DBZ is possessing his children, and that's what is making them have convulsions!

This doesn't sound stupid to you?
That's not fundamentalism. It's South American culture. And In case you didn't read, he DID have doctors see him.

"Doctors on the town of Tarapoto have examined Edy Frank Castillo and have not yet come up with an explanation for his condition. They continue to study the cases."

Ok, they may not be geniuses, but a Doctor is a Doctor.
Oops. Missed that.

Blaming it on possession is definitely fundamentalism however, as is blaming the show for possessing them and causing their condition by this method, wouldn't you agree?

And Christian Fundamentalism is the primary party for wanting to blame the media for a huge part of society's ills, but that's a whole another debate.

Fundamentalism: A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism.
n : the interpretation of every word in the Bible as literal truth

It's not a return, as they've always held the beliefs. They haven't displayed any intolerance so far. And the Bible has no direct link to this issue. I'd term it naievity (sp?) and over-zealousness, but hardly fundamentalism.

They may be fundamentalist, but this isn't a fundamentalist issue.