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Message: [QUOTE="miguk, post: 86068, member: 1510"] You are getting semantical, which is the whole problem with the argument so many people made. The word "guilty" is not as important as you are making out to be, as the phrase is a borderline misnomer. You might as well argue that blackboards can't be green, that koala bears can't be marsupials, or that there can't be aluminum in a tin can. Semantics aren't much more than an argument against how we all know language works, and they don't really go anywhere. If you ever take a liberal arts or fine arts class in a university (especially a literature class), you'll find that even S-tier works still get criticized. Everything from Toni Morrison to Shakespeare gets put under the microscope. That isn't about creating negative emotions or calling them bad; that's about actually having a deeper understanding of the work instead of blindly bobbing your head to it like a toddler listening to a kids' song. Like I said, this thread isn't some argument that you need to feel like a bad person for having fun. The idea is to show some self-awareness, show you can relax and not be uptight about the false sacrosanctness of your media, and just admit that you have good dumb fun sometimes. Really, everyone here needs to lighten up about this topic. Media isn't a religion or ideology; it would be terrible if it was, and people would deserve to feel guilty about it if they made it that way. [/QUOTE]

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