Appaerently someone liked te movie, one of the reviews said (short quote only):

The director also states that "It happens, so it's part of who we are."

Question is if the world is ready to understand what happens. So much happens behind thick doors that many would like to (and need to) know, while other things that just happen in private homes cant be dealt with??

Yeah it IS a strange world.

OK,, even though I tried the Sun Times link, two more times, I still couldn't find the link to the comments page. But,, the comments page direct link worked great-thanks. I've gone through few of the page-holy shit,, do we really have that many nearly brain dead [the way of thinking, based on false fairy tales] out there?? We, as a society, can go out, destroy/conquer/pillage/murder other civilizations, but sex with animals is an abomination to all of humanity???
Cow_Poke

Yes and yes... or at least some people think so. A sad sight...

While the uninformed, automatic intolerance from most of those who commented disgusts me, I found myself laughing out loud at some of the cheap shot jokes made at our expense.

Overall, I was going fine, just brushing off the stupidity or outright ignoring the worst of it. Unfortunately, this particular comment caught my eye:

I can understand how puritan values exist in society, etc., etc., but he is honestly calling bestiality worse than snuff films? If ever there was a cause for concern about where the country was headed...

the thread was at 1600+ post and now is at 1300+ the moderator was apparently very busy overnight...

Not sure if this is ok to post here :thinking: I maybe should start a new thread but since it relates to public exposure to zoo activities I think its ok.
Tis a recent article I found about an award winning play, its not new (the play)been around since 2002 but is being shown again in febuary time, I havent heard of it before and thought some might find it interesting. The basis of the play is about a sucessful architech who falls in love with a goat.
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?

is this movie going to be in movie theaters or is it like a movie you would have to finde and special order .

You're not going to see this movie in high street cinemas.

Talk about backlash from the bible belt :wacko:

Just goes to show that our feelings go deeper the society would like to acknowledge.

Movies are meant to bring a reaction from the viewer. A good movie can play on the emotions and even cause the viewer to make choices on their moral beleifs in relationship to what visual notes were implanted on their values.

Looks like someone wanted to review the public on something that is ahppening and get more people aware

However, that can have two sides.. and the greater side is not ready for we that can accept our lustful desires with honesty and cope with our mentality without lying about it

Could this movie do more harm than good? A lot of people aren't aware (or refuse to believe) that we exist, and alerting the more holier-than-thou, prejudiced, my way or the highway, type public to our presence might be a bad thing.

Out of sight, out of mind is a way a lot of people operate, and you know how apt people are to embrace something thats different from the "norm" :/ (even if they have no actual basis for their moral outrage). Take those responses for example: They haven't even seen the movie, and make accusations about the reviewer because he didn't immediately pick up his torch and scream from the hills about his moral outrage.

Do we really stand to gain anything by eventual (maybe) acceptance? People will be even more suspicious and you will still have to be wary of who you tell. Is that any better than where we are now?

Yes. it could. The more peoples' attention is drawn to the existence of Zoos and our activities the more laws will be passed to try to repress us.

Acceptance? No chance.

This post has been edited by KnotBigEnough on Jan 26 2007, 10:53 PM

I think there is a chance. Though it may be small it is still there. Or at least that is what I`d like to hope. Remember that most people haven`t seen the movie yet, so who knows? I promise you one thing though. Peoples minds won`t be changed easily. It may take a whole new generation till we get anywhere. Oh yes... there will be war.

Im out till Sunday.

This post has been edited by HORSEPLEASURER on Jan 26 2007, 11:06 PM

Zoophilia was once very common practice. so much so, that it was something people joked about in the same way they might joke about masturbation. the church condemned it, and was not something people usually bragged about - but it happened in isolated communities, on farms, on the dusty road etc.

but these days, we live in a world that is growing ever more apart from nature. so though other unusual sexual practices may become more acceptable - or tolerated - by society, zoophilia is one that is likely to become less acceptable. there will have to be a massive and drastic change to the mindset of society before it becomes tolerated or accepted. society is becoming less tolerant of animals and people keeping pets - i really cannot see our lifestyles becoming something we can admit to in public within my lifetime.

The problem is that people need to learn not to criticize something they dont understand, sadly thats exactly what theyre doing. They beed to learn that just because its not something THEY understand, it dosent mean that EVERYONE agrees with them. And thats the other problem, we listen more to people representing a certain group, than we do to the members in that group.