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The Yin and Yang of life. Watching shows depicting the lives of various animals. Is there no need for MORALITY here?

There is a great show called LUCKY DOG. The show is about dogs who are about to be "put down" being rescused by a man who life's goal it is to find loving homes for these dogs after he trains them. I LOVE that show.

The DARK SIDE?

Saw a few of those Ken Burns National Parks Show and also the series 7 worlds one planet about Antarctica.

I am sick and tired of watching animals track attack and eat other animals. As the camera pans in real close so you don't miss any of the agony or blood or gore. There is no guilt in filming that and making money off it apparently because it is being done over and over and over and over again. No attempt to help the endangered animals. Just stand back at a safe distance and film it so you can sell it to make money to keep doing it!

I guess homo saps can't interfere with the way nature works. I guess it would be against nature to try to intervene to save lives. So there is no way I'm going ever watch another one again.

I have watched many other nature specials throughout the years without being totally disgusted with the folks filming them and producing them and creating them. Have I changed or has the nature of filming nature changed? SIGH.

Posted - February 24, 2020
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  • 10026
    Hi Rosie~ :)  As much as this topic is dreary, I am glad you asked.

    We both know I don't play the game of politics.  I DO, however, dabble in anything that has to do with animals.  When animals and the game of life are combined in a question, I feel I can answer with dignity. 

    I would like to share a million scenarios firecracking through my head.  I'm desperately fighting not to give you all of them.
    My new goal is to be more impressive with fewer words.  It is more dramatic.  *Baba is my role model. 

    Rubbernecks. 
    It is the general and demented way of humans. When people see an accident they want to look at drama and disaster. I do not like to see someone's misfortune.

    If we don't get enough of it with our cars and on our streets, we can watch it when we get home on our tv. Now, if that isn't enough, we have taken the beauty of a cheetah and watch it fight to survive.
      
    Nature has an amazing process of balance.  I love to be enthralled with the beauty of all the animals over the sea and under the sea.  I know they have to eat to survive.  We know the hunt and the end.  I don't want to see it.



    * Thanks Baba.
    You didn't know you were my role model.  You were one of the first people to answer me and make me feel comfortable, years ago, and from that day, I have quietly thanked you.  Your style has always impressed me. :) :)  

     

    This post was edited by Merlin at February 24, 2020 9:38 AM MST
      February 24, 2020 9:11 AM MST
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  • 113301
    Who is "Baba" if you don't mind my asking Merlin? You said what I felt precisely and exactly. "I don't want to watch it". I think that's the difference now. Before you'd see an animal run after its prey and that was quite enough. The camera would pan away to something else. Just as in "the olden days" in movies or on TV when folks were about to have sex they'd go into the bedroom and the camera would pan away and you knew but you were not FORCED to be a VOYEUR. I know some folks watch shows that depict actual operations going on. I can't do that but at least the operation however gory is being done to SAVE LIFE not extinguish it. The lust for ugly bloody gory seems to be dramatically on the rise. I don't know to what we can attribute it but I wonder how far it will go before the pendulum swings back? Thank you for your thoughtful reply Merlin and Happy Monday! :) This post was edited by RosieG at February 24, 2020 3:35 PM MST
      February 24, 2020 9:46 AM MST
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  • 6023
    I grew up watching Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, with Merle Perkins.
    I loved that show.
    I don't recall much gore, but I do vaguely recall they did show animals hunting and feeding.
      February 24, 2020 10:21 AM MST
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  • 113301
    I think it was overkill Walt. On my part. I recorded about 5 of the "National Forest" documentaries that Ken Burns made. Then Jim and I proceeded to watch them as we have watched other shows. A marathon. By the 3rd location I just started fast forwarding through the closeups of the kills. The repetition was gory and boring and then very annoying and then very painful. As if someone keeps repeating the same words in the same tone and the same sequence over and over and over and over and over. Then to top it off IN THE SAME DAY we watched another segment of the "Seven Worlds One Planet" series which focused on one continent each time. The first continent was Australia and that was in January that we saw it about the time the Australian Open was on (tennis). What we saw last was ANTARCTICA. We see scene after scene after scene after scene of stalking catching killing eating and blood. It just was too much. I almost OD'd on it and Jim agrees. We are done with that. I mean we can't even watch those ads for animals that have been mistreated. The camera pans to their eyes and they are always so frightened and some of them are shivering. As I write these words I see them in my mind's eye. SIGH. Thank you for your reply. I just think things these days are cruder and gorier and weirder than they used to be. :(  I'm gonna ask.
      February 25, 2020 2:40 AM MST
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