This will be my last blog for the Being Bad module...sad, I know! ha! I hope you've enjoyed reading them as much as I have writing them. I've found out so much over the past few weeks about anything and everything. I really have enjoyed this module, far more than any other. It's been a right laugh and it's been fairly easy to get with. I'll try and cut down on my binge drinking...I swear. Hahahaha. I can't help being a typical student :)
In Emma's blog she talks about how cheating is totally wrong and I agree with her!! She says that she doesn't understand why people don't just end their relationship before seeing someone else because they're obviously unhappy with their partner - I strongly agree with this and I've just about said the same point in my own blog about infidelity. 
In Claire's Blog about football hooliganism, she talks about the Hillsborough Disaster which happened on 15th April 1989. The match was an FA Cup semi final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. I only ever heard about this disaster last year when I was watching the news and they were doing a special memorial report about it. When I watched it, it saddened me because it was such an awful disaster and people died because of it. After reading Claire's blog about it, it gave me the same feeling. Also, the video that she has put on explains it all and even shows you it happening. I'm a Nottingham Forest fan and so is the rest of my family - I think my dad was at that actual match. 
Infidelity can also be said to be having an affair, being unfaithful, adultery, cheating and many more things... It's not a very nice thing and it doesn't really come up in everyday conversation. If it does come up in conversation, it's more likely to be gossip that someone has cheated on someone that they know. Unfortunately, I know many people that have cheated on their wives/husbands, partners, girlfriend/boyfriends. I don't understand why people do it - obviously if they are unhappy in their relationship then it will lead them to commit adultery but some people will be totally happy with their partner and yet they still do it. Why? I just think it's selfish, unfair and pathetic. 
What is a bad comedian? Personally, the answer would be a person who makes light of a subject that re-enforces stereotypes on particular members of the community. This could be racial, social, cultural, or religious or a combination of them all. Everyone makes jokes in one form or another. How they are told and in what context has an effect how the joke or funny story is received. 
As you have already read on other blogs, I'm from Nottingham and a famous outlaw that comes from there is Robin Hood. That is Nottingham's main attraction and most people would have heard of Sherwood Forest. They have even made films, cartoons and a T.V series called Robin Hood but the most recent media representation is the new film Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe. 
Recently, the drug Mephedrone has become illegal, but ever since it has been made illegal I have heard so many stories of people taking it. I think that ever since it has become illegal people have found it more rebellious to take it and also it has become really well known because of all the press coverage. I listen to Radio 1 a lot and I remember first hearing about it on the news there and then ever since I've heard it every where. I've even seen someone take it in front of me.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8571935.stm
I spoke to the person taking it and asked why they did it and they said because they like the extra buzz that they get off of it. I will never understand why people could do it, but I suppose that once you've tried it and had such a good time on it, then you want to have as much fun as you did the last time that you were on it. It has been said to bring on feelings of happiness, and makes it more easy to stay awake, and dance for longer and feel sociable.
Mephedrone is also known as Meow Meow, Miaow, MCAT, 4MMC, Drone and Bubbles. It's actually used as plant food, so has never been tested on people or even animals, so it could be very harmful. If people take it as a drug it is a 'legal high'. It's chemically quite like amphetamines (speed). It is a stimulant which is what MDMA, Speed and cocaine are, so it can have effects like those do.
Being at university, you are exposed to so many different types of drugs. Everybody knows somebody that has been on some sort of drug or is on drugs. They are so easy to get hold of, even I know where to go if I wanted some! But I don't take drugs and I never have. I don't think I could do it to myself, I wouldn't like not being in control and not knowing what I was doing. I've had loads of people tell me their experiences and they've said that they had a good night however, they wouldn't do it again. 
I found the lecture on Tattoos and Body Modifications really interesting! Its was quite gruesome at times, but my stomach managed to hold out. Pheww! I found out loads of information that I never knew before about tattoos. We were told loads of reasons why people actually go and have tattoos done - they were pretty common sense but why some people do it to themselves, I don't know!
We've all said it at some point in our lives... "Lets get absolutely smashed tonight!"
In our lecture on bad behaviour we looked at shoplifting. We watched a clip from Family Guy (which just about everyone watches) where one of the characters stole because she couldn't afford it, and then this turned into a continuous occurrence leading her to steal loads of clothes. This episode was quite funny but at the same time it's kind of setting a bad example to viewers. She did however get caught out, meaning that justice was served.
I think shoplifting is very common. It must happen everyday to just about every shop, I reckon. There is the main stereotypical view that its mainly teenagers that steal, such as Chavs. It is pretty easy to shoplift and especially if they are doing it all the time, then they are obviously going to get good at being really sneaky - but that's no excuse! I think that most teenagers shoplift because they see their other friends doing it, therefore, they get pressured into or they just want to be accepted but the group. I feel like this happens to most teenagers throughout their teenage years, in some way or another, if it isn't shoplifting, it'll be something else such as smoking etc. Also, I believe that some teenagers just do it for the thrill or even attention. The thrill might be that they might get caught and that they are doing wrong, therefore they feel rebellious. However, some may just be doing it for the sake of getting some attention, such as if they don't really get noticed by parents or something, so if they get caught shoplifting, the police will get involved therefore their parents will have some the child some attention - which might not be the best way to get attention... but hey ho!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAhD08P6kU4&feature=related
This video is crazy! If this sort of thing is on YouTube, then there is no hope. It's basically telling and showing people how to shoplift. Jeez!!
In our lecture on bad behaviour we looked at shoplifting. We watched a clip from Family Guy (which just about everyone watches) where one of the characters stole because she couldn't afford it, and then this turned into a continuous occurrence leading her to steal loads of clothes. This episode was quite funny but at the same time it's kind of setting a bad example to viewers. She did however get caught out, meaning that justice was served. Shoplifting is shown on many programmes, but it's usually the teenagers that are doing the crime. This is a stereotypical view of the average teenager. I, personally, have never shoplifted but it has crossed my mind a couple of times because it looks so easy. But I could never seem to bring myself to do it - which I guess is a good thing!
What I find very annoying is that when you go shopping in a group of about 3 or 4, you always get funny looks from the staff or security, sometimes you even get the security keeping an eye on you because they think that you are going to shoplift! Grrr!! We're not all chavs who steal!!
I feel that shoplifting is still classed as theft, however I think that it's completely different to something like a a bank robbery or burglary. When you shoplift from somewhere like Asda, it doesn't seem that bad because it's a big company and they're not going to specifically miss that loaf of bread that you stole. But if you stole from a little shop that was maybe owned by a family, they would notice the stolen object more because they don't have massive batch productions. On the other hand, Burglary is a lot worse than shoplifting because you are purposely breaking into someone's private home and invading their space and then taking items that could mean a lot to them. Being Burgled myself, you don't feel save in your own home any more and it makes you feel conscious of everything. Therefore shoplifting seems like nothing compared to burglary.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2105330.stm
I totally agree with the justice served in this article. Teenagers shouldn't get away with these sorts of crime!
In the 'Bad Behaviour' lecture, we came across prostitution. We watched a clip of Breakfast at Tiffany's which showed Audrey Hepburn flirting with other men because he looked like he had money. However, I believe that this isn't prostitution because she didn't have an any intention of having sex with the man but then man himself was expecting sex. She just wants the money to help herself. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Party In this clip you see her dancing with a rather ugly man (which you wouldn't expect her to go for, but he obviously has money) - It's just a simple case of flirting. ha!
Bad cinema can be pretty bad; however everyone has their own personal preferences. I think that Kids is kind of a bad film due to all the horrific scenarios that happen throughout the film. I think that The Hills Have Eyes 2006 is a bad film too because the violent and graphic rape scene that happens is really quite disturbing. Though, the rape scene in The Hills Have Eyes is quite unrealistic, it is still shocking just like the scene in Kids, which is a lot more realistic. I don’t agree that Kids should be banned, because it really isn’t as bad as some people say it is. It may be unique and shocking but I think it’s a good way to get the message across that this stuff happens. We shouldn’t be banning films that are realistic and show the truth of life, we should be producing more of these films to warn teenagers what the real world is like, not showing them silly films with a happy ending that will never happen and giving them false hope. However, what I think they could have shown at the end of the film is some justice shown to the rape victim and guy that was just about beaten to death. Is this sending out the wrong message that if you do these crimes, you’ll just get away with it? Justice needs to be shown to teenagers to make them not commit these vicious acts!!
"While The Hills Have Eyes is truly a sick and disturbing movie, it is also one roller-coaster ride of a horror film that keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish" Film Review
In our lecture we watched the film Kids (1995) which I thought was pretty good. It was definitely a shock, however we were warned beforehand that it was banned and unrated, so it was kind of expected. But to some extent, no matter how much you are told about it, you are still a shocked when you watch it. I think that it was shocking because the characters where young teenagers who were doing possibly the worse things you could imagine. Drug taking, under aged drinking, shoplifting, rape, violence - All this happened in the film. Wow! I think the worse thing in this film is the rape which happens at the end. Jenny, the girl, is totally out of it because she has taken drugs and a drunken boy, Casper, takes advantage of her. I think this scene is pretty graphic and explicit to say they're young actors. However, I think that this is a good film to show teenagers because it is kind of set in a documentary way, therefore it adds to the realism. These sort of things do happen in real life and I think that the Director did a good job showing this. The sheer realism of this film shouldn't shock us as we have no reason to be shocked due to this sort of thing happening everyday, everywhere.
It could be said that this film is a wakeup call for parents. Do parents actually know what their teenage kids get up to when they go out with their friends? To be completely honest, I don't think that parents actually know what their children do when they're out - This is quite worrying! In the film, the amount of parental guidance is limited. You see Telly's mother sat at home with a baby, whilst smoking. She obviously doesn't have much control of what her son does and she seems to be a bit of a pushover. All parents should make their children watch this and prepare them for the real world!!
