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AY War Horse
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It is interesting to see that it has happened before with a similar result. And as has been mentioned above the anime link comes from the fact it was written in Death Note Merchandise and this means it hits the headlines and catches the attention of anime and death note fans.
Thinking back to my school days, which i prefer not to do as it was not a happy time, i must say no matter what happened to me i never thought about the death of my peers and being as i was at a quaker school if such things existed at that time and were found they would be looked at very seriously. At the very least if I am hoping the student takes the time out to think about what they have done and gets some help, which the more i think about this article is the major concern I have. |
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fighterholic
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And where is the logic in all this? All you're saying is something incomprehendable to people supposedly attacking the series and then you saying something about boycotts. The anime has not been directly attacked, but if you'll notice, "linked" to the item that was discovered at the school. Which is a Death Note, that carries the same name as the series. |
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Top Gun
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I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd be calling this move every bit as justified even without Columbine/Virginia Tech/Northern Illinois/what have you. It's a very simple concept. Light writes people's names in the Death Note because he wants them to die. Here you have a kid who's writing names in a "Death Note." Connection, much? I don't care whether it's real or not; killing people isn't something you joke about.
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coolmiles
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He can't use the Death Note, But he can still use it as a hit list. next thing you know we'll have another Virginia Tech |
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maichips
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Then again, Death Note is not initially focused around the morality of the issue of killing, at least not on its surface. Impressionable kids see what they want to see, and in this case, they see someone killing people and getting away with it. It doesn't matter that Light's goals are just, because anyone can apply skewed logic to them. While Light says, "That man is a murderer and is therefore evil. He deserves to die," a kid might fancy himself righteous with thoughts such as "That teacher gave me an F and is therefore evil. He deserves to die." The heavy message of the show can become clouded when someone views it with a perverse or selfish sense of justice, and only really becomes clear once the end of the show is reached. ((Hopefully no one considers the vague way I put it a "spoiler.")) |
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tygerchickchibi
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I think I meant to say media influence leading to direct school violence. I know it's...there, I just can't really think of anything...
It happens to the best of us. But yeah, I think we're both in agreement here, aren't we? o_o what if he put "birthday list" on top then wrote names on it? I wonder... >.>; anyone can conceal that in a regular notebook...Blah, looking too much into it. xD Last edited by tygerchickchibi on Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:45 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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AY War Horse
Posts: 35 Location: Near York, North Yorkshire, UK |
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The main question i have about this is how do you know for certain that the student was not going to kill the people on the list? We do not know why the student did this or what could of occured if the notebook had not been discovered. And I agree with fighterholic this was not a direct attack on anime or even on death note, the link to this series was because Death Note merchandise was used and so it is understandable that the link has been made. And please dont take this the wrong way but I also have to agree about the lack of logic in the statement I mean you clearly like anime and so surely boycotting it would just harm you? Last edited by AY War Horse on Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:37 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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BennyMono
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DEATH NOTE RULES MAN. BOYcot anime 2008 until school takes back statement. |
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braves
 Posts: 2309 Location: Puerto Rico (but living in Texas) |
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While I agree with you on the fact that Death Note rules, your other statements are just whack. The school is not "attacking" anime, it's just taking action against a kid with a hit list( or a kill list, whatever you want to call it.). And if you're going to do a boycott, doesn't it make more sense to boycott school, instead of anime? 
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BennyMono
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I AM OFFICIALLY GOING TO BOYCOT ALL ANIME UNTIL THE SCHOOL SAYS SORRY TO THE STUDENT AND MAKES A STATEMENT ON THIS WEBSITE. |
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tygerchickchibi
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Get serious, really.
Everyone here likes anime, it's part of a reason of concern, but not the majority. A kid has used a book which would be considered obscene on school grounds because of how he used it. Same thing as using a pencil to stab someone else. It wasn't meant for that purpose, but it can be used that way. It wasn't the Death Note series itself, it was a student who was writing names down in the notebook. Whether he was trying to be funny, stupid or not, they still have to abide by the school standards. My selfish side is annoyed that anime is being in the media so negatively, as well as the "paranoia." It's great that it only escalated as names, but it would've been tons worse if he actually used that list later on to kill people. The book is a notebook/novelty. The kid's actions are unknown. Death Note's realism is the concept of the story, it's not like Naruto or Bleach. With the exception of the shinigami/ book, it could be portrayed as an interesting murder mystery. Kind of like the Bone Collector, or Saw. Except it's an anime, and not that graphic. Considering that Death Note is an animation (don't just stick anime here anymore), this is most likely a concern with parents, eve though not all animation is meant for young viewers. |
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LydiaDianne
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Grow up! |
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Tomibiki
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Kid got caught bein' a fool, he'll learn there's a time and a place for this kinda stuff.
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BennyMono
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Why are the moderators deleting my thread but letting these people start a hate campaign against anime. Come on ANN pull your finger out and stand up for DEATH NOTE!!! Boycotting anime until they stop making bad press. |
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braves
Posts: 2309 Location: Puerto Rico (but living in Texas) |
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I'm afraid Mr. Mono that you are the one who must grow up. There is no " hate campaign" against anime. And no one here is an anime hater. The action that the school took is not an attack on anime or on Death Note, it's an attack to the dumb kid who thought that it would be fun to write people's names on a hit list. |
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