to think DP is being an idiot with this

[oila]

My brother is staying with us as my parents are away and on Saturday he went round to a friends house. They started to watch Clockwork Orange and my brother walked out and came home because he didn't like the violence in the film. DP was incredilous at this saying that he was being oversensitive (not to his face I might add) and that his friends will probably taunt him about it. I think its fine.

EllaDee, I am your brother! Well, not really but I spent my youth avoiding violent films and horror, still do. I have spent my life working with ex-offenders, addicts and homeless people. Like your brother, I hear hellish stories from them and try to always be professional and helpful. I have worked with extremely violent people, people who have killed and committed other crimes which are pretty shocking, I just don't want to watch that stuff as entertainment.

As for your brother, Oila, good for him. Hopefully he will find and keep friends who respect him and like him for the iron in his spine.

Good for your brother! And yes, your DP is being a bit stupid - if your brother has the maturity to walk out of a film that he doesn't like, he certainly has the maturity to put up with any taunting over it. Unlike your DP, apparently!
And if he does get mercilessly teased over it, then he needs to get new friends, something I'm sure he'll manage.

Well I am 36 and don't like that watching that sort of very realistic violence. I am still haunted by watching The Passion of the Christ about 7 years ago.

If you don't like it, you don't.

Your DP is BU.

YANBU, your DP is being a bit of an idiot.

But maybe he thought your bother "walked out" in a dramatic huffy fashion (which would provoke teasing) rather than just saying "not for me thanks, see you tomorrow" (how I imagine it).

Janewa and kiola- He didn't leave because he was scared or fragile he left because he found it unpleasant.

Adding to the many correctly saying that your brother sounds like a mature, sensible and frankly very lovely young man. If only more of them were genuinely strong in the sense of standing up to idiotic peer pressure! Your DP sounds a bit daft, though.

YADNBU your DPs position is positively moronic. Why on earth should a person sit through a film they find distressing and disturbing just so they can avoid potential teasing.

If your brother had stayed the course he might have understood the message that the author of the book was trying to put across. Clockwork Orange does not glorify violence, quite the opposite.

The brother didn't like it and left which is fair enough provided he didn't throw a tantrum about it.

Clockwork Orange does not glorify violence, quite the opposite.

That's not really the point though is it? Some people just don't like watching violence, even if the "moral of the story" is that violence is bad and naughty.

Trills has a point: if your brother did a big self-righteous flounce and had a go at the others for watching such a film, then they might torment him a bit - if he just said he didn't fancy it and left, and these are his friends who already like and respect him, things will probably be fine and he won't get any more than the normal mickey-taking among teenagers.