Violence, Kids, And Their Parents

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Violence, Kids, And Their Parents

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A recent trip to my local movie theater and the realization I made about who was sitting behind me.

I am writing this very early in the morning, so pardon any incoherent thoughts in the follow:

I went to go see the remake of Friday the 13th opening weekend (leave comments about the remake to yourself) and couldn't help but notice that a parent had brought their 3 kids with them. Strangling enough, all of them had to have been under 10. And I thought to myself, what the hell are the parents thinking? Anyone who has seen the movie know that there is a lot of blood, and just about as many boobs. Parents would have to know that this movie would contain these things.

In a realated note, I visited my local GameStop (leave comments about that store to yourself) and a mother was buying a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV for your, what was about 7 year old son. And the clerk asked the woman if she still wanted to buy it even though it was rated M, and she said "whatever, he's been buggin' me for 2 weeks about this game, so I'm getin' it to shut him up."

...awesome

Now I'm not gonna be all hardcore about this and say that violence in movies and games results in Columbine wannabees. Just like Marylin Manson music doesn't make you kill people, movies and videos don't do it either. It's just entertainment, not mind control. What drives people to do that is much deeper. But to say it does nothing is a lie. We are still influences by that entertainment. I remembering hearing about some kids that died after seeing the first The Fast and the Furious movie when it came out. They were influenced by the street racing to try it out for themselves. So they did their own street race and one of the cars crashed and the 2 people inside died. I can't say this was ALL because of that movie, but it helped influence them. And I'm not saying that seeing something like American History X is going to cause kids to shoot the person they don't like while they are in the bathroom. But if you're wondering why your little son or daughter is saying "god damn it" after he or she was sitting in the room while you were watching South Park, maybe it was because you had no discretion or responsibility. So after taking your kids to see Friday the 13th, or buying them GTA IV and they are acting up at school and bullying people, maybe it was because you were too stupid and selfish to think about the ramifications about what your where doing.

So, instead of parents trying to blame different forms of entertainment for problems with their kids, they need blame themselves for allowing their kids to watch and parcipate in those kinds of activities. Grow a pair, tell your kids no, and then lead them slowing into this kind of stuff so they can be transitioned to accept and understand it, and not be conditioned to perform it.

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KarnivOre, on 4/17/2009 2:47:02 AM
Total Posts: 157, Joined: 6/2/2008

wow, you have just come to this realisation? like do you really think that you figured this one out by yourself?

idiot parents will raise idiot children. its cool, i need someone to make my burgers.

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putsomestankonit, on 4/17/2009 2:58:59 AM
Total Posts: 24, Joined: 12/22/2008

It's a big argument isn't it, can entertainment actually affect the way you think and affect things you do and the way you respond in situations. There seems to be a lot of different opinions.

1) Entertainment is harmless, you would have to have underlying phsycological problems before you even consider carrying out brutal acts found in modern entertainment.

My Answer...and normal is?? if I sat down and thought about my own mental state, and I challenge you to do this too, look at yourself honestly and tell me you dont have some sort of underlying problem you dont tell people about. In my case on the outside I'm perfectly normal..however I have bad anxiety, paranoia and depressive traits. I can be narcassistic and hateful..if I was sat down in front of a shrink I'm sure I would be told I'm perfectly normal, even if I mentioned all these things.

Truth is everyones capable, whether you think the mental state is ok or not. Impressionable children are most at risk and the ratings are there for a reason. On the other hand the world is a brutal place, should we shield our children from it?

Friend of mine ate shit loads of magic mushrooms then tried to rape a granny he got shopping for, does this imply he had those thoughts before or was it the drugs? Who can say, how would you know that it wasn't just something that popped into his head 2 seconds before he knocked on her door.

Entertainment is like a drug. It alters our perceptions, mind and sense of reality. You need it or your fidgetty and get withdrawel symptoms, if there was no entertainment in this world we would all be killing each other. Nazis realised the power of media and propganda brought to us through the form of 'harmless' entertainment and its still being used today, we are all slaves to the TV, we cant live without it why is it so hard to believe that it screws with our already suffering minds?

2) Yes entertainment is the devil, it controls and inhibits us.

I think that the society we live in, in general is controlling and inhibbiting, entertainment is just there to stop our brains from working on other things, like how to overthrow the government or kill our neighbour. Entertainment allows us to live out our sick fantasies and see the repercussions, I love horror movies and always have done since I was a child, I have fantasised about killing someone, or dominating them sexually and mutilating them. Is this wrong to think this stuff? I dont think so, its all fantasy and I would never carry it out but watching movies and playing violent games allows me to get a little glimpse of what it would really be like, save me from going out and trying it right?

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