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Originally Posted by eweissenbach
Lots of discussion about violet video games and movies etc. contributing to the real violence in this country. When gun control comes up, we hear from the defenders of the 2nd amendment. That is nothing compared to what you will hear if there becomes a movement to ban violent video games or violence in movies from the first amendment crew. In my opinion we have broadened the intent of these amendments to mean something that was never considered by the framers of the constitution. Be that as it may, it becomes virtually impossible to do anything about these problems at this point.
In my personal fantasy world there would be limited and regulated access to hunting and self-defense weapons, serious mandatory sentences for violators of gun laws (many of which already exist) and perpetrators of crime carried out with a weapon. There would be no realistic games where the controller of the game could use a virtual weapon to kill virtual enemies. There would be no songs with lyrics that incite violence against women or anyone else. Bomb making sites and others promoting violence would be shut down, and the creators prosecuted. This does not even scratch the surface of things that I would change, or that, in my opinion, need to change. I am a progressive and realize that things continue to change and evolve, most for the better, but some things were really better before television, computers, and the relaxation of the movie code. Maybe in the afterlife my fantasy will play out, but in this world I unfortunately don't see it getting much better.
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It seems more up to the parents to monitor what kids watch and play on video games and the like. Adults should be able to tell the difference between the worlds of say Middle Earth (
The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogies be they in film, book or video game form) from reality.
A Clockwork Orange had a solution to destroying the violent tendencies of its anti-hero by having the State force him to watch violent movies and other scenes of violence over-and-over again with his eyes pried open. Unfortunately, with some kids the more they play extremely violent video games with the full ability to close their eyes, to blink and look away, the more desensitized to violence they become.
Still seems more of getting to the hearts and minds of kids through education than anything else. Overall this seems a matter of our educators and kids' parents, parent, grandparent(s), uncle, aunts, grand uncles, grand aunts.
From personal experience, it seems the more you tell a kid that he or she should not watch some show or play some video game, the more they want to watch it. Especially with teens.