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Poll Comments
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Do you believe violent movies/video games contribute to a more violent society? [208 votes total]
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| Yes (168) |
 81% |
| No (32) |
 15% |
| Undecided (8) |
 4% |
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Posted By: Perelandra
Posted On: yesterday
Views: 15
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Video Violence
Thomas, have you ever looked at some of those games? When you shoot,
bomb, or stab people, they scream and spurt blood, and body parts
explode or are torn off! And wow, look...you can be the bad guy if you
like, and you have just as great a chance of winning the game as a good
character--even better, since you don't have to play fair! Sorry, but
that's a far cry from the "cops and robbers" or "cowboys and Indians" we
all played as kids. I mean, even in the old movies, when the sheriff
and the bad guy faced off, you never saw the wounds...shots were fired
and the bad guy fell down and the town was safe from evil again. Now
the violence is so graphic that it makes one nauseous...and have you
noticed that it's getting even -more- graphic and disgusting because
people are getting bored? C'mon...when a movie like "Nightmare on Elm
Street" is no longer considered "gory enough," we're in some hard times.
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Posted By: Thomas Pellitieri
Posted On: 2 days ago
Views: 34
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Contributions...
I believe that all media contribute to how our society reacts and
behaves. There is much more accessibility to information and imagery
today than there has been in the past. Things that weren't discussed,
or only discussed in private, are discussed much more openly than they
were when I was younger.
Some of this is good, and some is not. Open dialog about actual events
and human nature can only help us understand each other better.
Ignorance of problems and situations does not prepare us to deal with
them when we encounter them.
Unfortunately, this also leads to a certain level of desensitization.
When you are exposed to unpleasant images frequently, you are no longer
shocked by it.
While the violence of today's video games is quite high, it's not really
any more violent than playing cowboys and indians was half a century
ago. The difference with the video games is that one no longer plays
against a flesh and blood opponent, so one is less likely to worry about
actually injuring or hurting someone in the course of play.
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Posted By: Ellen
Posted On: 2 days ago
Views: 40
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violence
I work with teens in mental health, it isn't movie violence it is
domestic violence. Violent behavior by adults around kids when they are
growing up correlates very well with violence at every age.
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