I screwed that post up, not only did I post it in the wrong section, but I posted it in HTML format and there are no break tags to seperate the paragraphs. I've reposted it in the proper section.
Typical left wing anti-establishment hysteria. "Hating Microsoft since 1987". Nice sign off. Nothing personal of course, it's witty. I digress.
Doing research on linking violence in the media to real life violence is tough since all the numbers have been designed to support a particular philosophical ideology.
I believe that violence glorified in the media does affect or perspective on death and dismemberment. I don't need numbers to tell me that my addiction to Counter-Strike has desensitized me to the idea of unloading a full MP5 clip into someone's head. Go ahead, join a server and watch the plethora of anti-social behavior exhibited by what seems to be a bunch of children playing on-line. What's scary is that some of them are 20 something's and older. Violent on-line games a riddled with immature people who will slash you with a knife just because they know they can slash a teammate without consequence because the server admin disabled team killing. At the same time I don't believe that it is powerful enough for the average human being to overcome if that person is surrounded by moral support. The problem with violence can be linked to many things, not just media. I believe that the break-up of the modern family is partly to blame for anti-social behavior. What with single parenthood becoming more popular these days, and children being raised by television, it's no wonder things in the media seem to lack depth and social responsibility.
I think the argument that parents should be responsible is valid, but I would not stop there. It is idealistic at best. Parents should be responsible for raising their kids and teaching them the difference between right and wrong, BUT, this is not happening in some cases. As a society we do have to assume some responsibility. This cannot be legislated though, this has to be something that each individual does to improve the overall product. Positive reinforcement of ideas by people in positions of power would help. A lot of game companies, and I work for one, are run by kids. I don't mean kids in the sense that they are under 18, but rather that they haven't matured much since.
I hope to change that in the course of my career. Although it's going to be hard to compete with these laid back kids. Let's face it, the product sells because people like it. Eminem sells records because people like his unrestricted yells for hate and ignorance. Some even call him a genius. A genius for what, his contribution to music? He hasn't done anything new, and neither has the majority of the music industry for over 30 years. Why do does the street thug mentality sell so well? When you look back at the last 10 years of the 21st century, is it the music you'll remember the most. In fact the more people object to socially irresponsible behavior in the media, the more it sells.
Proud to be a nerd. Using Microsoft products since I can remember, and not being dissatisfied because they make huge gobs of money.
"It also annoys lots of insecure ordinary people, who don't like the idea of anybody making as much money as Gates because it makes them feel like such losers by comparison. But what really twists the knife in the wound for all these Gates-haters is that Microsoft has made all that money fair and square -- by selling what buyers want." - Lisa Ronthal http://www.worldnetdaily.com
Typical left wing anti-establishment hysteria. "Hating Microsoft since 1987". Nice sign off. Nothing personal of course, it's witty. I digress.
Doing research on linking violence in the media to real life violence is tough since all the numbers have been designed to support a particular philosophical ideology.
I believe that violence glorified in the media does affect or perspective on death and dismemberment. I don't need numbers to tell me that my addiction to Counter-Strike has desensitized me to the idea of unloading a full MP5 clip into someone's head. Go ahead, join a server and watch the plethora of anti-social behavior exhibited by what seems to be a bunch of children playing on-line. What's scary is that some of them are 20 something's and older. Violent on-line games a riddled with immature people who will slash you with a knife just because they know they can slash a teammate without consequence because the server admin disabled team killing. At the same time I don't believe that it is powerful enough for the average human being to overcome if that person is surrounded by moral support. The problem with violence can be linked to many things, not just media. I believe that the break-up of the modern family is partly to blame for anti-social behavior. What with single parenthood becoming more popular these days, and children being raised by television, it's no wonder things in the media seem to lack depth and social responsibility.
I think the argument that parents should be responsible is valid, but I would not stop there. It is idealistic at best. Parents should be responsible for raising their kids and teaching them the difference between right and wrong, BUT, this is not happening in some cases. As a society we do have to assume some responsibility. This cannot be legislated though, this has to be something that each individual does to improve the overall product. Positive reinforcement of ideas by people in positions of power would help. A lot of game companies, and I work for one, are run by kids. I don't mean kids in the sense that they are under 18, but rather that they haven't matured much since.
I hope to change that in the course of my career. Although it's going to be hard to compete with these laid back kids. Let's face it, the product sells because people like it. Eminem sells records because people like his unrestricted yells for hate and ignorance. Some even call him a genius. A genius for what, his contribution to music? He hasn't done anything new, and neither has the majority of the music industry for over 30 years. Why do does the street thug mentality sell so well? When you look back at the last 10 years of the 21st century, is it the music you'll remember the most. In fact the more people object to socially irresponsible behavior in the media, the more it sells.
Proud to be a nerd. Using Microsoft products since I can remember, and not being dissatisfied because they make huge gobs of money.
"It also annoys lots of insecure ordinary people, who don't like the idea of anybody making as much money as Gates because it makes them feel like such losers by comparison. But what really twists the knife in the wound for all these Gates-haters is that Microsoft has made all that money fair and square -- by selling what buyers want." - Lisa Ronthal www.worldnetdaily.com
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I screwed that post up, not only did I post it in the wrong section, but I posted it in HTML format and there are no break tags to seperate the paragraphs. I've reposted it in the proper section.
Typical left wing anti-establishment hysteria. "Hating Microsoft since 1987". Nice sign off. Nothing personal of course, it's witty. I digress.
Doing research on linking violence in the media to real life violence is tough since all the numbers have been designed to support a particular philosophical ideology.
I believe that violence glorified in the media does affect or perspective on death and dismemberment. I don't need numbers to tell me that my addiction to Counter-Strike has desensitized me to the idea of unloading a full MP5 clip into someone's head. Go ahead, join a server and watch the plethora of anti-social behavior exhibited by what seems to be a bunch of children playing on-line. What's scary is that some of them are 20 something's and older. Violent on-line games a riddled with immature people who will slash you with a knife just because they know they can slash a teammate without consequence because the server admin disabled team killing. At the same time I don't believe that it is powerful enough for the average human being to overcome if that person is surrounded by moral support. The problem with violence can be linked to many things, not just media. I believe that the break-up of the modern family is partly to blame for anti-social behavior. What with single parenthood becoming more popular these days, and children being raised by television, it's no wonder things in the media seem to lack depth and social responsibility.
I think the argument that parents should be responsible is valid, but I would not stop there. It is idealistic at best. Parents should be responsible for raising their kids and teaching them the difference between right and wrong, BUT, this is not happening in some cases. As a society we do have to assume some responsibility. This cannot be legislated though, this has to be something that each individual does to improve the overall product. Positive reinforcement of ideas by people in positions of power would help. A lot of game companies, and I work for one, are run by kids. I don't mean kids in the sense that they are under 18, but rather that they haven't matured much since.
I hope to change that in the course of my career. Although it's going to be hard to compete with these laid back kids. Let's face it, the product sells because people like it. Eminem sells records because people like his unrestricted yells for hate and ignorance. Some even call him a genius. A genius for what, his contribution to music? He hasn't done anything new, and neither has the majority of the music industry for over 30 years. Why do does the street thug mentality sell so well? When you look back at the last 10 years of the 21st century, is it the music you'll remember the most. In fact the more people object to socially irresponsible behavior in the media, the more it sells.
Proud to be a nerd. Using Microsoft products since I can remember, and not being dissatisfied because they make huge gobs of money.
"It also annoys lots of insecure ordinary people, who don't like the idea of anybody making as much money as Gates because it makes them feel like such losers by comparison. But what really twists the knife in the wound for all these Gates-haters is that Microsoft has made all that money fair and square -- by selling what buyers want." - Lisa Ronthal http://www.worldnetdaily.com
Typical left wing anti-establishment hysteria. "Hating Microsoft since 1987". Nice sign off. Nothing personal of course, it's witty. I digress. Doing research on linking violence in the media to real life violence is tough since all the numbers have been designed to support a particular philosophical ideology. I believe that violence glorified in the media does affect or perspective on death and dismemberment. I don't need numbers to tell me that my addiction to Counter-Strike has desensitized me to the idea of unloading a full MP5 clip into someone's head. Go ahead, join a server and watch the plethora of anti-social behavior exhibited by what seems to be a bunch of children playing on-line. What's scary is that some of them are 20 something's and older. Violent on-line games a riddled with immature people who will slash you with a knife just because they know they can slash a teammate without consequence because the server admin disabled team killing. At the same time I don't believe that it is powerful enough for the average human being to overcome if that person is surrounded by moral support. The problem with violence can be linked to many things, not just media. I believe that the break-up of the modern family is partly to blame for anti-social behavior. What with single parenthood becoming more popular these days, and children being raised by television, it's no wonder things in the media seem to lack depth and social responsibility. I think the argument that parents should be responsible is valid, but I would not stop there. It is idealistic at best. Parents should be responsible for raising their kids and teaching them the difference between right and wrong, BUT, this is not happening in some cases. As a society we do have to assume some responsibility. This cannot be legislated though, this has to be something that each individual does to improve the overall product. Positive reinforcement of ideas by people in positions of power would help. A lot of game companies, and I work for one, are run by kids. I don't mean kids in the sense that they are under 18, but rather that they haven't matured much since. I hope to change that in the course of my career. Although it's going to be hard to compete with these laid back kids. Let's face it, the product sells because people like it. Eminem sells records because people like his unrestricted yells for hate and ignorance. Some even call him a genius. A genius for what, his contribution to music? He hasn't done anything new, and neither has the majority of the music industry for over 30 years. Why do does the street thug mentality sell so well? When you look back at the last 10 years of the 21st century, is it the music you'll remember the most. In fact the more people object to socially irresponsible behavior in the media, the more it sells. Proud to be a nerd. Using Microsoft products since I can remember, and not being dissatisfied because they make huge gobs of money. "It also annoys lots of insecure ordinary people, who don't like the idea of anybody making as much money as Gates because it makes them feel like such losers by comparison. But what really twists the knife in the wound for all these Gates-haters is that Microsoft has made all that money fair and square -- by selling what buyers want." - Lisa Ronthal www.worldnetdaily.com