Media Violence
Media violence is not the sole and direct cause of producing the influx of violence in our children recently in society. Though lately it has received the brunt of the negativity directed towards this violence, especially the recent school shootings. People are so worried about what their children watch now all the sudden. Some parents think that video games, rated R movies, newscasts, and graphic TV shows are morphing their children into killers. By doing a little research, watching TV, being a movie fanatic, and also being a teenager (that is supposedly so susceptible to media violence) one could easily formulated some ideas of their own. To take it a step further one could easily gather some expert opinions to show that media violence is not what society's problem is; at least not directly (Marks). The government and the people associated with it have to stop blaming violence on the media and stop some of the real sources of the problem that they can have an impact on. "In the United States, approximately two million teenagers carry knives, guns, clubs or razors. As many as 135,00 take them to school" (Grossman). Why in the world does not the government put some more emphasize on st
Marks, Alexandra. "Media Violence: A Target in Wake of Jonesboro." Christian Science Films Affect Children." The Washington Times 10 November 1998: A2. McCain, Robert. Media Violence Plays a Part in Shootings; Ex-Army Ranger argues TV, opping this? Because by putting blame of the media, and drawing the blame away from themselves, they can use their ideas to campaign for high offices on our government. By promising to fix the supposed media violence problem they gain offices, but never get to the real core of the problem. Without guns in the schools, school shooting could not take place. Teenagers are able to by enough weaponry to arm a small country if they desire. The government needs to stop using their mouth so much and use a little muscle to lead a major and successful campaign against the accessibility of guns to children. Obviously the violence in the media is not what is causing kids to "lose it" and carry out gruesome acts like the recent school shootings. Rather than blaming everything on the media and scrutinizing them so bluntly for these hideous crimes against humanity, we as people should shoulder some of the burden and blame upon ourselves. Only in doing this can the human race begin to gain back some of its respect for each other and the value of human life as a whole. A world or even a nation without respect for the people that make it up will not succeed for long and that lack will lead to that nation's demise.
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