Violence on television causes humans to be violent in real life. - General

[QUOTE=garry;12767331]Because you already knew that killing people was wrong. If you were born into a room and didn't see any other humans, and all you'd ever seen was UT and Quake.. then at the age of 18 you saw another human and you had a gun, I'm guessing your first instinct would be to shoot them. I'm not talking about 12 year olds. I'm talking about under 5 years old.[/QUOTE] Read "The God Delusion", particularly the chapter: "The Roots of Morals: Why are we good?"

Way to bump a year-old troll thread. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Did not read the OP" - verynicelady))[/highlight]

I've played CS:S, Garry's Mod, ect. since I was 8 years old. I do have a fascination with guns, but I've got the common sense to not steal a real weapon and go on a shooting spree. I watched movies like Dawn of the Dead and SAW when I was a little kid. It hasn't affected me.

Blaming TV for violent kids is just another excuse for shitty parenting. [B]Edit:[/B] Video games too.

guys just watch A Clockwork Orange It made Alex not violent right? Therefore violence on TV is good.

Violent people are attracted to violent shows. That's not to say that those violent people will actually beat the shit out of people.

University of Phillie pulled the video, we need a copy.

[QUOTE=Zenreon117;15929238]University of Phillie pulled the video, we need a copy.[/QUOTE] That's Philly to you.

Of course it makes us violent, who ever said it didn'- oh wait.

I do believe that younger children should not be exposed to violence until they know the proper way to act, and the violence on tv is something to be enjoyed rather than modeled. When they understand that, they deserve to be allowed to watch violence, with more understanding comes more rights. It should be more based on maturity than age, although that would be hard to scale, so I understand why it is age. It should be up to the parent to actively moniter what the child is playing and make sure it is appropriate for his level of maturity.

I can't get over one thing in that "study". How is hitting a Bobo doll aggressive? I mean, that doll looks like it's [I]supposed[/I] to be hit.

[QUOTE=leach139;12767202]Heck, I play GTAIV, and I'm only 14, but I don't go out and rape anyone. Hmm. :raise:[/QUOTE] That's because your 14 and if you tried to rape someone you'd get raped.

[QUOTE=Naw;15932052]That's because your 14 and if you tried to rape someone you'd get raped.[/QUOTE] :mad: 2008 nostalgia is nostalgic.

So for now on, I'll begin to watch Christianity TV.

[QUOTE=tomatmann;15932290]So for now on, I'll begin to watch Christianity TV.[/QUOTE] That will only make you stupid.

If I don't see my fix of violence on TV or in games, I'm going to go outside and make violence.

Except it doesn't make a bit of difference guys - the ratings system is there for a reason. And the balls are inert.

[QUOTE=Alcyonues;15932372]That will only make you stupid.[/QUOTE] In the name of Jesus. God Bless! God created man! God created the Universe. That's what I'm looking at all day. [editline]02:34AM[/editline] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2STDH14aJVk[/url] [editline]02:36AM[/editline] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2STDH14aJVk[/url]

But then why are games like the GTA series condemned for violence when I can watch the same thing on CSI or Forensics Factor

[QUOTE=FFStudios;15928935]I've played CS:S, Garry's Mod, ect. since I was 8 years old. I do have a fascination with guns, but I've got the common sense to not steal a real weapon and go on a shooting spree. I watched movies like Dawn of the Dead and SAW when I was a little kid. It hasn't affected me.[/QUOTE] At the moment it hasn't. When you're older and you meet people who haven't been exposed to things of that nature you'll see what they've done to you.

The problem with the test is that it only involves children which are very easily influenced. I think it's quite clear that children exposed to violence are prone to act more violently. However, this doesn't have anything to do with more mature people and thus doesn't really reveal anything new.

[QUOTE=garry;12767160]There was a lot of wrong people in the thread I just closed. They believed that witnessing violence does not make you violent. This is wrong. There was a famous experiment called the bobo doll experiment. Read about it here [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobo_doll_experiment[/url]. Everything a child sees it learns. If it sees violence on TV, it leans how to be violent. Here's the video of it [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK4NPc7HCnY[/media] Seems pretty conclusive to me..[/QUOTE] The key is teaching children right from wrong, and not trying to let them feel like they're special and live above the law because they're young. You can't coddle children. I don't mean beat them or anything, I'm saying that parents need to stop standing back and letting the media raise their children. If parents teach self control and morals, then the violence they see on TV won't matter, because they know it's wrong.

[QUOTE=garry;12767160]There was a lot of wrong people in the thread I just closed. They believed that witnessing violence does not make you violent. This is wrong. There was a famous experiment called the bobo doll experiment. Read about it here [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobo_doll_experiment[/url]. Everything a child sees it learns. If it sees violence on TV, it leans how to be violent. Here's the video of it [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK4NPc7HCnY[/media] Seems pretty conclusive to me..[/QUOTE] Yeah, because you know those violent TV programs and video games that Hitler and Genghis Khan played. Yeah. [editline]08:11AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Strider_07;15933539]The key is teaching children right from wrong, and not trying to let them feel like they're special and live above the law because they're young. You can't coddle children. I don't mean beat them or anything, I'm saying that parents need to stop standing back and letting the media raise their children. If parents teach self control and morals, then the violence they see on TV won't matter, because they know it's wrong.[/QUOTE] But one thing that still is important to do is to give your children a little affection. Many people who have grown up to be mass murderers have had poor relationships with their mothers.

brb punching babies

To be honest I'm perfectly calm when playing games like GTA4. Games like that aren't to blame. The real ones to blame are MMO's. Camping someone's corpse can lead to them shouting "I WILL KILL YOUR FAMILY" Maybe that's why Horde and Allies have different languages. So that you can't hear them scream I WILL RAPE YOUR MOTHER while you camp them.

[QUOTE=Portalist;12767191]Media>People And that's how it's gonna be for a long time. Everything you see will affect you in somehow. Maybe not much but if i see the same commercial about a car for 20 years i would probably buy the car in the end.[/QUOTE] I've never seen anything go on for 20 years on the tv or any games

It really depends on how old the child is. I was like 8 when I played video games or watched movies with violence in them. Hasn't changed me at all or made me more violent than the average american is, :)

[QUOTE=garry;12767160]Everything a child sees it learns. If it sees violence on TV, it leans how to be violent.[/QUOTE] Just like seeing how to drive a car causes them to have more driver tendencies.

no.

[QUOTE=garry;12767160]There was a lot of wrong people in the thread I just closed. They believed that witnessing violence does not make you violent. This is wrong. There was a famous experiment called the bobo doll experiment. Read about it here [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobo_doll_experiment[/url]. Everything a child sees it learns. If it sees violence on TV, it leans how to be violent. Here's the video of it [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK4NPc7HCnY[/media] Seems pretty conclusive to me..[/QUOTE] I've seen plenty of violence on TV and I'm not a violent person. I despise violence.