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

[QUOTE=garry]I'm not debating whether it's the parents fault or whatever. I'm not saying ban violent tv shows. I'm just saying that violence does breed violence, something that you all seem to think is false for some reason.[/QUOTE] Well,naturally people are still going to argue over these thing's when talking on this subject.

[QUOTE=garry]I'm not debating whether it's the parents fault or whatever. I'm not saying ban violent tv shows. I'm just saying that violence does breed violence, something that you all seem to think is false for some reason.[/QUOTE] If were talking about 5-year old children, I think it's pretty self explanitory.

I played barney i want to go on a killing rampage at school.

Anyone above the age of reason can decipher between real life, video games, movies, and basically any other type of medium that has violence in or around it. /opinion

Well then, It's the parents JOB to stop them playing / watching violent things. Don't take them away from me because some sack of shit doesn't know how to parent.

[QUOTE=Bryanrocks01]But let's pretend that you got into a fight, you would know how to fight back because television has taught you how. [/QUOTE] Actually that'd be my Karate lessons more than TV :v:

[QUOTE=RayvenQ]Actually that'd be my Karate lessons more than TV :v:[/QUOTE] I dun get it ...

If it's true, I can't possibly comprehend how this is a bad thing. Violence is something everyone will have to deal with in their life a lot anyway, kids learning about it will only prevent misuse in the future. That is, if we distinguish violence from plain brutality.

Depends on [B]Education[/B] which can depend on [B]Parental supervision[/B] or [B]Social-Economic status[/B] because if the parents restrict their child from violence then later on it shall become an alien scene or event, the Social-Economic status is what Education they get into or how smart they basically are thus knowing the difference. Or if they're mature enough to handle it. There is certainly a difference between people that have been exposed to a lot of violence and people that try to keep away from it, but then again stereotypes fit into this. An example is a person I know; He tries his best to avoid violence fully, in all forms of verbal, visual, and physical. I observed him and knowing he just could not control himself or feelings when he is happy. I noticed that he just does not react much or at all when something violent is happening or if he his getting abused, he absolutely does not hit back, or even swear. It seems to me that it is irregular for him. His emotions lean to one side being biased, and if violence were to throw them over to the other side then that would make him violent.

Children do tend towards violence yes, but it's quite easy to make them stop. I watched TV and played violent games but I don't go around killing people or beating them up. Yes children learn violence from their environment, children copy what they see, it makes sense that they'd try to parrot what they see on TV, but as a parent you can also ensure they learn not to do it. My mother was extremely strict about this, it was quite difficult to reverse her rule about swearing for example, I kind of stuck to it until I was about twelve I think. I think the issue here is that while violence can be learned from the media (and other things) in youth, it isn't the [B]only[/B] thing that can be learned, and it isn't the thing that must take precedence, and people are not powerless to stop it.

But this was tested on kids from 3-6 years age. I doubt this experiment would show the same results if tested on youth and adults. The thing is that kids "watch and learn". [b]Edit:[/b] I mean, monkey see monkey do.

So this is why I still use a plastic handgun and shoot invisible zombies :O I've seen to much Zombie movies and played zombie games :D

[QUOTE=TAU!]This is just more made up crap. I've seen my share of violence on T.V. I saw Saving Private Ryan. I didn't feel that violence was acceptable, I didn't feel like going back in time and shooting people, I didn't feel like getting violent at all.[/QUOTE] Don't be so fucking ignorant, just because you didn't feel that way doesn't mean everyone on the planet feels that way.

Even if you're six years old, it's incredible if you don't know that violence is wrong and that you should keep away from it, but it's not your fault. Violent movies, tv-shows, radio shows, etc. Have to be countered by the parents. If a kid grew up in front of the TV-screen, watching only violence on tv, with no one to tell them that what he's seeing there, is wrong, then of course they'll think it's acceptable. But if the parents tells them that it's wrong, and punish them when they do it, they'll keep away from it in their younger years, and actually understand why when they grow up. So in the essence of all of it, the only ones here to blame are the parents, for not knowing that their children doesn't know how to set a line between reality and movies.

Makes sense. I'd be interested in knowing whether it also makes adults more violent? In any case, kids shouldn't be playing violent video games or watching violent films anyway. This is why we have age ratings. People should stop trying to censor and ban video games, and just enforce the loving ratings in the first place.

The television is just an excuse! If a specialist says that the Video Games make people more violent, he is masking the problem, using something who affect large masses to cover his argument :)

I don't think that anyone over 10 [b]with a good idea of what's wrong and right[/b] would imitate violence on TV. I don't think most people who see violence on TV or in a video game would go "durr i saw it there it's ok now :downs:". You'd have to be downright fucking stupid to imitate violence just because you see it. I guess this still applies to most people though, because I know a lot of fucking stupid people. [b]Edit:[/b] Short version: I don't think it would affect people who know right from wrong very much.

If you show a kid anything when he is 5, he is going to try to copy it, no matter what it is. You could show him someone driving fast down a street and when he plays in his little foot pedal car, he'll try to go fast. If you show him people fighting then he'll try to copy the fight. Notice how he fights exactly the same was as the example person did? I doubt they're thinking "I see this so I think it's okay in society". They're just copying what they see since, at a young age, that's what kids do, copy. They don't fully know right from wrong. That dummy thing he was punching in the video, I messed with one of those when I was around 5 or 6. I beat the crap out of the thing. I used to throw it around and crap. I used try to hit it just enough so that when it went flying back, it wouldn't slam into the floor, but come inches from touching it. I did that as a kid because I thought it was fun. But I never hurt another kid. Sure I got in arguments with my cousins when I'd play with them, but never to a point where we beat the shit out of each other. Key point to that is we both always used to watch movies with violence in them. Basically, kids copy what they see no matter what it is, but that doesn't mean it changes them mentally. They're kids. Have you never heard the phrase "Don't do that around your brother/sister/cousin, They'll try to copy you. You'll set a bad example."

i think it certainly makes them more aggressive but i don't think it makes them just inately violent.

LAZY TOWN MAKES ME WANT TO STAB PEOPLES EYES OUT

If TV and Videogames can influence a child so greatly, it's because of the idiocy of their parents and the idiocy of the people around them, not entertainment. People should talk to their kids, tell them that violence is wrong.

Oh boy, you should see, how "wrong" it's in here. You would be also surprised, how people interpret equality.: (this is heavily connected to violence.) A girl hits a boy, boy gets pissed of, instead of hitting a girl back, he hits another boy.

Only idiots think media can't induce violence in a rather empty, young mind (assuming they have the dexterity to even use such things.) The real issue is whether or not the rights of the responsible adults who can handle violence without flipping the fuck out are worth risking the young getting hold of the material and flipping the fuck out. Personally, this is what parents are for. If you want to protect your kid, do it yourself. Parenting isn't a damn cakewalk, if you can't handle keeping your 3 year old away from GTA, you can't handle a kid.

[QUOTE=garry]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] So, Under 5 years old kids are kept in rooms playing UT,Quake and watching violence from television thes days?

It's true! facewound made me kill my best friend and backhand my grandma! and it's all your fault garry! ;)

[QUOTE=killer89]Oh boy, you should see, how "wrong" it's in here. You would be also surprised, how people interpret equality.: (this is heavily connected to violence.) A girl hits a boy, boy gets pissed of, instead of hitting a girl back, he hits another boy.[/QUOTE] Your avatar is a person with a gun to their head. This overwhelms your argument for some reason.

[QUOTE=leach139]Heck, I play GTAIV, and I'm only 14, but I don't go out and rape anyone. Hmm. :raise:[/QUOTE] You're not supposed to rape people?

I have seen several parents, who have bought 18+ game to their 7-10 years old kids. "it's safe to let them play these games, if they play them with us". yeah, sure... Oh well, i got Doom, when i was 6. [b]Edit:[/b] [QUOTE=Lankist]Your avatar is a person with a gun to their head. This overwhelms your argument for some reason.[/QUOTE] If you don't believe me, how about coming here to see it on your own eyes?

Well, it's really no big surprise. Honestly. Didn't anyone feel like making some badass kicks and punches after watching some karate movie when they were younger? I know I did. I think that the parents need to pay attention to the PEGI rating of games, and the age requirements for movies a bit better.

Monkey see, monkey do.