Quote: rex said: Writing, drawing, video games, movies and TV shows violent or not are for relaxation or release. Take those things away and society will get even worse. Crazy people will always be crazy no matter what they read, play or see.
I disagree that taking them away would make the problem worse.
I think it's completely opposite: That instead because of all this violent fantasy, intimidation and acting out, that society endorses and accepts vicarious intimidation power fantasies and vicarious violence to the level that it does, that people are more prone to that behavior. And statistics seem to back this trend. Every country where television has been introduced, has shown a sharp uptick in the murder rate that coincided with the introduction of televised violent entertainment.
And in the last decade, for the first time in recorded history, women have shown a large uptick in violent crimes, attributed to the introduction of violent role models for women in recent movies and television shows, such as Thelma and Louise. When women were not portrayed in glamorous violent roles, they were less prone to violence.
I disagree that they'll make up their own stimuli, Beardguy. I think in most cases, violence is an inspired act, that requires a spark. The categories of second-degree murder and manslaughter recognize that.
Take away the catalyst, and you could very well eliminate the circumstances that would lead to murder.
Like making the Atlantic Ocean one degree cooler in the summer lessens the breeding conditions for a hurricane.
I hear you, WB, but we will always have the truly crazy ones who will find a way to act out.
Being crazy is part of being human.
You can't take away all the stimuli. It just ain't gonna happen.
At least not in the near future.
We are still only what,10,000 years out of the caves? We need a lot more time to evolve from being primitive apes.
