Post by w***@netscape.netIt is a sad state of affairs when people go out for a harmless night
out in a club, or even on a train, when some idiot with a knife takes
them out.
I blame the constant diet of violence and murder perpetrated on people
through film and TV. Feed someone with enough violence and murder on a
regular basis and it will become the acceptable norm.
On that basis, rugby crowds should be more violent that football crowds
yet it's the other way round.
The vast majority of us are quite capable of being exposed to all forms
of media without going even the slightest bit off the rails.
In Japan, films, TV and even teenage comics often contain very graphic
images of voilence (and sexual violence) far worse than anything seen
over here. Yet, Japan is one of the safest countries in the World, even
young girls feel quite safe walking out in the city late at night.
There will always be someone sufficiently warped to copy something they
see in a film or on TV but the point is, surely, that they were warped
to start with and therefore always likely to do something wicked.
Take the arguements concerning violent pornography, what should be
worrying us? That this type of porn exists?
Maybe, but pornographers are not in the business of propoganda they are
very market driven and maybe that's what should be worrying us - that
the demand existed in the first place.
In any case, history tells us that the biggest causes of violence in
society has often been mere ideas.
Besides, once you accept the idea that TV is to blame you then have to
accept the idea that the murderer is not.