Why do some people say that voilent TV and voilent music and video games make people do evil things?

Question

people are people and even religion can promote such things too look at all the serial killers that where christian or look at the muslim school bombing in russia they are pretty voilent and perhaps have never even seen a voilent movie or even listened to voilent music or even played a voilent video game but yet people assume that these things cause people to act the way they do sorry but i dont agree with that at all. i have watched horror films and have never harmed a single human being after watching it. i never once harmed anyone due to any of these things either they are just entertainment nothing else

it is human nature to be voilent it is up to the humans not to act on their voilent acts in there own minds

Answer 1

But to play devil's advocate, you have a home with two parents, I assume that told you right from wrong, living in a area that has some sort of quietness. No worries and no real threats. Now lets look at a child that has a mom who works in a area thats not so great, no real guidance and doesn't know how to really interpret the actions seen on TV or games, throw in the mix that its a horrible neighborhood. I'm not saying that is this instance that 100% would turn out bad, but it doesn't help desensitizing either. There is no definitive proof that it is bad for all or some, as far as violence goes, but in small parts it does contribute. Rightly if your sane then this doesn't apply, but if you a crazy mofo well then.

Answer 2

All the official studies on this have shown very significant correlation between violent media consumption and violent behavior.

Of course there is no ethical way to do a study on this that could show causation (we can't just put children in bondage for 20 years now can we?)

but we should at least pay attention to that strong correlation.

Answer 3

Some believe that violent content desensitizes people to carnage, thereby making them more likely to commit such atrocities, as they see it as a viable solution to a problem. On the other side of the coin, there are those that believe violent content satisfies our violent nature, thereby making people less likely to commit such atrocities against one another. I suppose the jury is still out on which of the theories holds the most weight.

Answer 4

Because parents nowadays treat the TV and video games, etc. like a babysitter for their kids. Kids that are raised with watching that kinda stuff end up thinking that it's normal and since their parents are screwed up, they have a hard problem distinguishing between fiction and reality.

I don't agree, however, that the average person is going to get warped if they have decent parents that tell the kid the difference between fiction and reality. I play violent video games and watch violent shows all the time. You don't see me going out to kill do you?

Answer 5

THey are just looking for an easy target to blame for everything. My brother and I both played numerous violent video games and neither of us are criminals. He is now studying to be a lawyer and I work with an enviornmental company.

Violent video games are only a small part to blame in violent children and teens. Part of it is the way they are raised and a major part of it is the enviornment they spend their time in, people who teach them and the freinds they end up making.

Thats how I see it.

Answer 6

It's just a lame excuse people use to keep from having to deal with the real causes. There is no correlation between video games, movies, and violent behavior.

Answer 7

violence in media and games is not the root cause of violence, but it may help desensitise people's abhorrence to violence. many countries with low levels of violent crime in Europe and japan for example also watch the same films, listen to the same music and play the same games. it has nothing to do with secularism either as most European countries and japan are far more secular than the US. in the 19th century when bible literalism and Christianity was at its highest ebb in England, troops and marines had to patrol sections of London, instead of police, as it was so violent. there are probably many factors that lead to violence, but i feel that the empathetic response of individuals to each other and their problems is probably at the root of it. any society that easily sanctions violence as a cure for its problems and has little empathetic response to those in need, cannot expect its citizens to act any differently.

Answer 8

in may not be the case for you or me but many others(particulary teenagers) are very impressionable.
you can see why a young boy who is impressionable could watch a film/play a game and it gives him an idea. he thinks it could be cool or fun to hurt people or something.
i don't think its the fault of game or the film because most of us can seperate fiction from reality, alas some cannot.
its not the case for most people but some people are just really really easy to influence.
im just saying is all

Answer 9

PSA 7:15 He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.

53: 4 Will the evildoers never learn--those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on God?

73: 6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.

Answer 10

The fruit of the secular world view can be seen in around us. As we observe society, it is evident that not all is well. Television has degenerated into a bordello of violence, soft-pornography, anti-family sit-coms, commercials that appeal to immediate gratification, and senseless children's cartoons that are full of violence, occultism, and disobedience to parents. It often portrays pastors as psychotics, priests as pedophiles, and religious people as insecure, ignorant, and bigoted.
The News is extremely biased and when speaking in areas where religious and secular morals collide, it uniformly presents information with loaded words. Instead of "pro-life" we hear "anti-abortion rights." Instead of "conservative" it is "right wing fundamentalist." Other words are used such as "Bible thumpers," "censorship," "intolerance," "bigoted," etc.
"According to the Center for Media and Public Affairs, the average TV watcher sees 14,000 references to sex and the average child "watches 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence by the end of elementary school."
Illegitimacy is on the rise. In 1970 babies born out of wedlock were 10% of all births. In 1991, it was 30%. Rape is increasing as is violent crime, venereal disease, drug usage, and prison populations.
In many American schools the "Impressions" series is promoting the New Age and the occult. Some programs have students being taught that they alone are the ones who should decide if drug use is good or bad. Many school textbooks teach anti-family values, promote homosexuality, teach moral relativism, encourage sexual conduct, and, of course, instill evolution as a fact. In addition, they condemn the notion of a Christian God even being mentioned. Consider the following:
"When 10-year old Raymond Raines bowed his head and silently said grace over lunch in a St. Louis public school cafeteria, he was placed in detention for a week and told that he must eat in a room by himself if he continued to pray.
"When 30 Texas high school students gathered to pray at the flagpole before school one morning, the principal politely told them not only to leave, but to pray out of sight.
"In Illinois, a high school principal sent police to break up a similar prayer group. Two students were arrested."
Obviously, America (and the world) is in desperate need of the life changing gospel of Jesus.