Michael Moore "Bowling for Columbine". Why is canada calmer than america? 10 points?

Question

I was curious why america always shoot ppl and that and canada never do that. I know america sometimes go out n shoot without resolving probs like canada, but there more reasons than that!!! help?

Answer 1

i.m.o it's the gangster subculture which isn't as prevalent anywhere else which promotes a lack of respect for human life and a violent way of solving problems.
It's not movies, not tv, all other developed countries have media that is about as violent as America's.
Americans also work more hours than people in most other developed countries although that's changing. But long hours also help to bring people to that violent edge.

The problem with Michael Moore is that his 'documentary' that you are referring to attempts to link America's level of violence with the availability of firearms. While America has a higher-than-average amount of firearms per capita, correlation does not equal causation and study after study has shown that there is no link or an inverse link between the availability of guns and violence.

"...data on firearms ownership by constabulary area in England, like data from the United States, show a negative correlation, that is, where firearms are most dense violent crime rates are lowest, and where guns are least dense violent crime rates are highest."
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Answer 2

As shown in 'bowling for columbine' I don't think anyone really knows this answer. Americans try to justify because of their 'bloody history'. What about Britain? What about Germany? There seems to be a mentality about America which is different from elsewhere in the world built on paranoia and fear. They seem less interested in actually solving the cause of the gun problem than dealing with the problems when they come up with 'the right to own guns' blinding so much common sense. example being the virginia tech shootings and people saying that had the university allowed guns, someone could have killed and stopped the gunman sooner. had people not thought that had guns not been made so readily available incidents like this would not be such a regular occurance and if univeristies do allow guns, how many more of these incidents will happen? as has already been mentioned social problems lie at the root of so much. the american school and university system seems very clique and excluding. people are made to feel different, feel wronged and seek to take revenge upon the people who have inflicted this in the worst way possible and maybe this transcends from the school system into society as a whole and because of the availabilty of weapons, this is the first things people turn to. i don't think it is just canda who is calmer but probably used here as an example because of the close vacinity of it. america is not put on a pedastle, it is fact that it has an alarmingly high numbers of shootings. the media in america does not take an entirely different form from other countries, bad news is reported everywhere taking president over the good. the media cannot be blamed for a problem which is spiralling out of control in one country alone yet does not have a big impact in others. japan produces some of the most violent movies and video games and yet it is america with this big problem leading me to believe it is the roots of society which needs to be examined, not material influences. had the media been the problem, why does everyone, the the same country or in different ones, react the same way to a media stimulus? the hypodermic needle theory of media values being 'injected' into an audience has been widely discredited as it is the social experiences and personal values which take over and deconstruct what is been seen or read. again, it is here in society where the root of the problem lies and the values of society.

Answer 3

I haven't seen this latest piece of crap "documentary" but here's the thing, 1.) documentaries like this one are like surveys, one can present it (and edit the video footage) to say or convey any message they want to. There may be more violence here in the states, there might not be, but on the other hand you have someone like this numb nut michael moore who just wants to spread his propaganda, and his views to corrupt the american public. Secondly don't let him fool you america itself doesn't shoot people, neither does it condone shooting people, unless they are a soldier and at war. Its the people that do the shootings, not the government, does that make sense? Lets get to the core of the issue here Michael Moore hates bush this is no secret, also he is an attention seeker, so to sum it up one needs to examine and rexamine any "evidence, or facts" that were stated or found by someone that is seeking to push his own agenda (such as mr moore) keeping in mind what point of view they are coming from. I hope this helped!
~mabb~

Answer 4

F**in' gov't breathing down our necks. Nasty TV programs. Nobody wants to listen. Total lack of polite civility.

Answer 5

In Canada they have "hunting accidents".