Cu Chulainn wrote on Sep 10
th, 2018 at 7:37pm:
Agnes wrote on Sep 10
th, 2018 at 7:29pm:
Part of the problem I think is the desensitising of kids in our culture- the emergence of of video games where kids do get to act out very graphic violence against what we say is a make believe opponent ( but real to them) on screen but use a big knife to take his/her head off- society is much more accepting of violence where it once wasnt- a child raised on a diet of violence in any form is going to be fiundamentally changed as a result of what seems to them like the "norm"- - if any parent has taken any notice of what our kids are playing in the quite of their private world/ rooms- grand theft auto is one- the war games- call of duty etc-all deal in the worset aspects of our cuture- re death cruelty etc- my son use to play some of these games and when he would stay over at his mates house sometimes he would also come into contact with porn- another aggressive act against another human in the eyes of an innocnet child- its conditioning and even at the time I worried that my son played it for I feared the effect on his mental health- yes I should have just banned it but we dont like to deny our kids what other kids are able to do- becuse its the norm for that peer group- I think he is ok- he seems normal well adjusted- but we dont all start from the same place
I think this is generation is much different to their parents because of what we are allowing them to do and see- it comes back to parenting and commonsense- what they see and do matters
My son aged 10 was afraid of Gollum and had nightmares for quite a long time- Lord of the Rings- I didnt realise until I seen him hiding behind the sofa one day- the impact on young impressionable minds is not realised
What a load of cods wallop. My kids grew up with the start of these game all the way through to now, they don't kill people. I played the original Wolfenstein with my eldest, then doom and doom2 with my eldest and middle son. We played all these games as they and others evolved, no killings.
Stop trying to blame crap on games, people do bad poo whether there are games or not, how many murderers do you think played monopoly or hide and seek? The problem is with people.
edit: My brother aged 13 would not go outside at night, no way in hell. So when it was the dogs dinner time it was me who had to go collect their plates at night. Guess what, he never watched Lord of the Rings. He was just shyte scared of the dark for no rational reason.
did your kids go to school set???....as well as play the games I mean?..
you do know how many adults get addicted to pokermachines.? some only play once and they are hooked.....others like me can go years and then play for 5 min till I am bored witless....
I dont think agnes is blaming the games on murder but they do desensitise...young brains... at least thats what they said on 60 minutes... when they investigated kids not going to school since they turned 12 take the games away and the kids turn violent.....
this is a smoking gun.....
but what do you put all this unhappiness down too set???>.......why are some men wiping out their whole family..........
are we all becoming desensitised..... to kill one is bad enough and not feel anything....but 5 !!!! what sort of people can do that.?