By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:38:33 +0000

Yes, absolutely something needs to be done. I’m in Australia, and there are major, and escalating, problems with drinking-related violence over here. It’s not just violent video games that are to blame – every night on the TV there are CSI/police/etc shows about murderers and violent behaviour, including some truly shocking sexual crimes, and graphic portrayal of crimes against children, and all at normal viewing times. It has become a new kind of “normal” to see these things going on, and if it’s normal on TV, it eventually gets accepted as normal for everyday life as well. And, while the adults who are watching, and indeed writing, these tv shows can have a balanced view of them as separate from normal life, the kids that are now being brought up on this stuff are going to be affected in an unpredictable and terrible way. A whole generation of kids who are desensitized to violence, and have greater access to drugs and booze, is going to create immense problems. I wonder, once someone is desensitized to something, is it ever possible for them to become re-sensitized again? I doubt it. It’s a one-way street that I fear we will be unable to turn back from until it’s too late.

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By: Mel