Name: Anonymous 2007-05-02 1:07 ID:Ko4DmLvn
i need anyone willing to read this to "tear it up" by that i need you to tell me what needs to be put in and taken out.
this is directed to my class so please dont comment on those if you dont have to. and please elaborate if you feel necessary. please dont pot any fail things. i am just attempting to get the highest grade possible by being an asshole
here it is
Violence in Video Games
It is said that video games are turning our children into “virtual killers” but this statement is based of the myth that violence is more apparent in our video games than our television. Though most video games are violent, it does not mean that it makes kids violent.
Age is a large factor in the violence spectrum set by our “liberal” peers to set up games for destruction. If violence is displayed at a young age it is referred to as misbehaving. If it is present in teenagers it is called rebelling. If it is found in adults they are called criminals. So does that mean that there are different age limits to video games?
According to the ESRB there is. The ratings found on the bottom left corner of a game case tell the consumer which age this game is appropriate for. E is general, for all audiences. This is set up a lot like movies. T is for teen, meaning that there is some violence and language but not enough to justify an M rating, this is for 13+. M is for mature; this is for ages 17+. The M games usually have lots of violence, language, sexual content, and or gore. For example, major killing games like Gears of War, DOOM 3, Unreal Tournament/ Championship, Halo, Grand Theft Auto…etc. all of these games contain massive amounts of gore, sexual content, and language.
“Real life” or “waking life” we are limited by our capabilities. For older ages we know we have our limits and restrictions. For the younger kids, they believe that they are “super human” or special. So by older people playing games like Gears of War or Halo; where you go into enemy territory and pull out a victory from certain defeat, is fun and purely entertaining. But this scenario in the eyes of a child is almost the exact opposite. They see it as possible just like flying, shooting energy from your fingertips, or having super strength. I will give you a real life example. My brother Justin; who was eight years of age when I introduced him to Halo, would play with me regularly and fight off the oncoming flood with shotguns, machine guns, and explosives; did not show extremely violent behavior or real violence at all. But when the “hit” tv show 24 came on and he was subjected to images of one man torturing another to extract information so that he could stop terrorism in its tracks. My brother would start getting more aggressive on the trampoline, during dinner, and even during the morning ceremonies (shower, dental hygiene, getting dressed). He would shout at his little sister to get out of that bathroom and tried to become the “two bit detector.” A few years later, while my sister Alyssa explained how she wanted to he a singer; my brother said that if he ever saw her on a stage singing, that he would pull out his sniper rifle and “blow her head off” I remembered this from an episode of 24 and realized my parents and my own fault.
Video games desensitize but do not result in violent behavior. It is our other media that subliminally tell the younger kids that violence is okay, and that picking up a gun and shooting someone is the answer to everything. Our problem is that we do not want our favorite television shows get cancelled even thought we realize that they are the problem. Therefore we get an outside source to blame whether it be music, video games, or the internet.
The media can be used by naturally “challenged” people. The first quote is from the 1996 horror film Scream
1.) “Now Sid, don’t you blame the movies, movies don’t make psychos, movies make psychos more creative!” Scream, 1996
This could make people more violent by showing possibilities of torture or dismemberment.
2.) “Everybody is wanting to know what music were the kids listening to, what movies were they watching? Who give a f*** what they was watching?! Whatever happened to crazy? What, you cant be crazy no more? Should we eliminate crazy from the dictionary?” – Chris Rock
I like this one because Chris Rock says that there is always something to blame. But that is not always the case.
3.) Virginia Tech, about Cho Seung Hui… “Trying to blame this tragedy on anything other than the fact that this guy was crazy is just sad. The man was mentally unstable. It wasn’t the movies, or the tv show, or the book, or the video game… the man was dark and unstable. You could spend week analyzing this person’s life and still find excuses for him. A crazy person could go on a rampage even if he watched Sesame Street and Dora the Explorer all the time. What was sad was the man was obviously disturbed but no one, friend or faculty really saw the warning signs for the dangerous things that were. My personal opinion is that it may be a racial bias. In the US people look at the Asian community and see a group that is not prone to violence. That is the stereotype. If a Black man, a White man, and an Asian man stood side by side, society would be more apt to believe the Black man or the White guy would be the more dangerous of the three. In reality all three are just as capable of losing it and killing lots of people”
-Anonymous, Cinematical.com
this shows more of a racial standpoint. But it also speaks of a REAL unstable person that was not dealt with properly. This is how we should treat our media, with caution and limitations.
I will now take myself for example… I have been desensitized by video games and then shown violent and hateful acts by the news and regular tv shows. I have been old enough to separate fact from fiction I did not become aggressive and I did not threaten to shoot anyone or thing. But because of my past experiences in the public educational system I have beliefs that are opposite from that of the media which in turn becomes your own perspective.
Let’s have a look at domestic and foreign media .Here is the score. I have seen many displays of religion in this classroom, in the forms of Mormonism, Christianity, and Catholicism. So taking the popular belief that all men are created equal and the bombing the day prior to the shooting in which one hundred and thirty eight people died. I have come to that conclusion that we only care if it was on our own soil. But if it were to happen in another country, we would shrug our shoulders and say “that’s too bad.”
The media in the Middle East is also a large indicator that video games do not make people violent. How many Middle Easterners do you think have a game system on which to play a violent game? It is the media that influences the culture into doing what it wants.
Before you soak up the idiology (idiotic ideology) expressed in the media, look at the stories being over dramatized on the news. Separate fact from fiction and compare it to your own beliefs. It is not a long process and can lead to self enlightenment and an independent life that is free from the restrictions of popular opinion.
this is directed to my class so please dont comment on those if you dont have to. and please elaborate if you feel necessary. please dont pot any fail things. i am just attempting to get the highest grade possible by being an asshole
here it is
Violence in Video Games
It is said that video games are turning our children into “virtual killers” but this statement is based of the myth that violence is more apparent in our video games than our television. Though most video games are violent, it does not mean that it makes kids violent.
Age is a large factor in the violence spectrum set by our “liberal” peers to set up games for destruction. If violence is displayed at a young age it is referred to as misbehaving. If it is present in teenagers it is called rebelling. If it is found in adults they are called criminals. So does that mean that there are different age limits to video games?
According to the ESRB there is. The ratings found on the bottom left corner of a game case tell the consumer which age this game is appropriate for. E is general, for all audiences. This is set up a lot like movies. T is for teen, meaning that there is some violence and language but not enough to justify an M rating, this is for 13+. M is for mature; this is for ages 17+. The M games usually have lots of violence, language, sexual content, and or gore. For example, major killing games like Gears of War, DOOM 3, Unreal Tournament/ Championship, Halo, Grand Theft Auto…etc. all of these games contain massive amounts of gore, sexual content, and language.
“Real life” or “waking life” we are limited by our capabilities. For older ages we know we have our limits and restrictions. For the younger kids, they believe that they are “super human” or special. So by older people playing games like Gears of War or Halo; where you go into enemy territory and pull out a victory from certain defeat, is fun and purely entertaining. But this scenario in the eyes of a child is almost the exact opposite. They see it as possible just like flying, shooting energy from your fingertips, or having super strength. I will give you a real life example. My brother Justin; who was eight years of age when I introduced him to Halo, would play with me regularly and fight off the oncoming flood with shotguns, machine guns, and explosives; did not show extremely violent behavior or real violence at all. But when the “hit” tv show 24 came on and he was subjected to images of one man torturing another to extract information so that he could stop terrorism in its tracks. My brother would start getting more aggressive on the trampoline, during dinner, and even during the morning ceremonies (shower, dental hygiene, getting dressed). He would shout at his little sister to get out of that bathroom and tried to become the “two bit detector.” A few years later, while my sister Alyssa explained how she wanted to he a singer; my brother said that if he ever saw her on a stage singing, that he would pull out his sniper rifle and “blow her head off” I remembered this from an episode of 24 and realized my parents and my own fault.
Video games desensitize but do not result in violent behavior. It is our other media that subliminally tell the younger kids that violence is okay, and that picking up a gun and shooting someone is the answer to everything. Our problem is that we do not want our favorite television shows get cancelled even thought we realize that they are the problem. Therefore we get an outside source to blame whether it be music, video games, or the internet.
The media can be used by naturally “challenged” people. The first quote is from the 1996 horror film Scream
1.) “Now Sid, don’t you blame the movies, movies don’t make psychos, movies make psychos more creative!” Scream, 1996
This could make people more violent by showing possibilities of torture or dismemberment.
2.) “Everybody is wanting to know what music were the kids listening to, what movies were they watching? Who give a f*** what they was watching?! Whatever happened to crazy? What, you cant be crazy no more? Should we eliminate crazy from the dictionary?” – Chris Rock
I like this one because Chris Rock says that there is always something to blame. But that is not always the case.
3.) Virginia Tech, about Cho Seung Hui… “Trying to blame this tragedy on anything other than the fact that this guy was crazy is just sad. The man was mentally unstable. It wasn’t the movies, or the tv show, or the book, or the video game… the man was dark and unstable. You could spend week analyzing this person’s life and still find excuses for him. A crazy person could go on a rampage even if he watched Sesame Street and Dora the Explorer all the time. What was sad was the man was obviously disturbed but no one, friend or faculty really saw the warning signs for the dangerous things that were. My personal opinion is that it may be a racial bias. In the US people look at the Asian community and see a group that is not prone to violence. That is the stereotype. If a Black man, a White man, and an Asian man stood side by side, society would be more apt to believe the Black man or the White guy would be the more dangerous of the three. In reality all three are just as capable of losing it and killing lots of people”
-Anonymous, Cinematical.com
this shows more of a racial standpoint. But it also speaks of a REAL unstable person that was not dealt with properly. This is how we should treat our media, with caution and limitations.
I will now take myself for example… I have been desensitized by video games and then shown violent and hateful acts by the news and regular tv shows. I have been old enough to separate fact from fiction I did not become aggressive and I did not threaten to shoot anyone or thing. But because of my past experiences in the public educational system I have beliefs that are opposite from that of the media which in turn becomes your own perspective.
Let’s have a look at domestic and foreign media .Here is the score. I have seen many displays of religion in this classroom, in the forms of Mormonism, Christianity, and Catholicism. So taking the popular belief that all men are created equal and the bombing the day prior to the shooting in which one hundred and thirty eight people died. I have come to that conclusion that we only care if it was on our own soil. But if it were to happen in another country, we would shrug our shoulders and say “that’s too bad.”
The media in the Middle East is also a large indicator that video games do not make people violent. How many Middle Easterners do you think have a game system on which to play a violent game? It is the media that influences the culture into doing what it wants.
Before you soak up the idiology (idiotic ideology) expressed in the media, look at the stories being over dramatized on the news. Separate fact from fiction and compare it to your own beliefs. It is not a long process and can lead to self enlightenment and an independent life that is free from the restrictions of popular opinion.