When young people commit violent acts, who and/or what is to blame?
             When young people commit particularly violent acts in society, people are very quick to point the finger at the most obvious causes for these problems, but according to recent studies, young people's reasoning for committing these acts of violence are not always the obvious things.
             One of the main things that people blame is what young people in this day and age watch on TV, in movies, and what computer games they play. Children and teenagers these days are exposed to a lot more violence than they used to be, particularly in movies. Even though some of the older movies had a lot of blood and gore in them as well, the technology and effects these days are a lot better, so that they look very realistic. Some people have tried to have movies and games banned from being released, but the don't succeed that often, because the game's ratings are there to supposedly protect kids from getting inappropriate material, but that doesn't mean that they can't get it. Some parents let their kids watch and play anything that they want, so they go out and get the game or movie for them, if they are not of right age to do so themselves. Another thing that could also occur is if they get the games off an older relative, or off of a friend that has it. True, there are some very violent games out there where you go around cutting peoples head's off and the like, but the children that play them are usually old enough to know the difference between a game or movie, and a real life scenario. If they don't, the parents should take them aside and talk to them about it, maybe before they let them watch or play the specific material. Following recent incidences involving young people and violence, there has been a crack-down on game and movie ratings, especially in the United States. A lot of movies that are rated M or MA here in Australia are rated NC-17 i
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