Violence in the Media
In the world we live in, violence is a way of life for many people. Chancesare, most of the people reading this live in nice, upper-middle class suburbs, just like I do. But, just because we don't see this violence doesn't mean it doesn't happen. We all know it happens, we're not stupid, we watch the news, we read the newspaper. So why does the government try to censor violence? Why does the government try to censor sex? Is it because we can't handle it? No. I can handle it. I may be what most psychologists would call desensitized, but that doesn't mean I'm going to shoot up my junior high school. I could never do that. . . .
They're as desensitized as we are, and that's a good thing. You know why? No one cares anymore. These movies are aimed at the lowest common denominator because intelligent movie goers are as extinct as the Dodo bird. Now, if we want to see sex, under agers are going to have sex. The government should not, and can not, keep us from seeing what we want to see. That creates a lot more problems than it solves, not to mention that rape is hell of a lot worse then a minor watching Striptease. I've seen at least a gajillion R rated movies, and I can walk into any store in Connecticut and buy some M rated video games. Just for a moment, let's pretend we live in a future where TV containing sex or violence is illegal, and so are video games and any other medium. If you can't get it there, some psychopaths are going to rape poor, defenseless people. well, I can't think of a good reason. Crazy people will always do crazy things, and there is nothing the government can do to stop it.
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