Comment Another comment on High School and society (Score 1) 1228
With the shooting in Littleton, it seems clear to everyone that there is a problem; what that problem is exactly isn't being addressed. The media is focusing on the law suits being filed against movie and video game companies, the type of students the kids were, and what they can do to stop the violence.
Based on several poles I have seen; most people believe that violence in games, music, and movies are affecting the children. While I don't think children who are not mature enough to handle the subjects in said medias, I think there's a bigger problem if people being exposed to this sort of thing can't seperate real violence and what they see on tv. Even though some people don't want to admit it, sex and violence have been around a lot longer than said video games. The entertainment industry is not the problem, the problem lies with the education and maturing of young kids.
The shooters have all been 'outsiders'. Is this such a surprise? People being put down and shut out of the high school social scene are the ones to snap. High School was horrible for me. The school administration doesn't like the smart kids who question the 'Because I said so' policies. The other students don't seem to like the kids who think for themselves and won't go along with everyone else. What happens to these kids who don't fit in and make life easy for everyone? They are shoved down and many sit there and brude. I'm not going to say the school society creates the violent people, but they do tend to ignore them or make them worst. Of all the kids that have faced the pain of being different, few have acted out, but no one looks at all the outcasts until one does.
When something like this happens, people suddenly realize that life can be horrible and unfair. Obviously they want to prevent it from ever happening again, but people want to eliminate the sources of the problems, not face them. Most news progrmas have commented on the shooters playing Doom(TM) or some similar game. Their answer, ban doom, cut off the internet, stop violent movies. Until they prove with out a doubt that these things cause 100% harm and do not help people in anyway I will disagree with this. These games, movies, and the internet are most people's outlets. We don't have to face violence in a real sense because there is an outlet for anger, fustration, and social needs.
The world doesn't need to shut out the outsiders. The problem isn't a them vs us situation where the jocks are the good guys and the losers are the bad guys. People need to face the world and think about humanity. Being picked on shouldn't be a 'part of growing up', but those mature enough to realize this aren't the one in a position to pick on people. Life isn't fair, but a little human compation for both sides would go along way. An ending note on Littleton. I do not hate the shooters, but I do hate what they did. It was wrong. Hopefully we won't have another shooting before students realize everyone's humanl but it probably won't happen...
-Kag
Based on several poles I have seen; most people believe that violence in games, music, and movies are affecting the children. While I don't think children who are not mature enough to handle the subjects in said medias, I think there's a bigger problem if people being exposed to this sort of thing can't seperate real violence and what they see on tv. Even though some people don't want to admit it, sex and violence have been around a lot longer than said video games. The entertainment industry is not the problem, the problem lies with the education and maturing of young kids.
The shooters have all been 'outsiders'. Is this such a surprise? People being put down and shut out of the high school social scene are the ones to snap. High School was horrible for me. The school administration doesn't like the smart kids who question the 'Because I said so' policies. The other students don't seem to like the kids who think for themselves and won't go along with everyone else. What happens to these kids who don't fit in and make life easy for everyone? They are shoved down and many sit there and brude. I'm not going to say the school society creates the violent people, but they do tend to ignore them or make them worst. Of all the kids that have faced the pain of being different, few have acted out, but no one looks at all the outcasts until one does.
When something like this happens, people suddenly realize that life can be horrible and unfair. Obviously they want to prevent it from ever happening again, but people want to eliminate the sources of the problems, not face them. Most news progrmas have commented on the shooters playing Doom(TM) or some similar game. Their answer, ban doom, cut off the internet, stop violent movies. Until they prove with out a doubt that these things cause 100% harm and do not help people in anyway I will disagree with this. These games, movies, and the internet are most people's outlets. We don't have to face violence in a real sense because there is an outlet for anger, fustration, and social needs.
The world doesn't need to shut out the outsiders. The problem isn't a them vs us situation where the jocks are the good guys and the losers are the bad guys. People need to face the world and think about humanity. Being picked on shouldn't be a 'part of growing up', but those mature enough to realize this aren't the one in a position to pick on people. Life isn't fair, but a little human compation for both sides would go along way. An ending note on Littleton. I do not hate the shooters, but I do hate what they did. It was wrong. Hopefully we won't have another shooting before students realize everyone's humanl but it probably won't happen...
-Kag
