kids don't kill kids, parents do (Score 1)

Considering I just came out of the dismal abyss of being a teenager, I have a fresh outlook on the subject. There are two spectrum of adults which prompt our children to madness. 1. Self-Righteous (Hypocrites) Those who think of teenagers and adolescents as unthinking idiots who should not have any sayso in any matter until they are old enough to die in some war on foreign ground, or who has no right to an opinion, or who GOD FORBID he/she is ever right, especially if it would put an adult in the position of being wrong (this case usually calls the child or teen a smart-ass). These type of parents are not far from the dictator and oppressors that America at least tries to oppose. The fact is, left to run by these types of adults, children and teenagers have absolutely no rights other than what their school or household provide, and absolutely no democrasy whatsoever. All socities and countries governed by these rules throughout history have revolted, so what do we expect our children to do. This type of environment which leaves no freedom for children, no rights, leaves them angry, dissentful, and revolting. The only difference between a child which is brought up to harvest these feelings and emotions, and a country, is a child is still developing emotionally, and often make more irrational decisions over a much smaller time-period. 2.) The second type of parent is just bad parents. Parents who don't give a damn about themselves, much less about their children. This is the obvious case. Bad parents who neglect their child thru lack of attention, respect, or love (emotional abuse) or parents who physically abuse their child is just begging for a nutcase. Furthermore, parents who don't take enough interest in their child to notice that their child is in the basement building pipe bombs should be put on trial!!! In conclusion, if anything the violent games and television programs actually serve as a savior, rather than a harmful mediator. Instead of focusing on the kids that have went AWAL, look at the kids that have not. Those children and teens, and even adults who have shown a measure of self-restraint, yet still have the anger, resentment, or whatever emotional discouse inside most likely play the violent games, and watch the violent programs as a escape means. On a personal note, I'd rather my children fragging each other in Quake 3 rather than at school. Children are smart enough to draw the line between fiction and reality. Those who don't draw the line have other issues that need investigation.