Violence

Violence
Journal #13

Violence is always increasing in the communities. With increased violence on television, video games, and Internet, it is making the newer generations become more violent. it is extremely easy to view any type of violence, and it can even be expressed to smaller age groups now.

Many video games come out, and a lot are about shooting and fighting. Even with the ratings on the front for adults only, children still manage to get hold of these games. They just need a brother or sister, or even parents t go pick it up for them. Sometimes the stores might not even check for identification, which makes it even easier to achieve. The violence in the games promotes children to bring it out into real life situations, and they don’t think that anything is wrong with it.

Television is probably the easiest place to access violence, with children being able to view almost any channel they want. Even if parent put locks on some of the channels that that feel are too violent, children can find ways around this. For some receivers just pulling out the cord or unplugging it can reset the locks, which makes it extremely easy to watch violent shows. Show like C.S.I. and Dexter show violence and blood, which if children are too young and don’t know what’s going on, can see this as something fun to do as they grow up.

The Internet is also an extremely easy way to view violence. No parent can possibly block every site in the world, and children can even you video sites such as youtube. On youtube you can view many high school fights, and some sites even teach the basics of fighting.

We are in a lazy generation, where parents are concerned less with where their children go, and what they watch or play. As children are in their learning stages, they pick up many things that are either right or wrong, and the only way to learn is to have somebody around for them.