What will be the next thing that causes violence in the youngsters of "today"? =]
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Well if it's Fox News that starts the hysteria it'll likely be either Socialism, gay marriage or anything involving people being compassionate for any reasons other than personal profit.i'd also add Atheism but they've already done that:
boredom and an every increasing inability to balance the old primitive ways with the changing world around us
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Books just because I think they're running out of scapegoats and will just decide to start the whole blame cycle again from the start.
Why not? In Renaissance Italy the government authorised legally governed bordellos for the young men of the city, although of course in practise they also catered for a much wider clientele.Duo Oratar said:
Admittedly this was before the emancipation of women, and the only jobs available to women were housewife, nun, or whore, but (naming no names) I could think of a few girls nowadays who wouldn't mind going into the same line of work [cough cough!].
I thought the_root_of_all_evil [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/the_root_of_all_evil] was the root of all evil.DexterNorgam said:
I don't know. Video games seemed to be the thing that politicians said causes violence in kids, but with the Supreme Court protecting the little kid Video Game Industry from the bully that is Leland Yee and his Band of Shit Biscuits, I think (I hope) that all this bullshit will blow over in a few years. I mean, it happened with movies, music, and pretty much every art form in the history of the world.
Anyway, I don't think what the next thing will be, but it's gonna have to be pretty weird.
Anyway, I don't think what the next thing will be, but it's gonna have to be pretty weird.
I dunno. Sure hope it's gonna be something relevant though and not just bollocks spouted by "researchers" who apparently know more than the everyday consumer.
Wishful thinking: We who grow up now are going to know better than those before us and won't say that anything cause dumb violence without there being some inherent reason in the violent/agressive child itself. (Still wishful thinking)We will not condemn anything without giving it a fair go to see if it actually does cause some psychilogical stress that could stack and suddenly burst. But like with video games it probably won't manifest as actual violence without there being something already mentally unstabe within the person in question.
Darwin that post turned out way longer than it needed...
Wishful thinking: We who grow up now are going to know better than those before us and won't say that anything cause dumb violence without there being some inherent reason in the violent/agressive child itself. (Still wishful thinking)We will not condemn anything without giving it a fair go to see if it actually does cause some psychilogical stress that could stack and suddenly burst. But like with video games it probably won't manifest as actual violence without there being something already mentally unstabe within the person in question.
Darwin that post turned out way longer than it needed...
Anything the government and media can point to. Anything to detract from the simple truth;
The youth. Are. Pissed. Off.
The government have had the youth put in a societal cage for a long time now, why are they surprised that given the slightest chance, the smallest excuse, they escape and run riot? Sure, they shouldn't, it is no excuse, and it isn't everyone, but I wonder how many more generations do the government plan on ignoring? How long do they seriously think this can go on?
The youth. Are. Pissed. Off.
The government have had the youth put in a societal cage for a long time now, why are they surprised that given the slightest chance, the smallest excuse, they escape and run riot? Sure, they shouldn't, it is no excuse, and it isn't everyone, but I wonder how many more generations do the government plan on ignoring? How long do they seriously think this can go on?
The worst thing going for kids right now is the speed of today and the desensitization to violence. Right now, the internet and the sharing of information are two very large things that have happened in the past, and right now I would make the claim that this is a fairly large part of why the youth of today are so violent. Another reason is because parents are at work, and kids don't really have anybody to tell them when and what they are doing wrong.
OT: What will be the problem tomorrow? Probably social disconnection. I'm not really sure, but I think Social Disconnection will make human beings violent, because we aren't used to that, and right now we are the most socially disconnected society since like ever...
EDIT: I didn't clarify my Off topic statement. When I mean the speed of today, I mean how fast we expect everything to happen. I don't know about the teenagers of the past, but faster = better in almost any teenagers mindset, and that's grossly untrue.
Sharing of information means sharing of ALL information, even the bad stuff. If someone is subjected to violence enough, and isn't taught every single time that it is negative, the person will be desensitized to the violence at hand. It will happen because humans are adaptive. Especially in this age of gaming where not only are you not punished, but you are actually praised for killing people in-game, that if you are NOT taught morals like you should have when you were a kid, you will think that violence is what's right a good.
Which leads to my last point of not enough parental involvement. Yeah, if you aren't taught AND disciplined on the morals, you just don't have a grasp on what's violent or not. More and more cases of kids killing other kids end up with them basically saying "I just wanted to see what it really was like." They don't have concepts of life and death, because you can just hit the ESC key and load a save, and then nutshot the guy you killed with a grenade fist or some shit. I mean, I think it's fine to play violent games; I play them as much as anyone else. I was also taught morals, and I had Parents to tell me when I did something right and punish if I did something wrong. Also, I was taught courtesy, which goes a long way in preventing violence. Something that a lot of younger kids didn't seem to learn.
OT: What will be the problem tomorrow? Probably social disconnection. I'm not really sure, but I think Social Disconnection will make human beings violent, because we aren't used to that, and right now we are the most socially disconnected society since like ever...
EDIT: I didn't clarify my Off topic statement. When I mean the speed of today, I mean how fast we expect everything to happen. I don't know about the teenagers of the past, but faster = better in almost any teenagers mindset, and that's grossly untrue.
Sharing of information means sharing of ALL information, even the bad stuff. If someone is subjected to violence enough, and isn't taught every single time that it is negative, the person will be desensitized to the violence at hand. It will happen because humans are adaptive. Especially in this age of gaming where not only are you not punished, but you are actually praised for killing people in-game, that if you are NOT taught morals like you should have when you were a kid, you will think that violence is what's right a good.
Which leads to my last point of not enough parental involvement. Yeah, if you aren't taught AND disciplined on the morals, you just don't have a grasp on what's violent or not. More and more cases of kids killing other kids end up with them basically saying "I just wanted to see what it really was like." They don't have concepts of life and death, because you can just hit the ESC key and load a save, and then nutshot the guy you killed with a grenade fist or some shit. I mean, I think it's fine to play violent games; I play them as much as anyone else. I was also taught morals, and I had Parents to tell me when I did something right and punish if I did something wrong. Also, I was taught courtesy, which goes a long way in preventing violence. Something that a lot of younger kids didn't seem to learn.