03-02-2010, 02:11 AM
I don't really think that one is worse than the other. it really depends on the maturity of the children watching the movie/tv show/video game that determines whether the movie is age appropriate or not. I remember that I watched the Highlander Series from the time I was about 12 and it has everything in it sex, violence and mature content but my parents felt that I was mature enough to handle the content and they made sure that they were around to answer questions and to make sure that the tv show was not doing 'permanent emotional damage' to me. I am a firm believer in that it's not the movies, music, tv or video games that make children violent or have disrespect toward others. I agree that it is an inborn trait in humans to be violent however, it is the parents' responsibility to channel that aggression. Not everything can be blamed on the parents but to risk bringing a cliched example into this, there is no way that the parents of the kids who shot up Columbine were totally ignorant of their childrens' distress. Depression and the anger and violence that sometimes accompanies it does not just turn up over night. And the desire to kill others does not just turn up over night.
It is the children who embody the anger and aggression but it is the parents and the adults around them that are responsible for recognizing it.
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