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Originally Posted by Armistead
We live in a violent culture today. I think Hollywood has more impact than guns. The average kid watches 1000's of brutal murders every year on TV. Don't get me wrong, I like my action flicks, but I also grew up in the period where being the good guy was the thing to do. Hollywood once promoted a clear good vs. bad image. I see a lot of liberal actors promoting gun control, then they make the most violent movies with guns, lil hypocritical to me.
People are talking get rid of guns, but watch gun sales increase 1000% over the next few months.
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I agree. We bathe our children in virtual blood and 3d destruction their entire lives then argue that violent movies and video games play no part when they dress up like their online avatars and act out what they grew up pretending to be.
But it's not just that. We belittle and destroy our religious institutions and claim it's for equality, leaving people without a moral code or compass to follow just because some think a community should have no need for such quaint traditions. Maybe if this monster believed in a hell he wouldn't have been so eager to send himself there. We don't even know our neighbors anymore. In too many cases we couldn't tell if the folks next door were cannibals let alone sane humans. We coddle and over shelter our children, never allowing to them to burn their fingers, or loose a softball game, or learn a lesson the hard way, making them so emotionally weak that they'll commit suicide over a mocking twitter message, or it seems walk into an elementary school and open fire.
We have to start growing people with a skin. We also have to stop creating in our children such a driving desire for fame and recognition that infamy becomes an acceptable alternative if it gets them remembered.