How could they say X is to blame while only asking for my blind faith in your statement?
But lets look at the numbers. How many people play video games? How many people are murderers? How many people were murderers before video games existed? Yeah. I don't really need numbers for that.
FYI I was stating an opinion, just as you were. If we were actually having a debate I'd have to step away, cause I don't really care enough about this issue. But I think its a bit crazy that people keep getting shot in schools. I mean why do they need to do it in schools? Or is it that only the school shootings actually gather attention and it happens a lot in other places too.
Issues that I don't really care about. But I naively wish were different.
@alterna We (TBL is a team) understand what you mean. It would be so easy to place blame on video-games, but you are correct the numbers do not add up (the number of people that play video games verses how many go out and murder someone). Could it play a factor, most definitely but it is not the only cause.
I (not speaking on my partners behalf on this part) believe we have to start with the parents. See back in my day kids did not get time out, they got their butts busted and it worked. You did not see teenagers disrespecting adults. Somewhere along the line the government felt that whipping a child was "wrong" and now parents can go to jail for it... hence why we have this generation full of this.
Let me clarify. I've been beaten by a paternal figure. And I feel strongly against this. You can say spanking isn't the same thing. But frankly, can a kid really go to the state if they get spanked? It's not like they are assured that being seperated from their parents would be better for them.
Yes a child can be taken from you if you spank them... I know it sounds crazy but in some states the parents hands are honestly tied.
You also had more domestic violence :)
Do you think? Growing up I never really heard about domestic violence, but I do hear about it nowadays
No one spoke of it but I assure you it was there. You also have to make sure that the stats don't get skewed cause more people are coming out and talking about issues. I don't know whether it was more or less, but I've lived through some of it so I know its real.
Good point... back in the day problems where not talked about in public, so it may have very well been happening more back then. It sad that people have to deal with that... I am very sorry that you had to live through it. This does make me wonder if it is more or less now to be honest. Let me explain something, while I do think that parents should have the right to correct their children, I do not believe in abuse. There is a line that should not be crossed. When I say correct their children, I know growing up that yes my butt got spanked, but I also know that it was very rare and after I was 7 it did not happen again because I knew it could so I did not push my luck so to speak. Nobody should have to live with abuse.