Humans have such big brains we get lost in thought, and the truth staring us in the face gets missed.
I’ve commented on censorship before, and how it’s a social taboo to advocate it, but every nation does it, and every person would censor at least one thing (child pornography, nuclear bomb instructions, SSNs of all citizens). I think it can be a useful tool, but our society fears it mainly because it might interfere with someone somewhere making a buck off our decline:
Cartoon favourites such as Scooby Doo and Pokemon can increase aggression among children because they feature high levels of violence, a controversial study claimed today.
Researchers found although the programmes are aimed at youngsters they contain significantly more brutality than TV programmes intended for general audiences.
Although the violence is in animated ‘fantasy’ form, it can have a similar effect on children’s behaviour as ‘actual’ screen violence since youngsters still identify with characters and copy them, the study warned.
Why are we afraid to admit these are destructive and that a smart society would throw them into the dustbin?
We’re writing an essay on this topic.
If you read articles about this debate on the internet, then your sure to come upon this common reoccurrence , t.v.-bashing. They throw out random numbers, from very problematic, and error-filled “experiments” and call them statistics in order to prove a point. All of which are different, and draw different conclusions.
Another point to bring up is the idea of correlation vs. causation. Some people might have grown up in broken homes, led by violent family members, and all in all had a bad childhood. Is that not more of a reason for violence than t.v.? Don’t we grow up more to be like our parents (for the most part), than like Jackie Chan or any other media figure whose given the blame for a portion of America’s crimes and violence. Maybe the problem is not that it directly causes violence, but it correlates. Need I say anymore?
Finally, you must also realize that, people like it, so they watch it. No one is forced to watch t.v., so, America is asking for that violence. If they don’t like it, then they will not watch it. As NBC’s Don Ohlmeyer puts it: “I can’t force people to come to the set” With so many debates on different types of censorship, that looks as if it is about to happen. Being that the economy is in crisis, if a majority, or even a large minority of people stop watching t.v., jobs will be lost, and the t.v. producers, again, will acquire the blame, for not making shows that people want to watch.
My solution, although not a complete solution, offers an idea, a glimmer of hope.
Because it is the people entering in the complaints, and since a lot of complaints are menial and downright stupid, I say that people should be fined for the incompetent complaints. For example, I read an article that, this really happened, a person put in a complaint against AFV for airing a video showing a baby falling down on a pacifier, and having it stuck in their butt.
If given the choice, and the power, people would complain about everything, and whichever side had the most numbers, would win the argument. If only legitimate complains were sent in, then people would think more about what they are saying, rather than click on an email link saying that they do not like a show that they haven’t even watched.
I ask you to ponder my query, and respond, for I love debates, and cannot wait to hear your response.