Originally posted by DeSeRt RaT UK
sorry but I have to disagree with you. People always blame films and computer games for killings. But the killer has to be messed up in the first place before watching/playing.
Do they? Remember, Rat, I said that just about all of them are messed up and would have done it anyway, but there will always, basically be DEFINITION, be some people who wouldn't have gone on a spree if not for this movie or that game. This is ridiculous to deny.
Originally posted by DeSeRt RaT UK
Also about the being bad parents for not looking in their children's rooms? Sorry but that has to be one of the stupidest statements I've ever heard. Also 'lack of parenting?'. Parents can never keep an eye on their children 24/7. If you want to watch an adult rated film and you cant at home, then you'll just go around a mates house.
Did I say parents that don't search their kid's rooms were bad? C'mon man, read my post carefully. I said, very specifically, that my parents DO NOT go looking through my room a lot, but that they pay attention to me and the way I am, the way I act, etc, so that if I were building a bomb, they'd be pretty likely to pick up on it at some point.
Parenting is pitiful in the US today. Sorry, but that's the truth.
Originally posted by DeSeRt RaT UK
Do you really want your parents breathing down your neck all the time? No, course you don't. If they do, you'll complain, but then you complain anyway saying that it is 'lack of parenting' for them not being there 24/7.
If you want to blame it on something, then blame it on your society.
I never said they should be watching us like spies, so chill out, alright? It's lack of parenting because they don't talk to their kids, they make use of digital babysitters all the time, and they go "oh, they're going through that phase." Bull.
I live in a large family, and we're quite open with each other. Here's what's really ironic: we teach the kids about sex early on (details at 5 or 6), and we let them listen to more swearing and watch more violent things than most parents do...and guess what? There are seven of us...I am the oldest...and none of us have slept around, none of us have smoked, done drugs, gotten drunk, or, above all, killed anyone else. I don't think any of us have even gotten into a real, totally serious fist-fight for crying out loud.
You can either deny it or not, but parenting is poor. Very poor. Maybe it's different in the UK...but that would surprise me greatly. What are parentings doing wrong? I don't think they talk to their kids enough. They either pay no attention to them and let them do what they want, or they shelter them constantly so that they can't handle reality when it slaps them in the face.