Study: Violence breeds more violence

[Tuberski]

I missed you Patty-cakes.......



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[Shi Huangdi]

I'd be a little bit suspicious of this study. Is it actually that witnessing violence makes one more violent, or rather that kids who witness violent events are more likely to be in violent social circles.

[Dis]

was the study based on actual interviews.

A lot of people like to be cool and say they have seen shootings when they never have.

I know I tend to exaggerate when I describe a firefight outside my back window when I was living in navy funded housing in the poor section of Newport News, Virginia. In retrospect, they may have not been guns, but they may have been throwing firecrackers at each other.

[MrFun]

I was going to create a separate thread about gun violence but instead I will ask this question in this thread:



Why does United States have the highest rate of violent gun crimes compared to other developed First World nations?

[Ted Striker]

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[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
I'd be a little bit suspicious of this study. Is it actually that witnessing violence makes one more violent, or rather that kids who witness violent events are more likely to be in violent social circles.

Yeah, this study doesn't actually tell us anything.

[BlackCat]

The evidence of the study is very clear. If police just would give up all of their armament and make arrests in a civil way, children will soon learn that violence isn't a good thing.

Just think how law obidient people was in the demolition man, of course before sly wrecked it all .

[Atahualpa]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
Doesn't this fall under the "obvious ****" category? Like studies showing that male and female brains are different?

Ofc it is obvious, but still it's an interesting item for a discussion.

It would also be interesting to note, if virtual violence would fall under this category as well.. like the often blamed computer games or movies in the cinema.
I don't know about any studies in that direction though.

Another good part is that probably our politicians will think about it... you know, they've been telling the youth lots of time to breed more... more porn!

Seriously though, I think the generation coming home from iraq will bring a lot of violence with them.. I don't know if there is a point where you've just seen enough - I guess there is and that is probably the cure, otherwise you carry the virus and if you rage against your fellow citizen the virus violence is taking control over you. Must resist....