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Originally Posted by wittynickname
Which is a huge part of the issue. A completely unrelated song that just happens to have a line that could be misconstrued as offensive? Take it off the air! In the US, if you accidentally flash a nipple on television it's a huge fine. If you drop an f-bomb, it's a huge fine.
But shows like CSI and Criminal Minds can show incredible gore and violence. Network, prime time TV can show murderers, rapists, etc, and it gets excellent ratings by and large.
The media is quick to blame video games, but they never want to point the fingers at their parent companies and the programs they air.
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Those kinds of shows arent unique to the US though...violence has been a common theme in movies and tv worldwide since the day they were invented.
the difference, i believe, between tv/movies and video games is in the games the person is the "shooter" whereas otherwise its someone else. I listened to a prominent psychologist on the radio yesterday and he was pretty adamant that the games are having an effect on a small minority of the population by desenitizing them and the value of life in their eyes.
Its, again, all part of a very complicated and convoluted problem and solution.