These things seem to lead to apathy I think. If I've noticed anything in students I work with that love violent films, it is not that they are more violent, but that they don't care about the violence that others suffer. Their sense of the need to strive for justice for others is less than that of students not exposed to these kinds of materials.

No matter what the movies show modern society will continue to deteriorate until our court systems improve,,We can no longer afford to slap criminals on the wrist and let them go,,punishments should be swift ,,,and highly deterant,,take a life ,,,lose a life,,rob someone,,no second chances,,go to jail,,like in the old days ,,Crime is CRIME,,PERIOD,,none of this ,,varying degrees of murder,,or robbery first second and third,,what the F*** is that? im all for tattooing,,child molester on a criminals face just before he gets out of prison the fist time,,im all for going back to public executions,,,TELEVISED!! you wanna stop crime,,,thats how you do it,,Movies are not the cause,,actually many movies are the effect!!!

ok mommy coddle the world and you get what you got now,,im sorry but we,, the older generation grew up with out helmets for bikes and TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn’t get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads. As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick up truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-aid made with real white sugar. And, we weren’t overweight. WHY? Because we were always outside, playing...that’s why! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times,we learned to solve the problem. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD’s, no surround-sound or CD’s, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms. WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers problem solvers and inventors problem solvers and inventors ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. If YOU are one of them? CONGRATULATIONS! Author Unknown,, In a message dated 3/19/2009 3:02:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

That’s propaganda,,,have you SEEN the changes,? no and you wont,, Movies dont change who a person is,,his parents do,,his teachers do,,his neighborhood does,,,you want better young people you need better adults raising them,,teaching them right from wrong,,but most parents today are out partying and drinking and letting their kids bring themselves up its easier to pop them in fromt of a tv than to occupy their young minds with out door activities,,,when we were little it was cowboys and indians,,but we did not grow up violent,,cops and robbers,,,al capone on every channel in some movie,,but we are not the violent ones,,its modern society that doesn’t care for its children,,its modern LAWS that prevent going to bed without supper for some infraction,,,or going to your room for some broken rule OR GIVING YOUR KID A BEATING that will make them more afraid to break the rules because they know they will be in trouble when they get home,,why didn’t we get pregnant at 13? because our parents would KILL US,,,or at least we were convinced they would,,,NOPE its not the movies,,,ITS THE PARENTS!! In a message dated 3/19/2009 2:25:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,