One article writes that "Death was casual, meted out on somebody else, tallied on a score sheet on a television screen." It is easy for adults to look at society and wonder what is wrong with the so called "generation Y," however is it our faults that we live in a time run by technology? I totally agree with the argument made by many, that we don't get outside enough, and that we spend to much time by the TV. Yet, this is what has become of our society; for better or worse. We cannot change what has already happened; video games have been brought into the picture and they are here to stay. What i find curious is this: did the adults, the same adults up in arms about "violent" video games, spend their childhood playing games such as "cops and robbers" or "cowboys and Indians"?
Different, and yet the same. Are not those games of old simply the post-technology era version of such games as "Call of Duty"? I and many others understand the argument; nothing back then showed such graphic violence or sent the same message. But, could this not be merely because they did not have the technology to do so back then? It is simply hard for me to believe that the adults scolding us for playing these games, would not have been playing them had they been available.
As far as the argument that says we [generation Y] are becoming "desensitized" to issues such as murder, and war; this is absurd. Does a cop find it okay, or normal to kill someone, just because he has done it before? Does a Army artillery officer? I have never asked, but i think we could guess that the answer would be no. If these men and women, who actually partake in such acts do not become "desensitized" how is it that we do? Given, we are exposed from a young age; but if a child grows up feeling that these acts are not as evil as they truly are, is this not more of a parenting issue? Perhaps an education issue? Is this a sign of the degradation of our public education system?
I leave it up to you to answer. I feel like the media has many better things that they could be worrying about; leave the parenting to the parents; and please report something that is actually a serious issue (i.e. the actually war).
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