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Originally Posted by squall24
You misunderstand what I wrote, or maybe I worded it wrong. What I meant was if children this young can pick up on cursing, than it is of know surprise they can pick up on other habits they might view. I'm not saying that a child will torture based on cursing, but the thought of violence can be just as easily learned as a new curse word.
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I was mainly questioning the link between cussing and the performing of physical violence.
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Originally Posted by Lysis
Do you disagree with me though? If a third grader, who's mind is surely still growing and learning and hasn't developed quite as much as, say, a tenth grader, watching a murder or such on television could lead to the third grader getting the idea to plan a murder himself. Especially since they don't truely understand the concept of death; television makes death and murder such a common and less-than-serious thing to someone who doesn't understand it completely anyway. By no means does it happen to every third grader who watches CSI or whatnot, but I'd honestly be surprised if it never happened. And of course, I'm sure this applies to video games too, although those are typically less realistic. I should also make it clear that I don't necessarily think that this specific case was caused by television, I only think that it's likely or possible, and there are most likely plenty of other factors involved.
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Yeah, I wouldn't doubt that it has an impact. And when it comes to strange and particularly deplorable cases like this, it does become a true mystery. I think we might be on safe ground to argue that an overall cultural callous to violence probably contributed to this.
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As for the whole children swearing thing, I think the poster's point was that some children are not as well brought up by their parents and are not as "good" as well disciplined children, which is sort of true.
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Indeed. But who can say in this present instance?
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I agree that it is the parents responsibility to keep their children from watching such television shows and I'm pretty sure I mentioned something to that extent.[/color]
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For all we know, the parents could've done the best they could for the children and are just as shocked and appalled as the rest of the world at this plot. But also, they could be neglectful or abusive and brought this on too. I guess we don't actually know anything about the parents at this point in time. (I'm not saying you were blaming the parents, but I know people in general like to point at them first as an easy scapegoat, and I'm just trying to guard against that.)