[quote=livinincali][quote=CA renter]
I think it’s imperative that we look more closely at the evidence showing how violent video games and movies affect developing minds, and how technology is affecting people’s ability to empathize.
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We got so close to actually getting to the real issue which is mental health problems and treatments. Then we had to blame violent video games. Blame the guns, blame the video games, blame the bullying, blame something other than the real issue which is we diagnosis our kids with mental issues and then medicate the hell out of them.
It’s time for people to be parents. It’s time for people to start accepting responsibility for their actions. It’s time to start teaching our kids that winning and losing aren’t the same thing. We think if a kid has a mental issue we can just pop a pill and it will all be alright. It takes more work than that unfortunately. Address the mental health issues and treatment programs. That’s where the real solution lies. Eliminate the guns and next mass murder is a 5 gallon can of gas or a car.[/quote]
Completely agree. Although parents have little/no legal authority over children 18 and over. And, In the Conn. case I doubt 10,000 years in a treatment program would have fixed what was wrong with him. What do we do with dangerous mentally ill people who haven’t done anything yet? Good example is Irvine guy (professor, i think) who started a bunch of small fires but whose iPhone contained graphic descriptions of mass murders he had contemplated. He said he was just fantasizing …..
