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Voice for Peace

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4. I was just watching an old episode of Alias and thinking

Reply to AZ Progressive (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 12:15 AM

Dec 2012

not that the shows are the cause of violence,
but they do make guns, the kind that shoot a
gazillion bullets, seem awesome and desirable.

TV and films have glamorized these weapons,
glamorized intense violence, desensitized people
as well.

Not a cause but a piece of the whole puzzle.
I think there are many pieces.

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Do you think movie scenes like this one could be partly responsible for mass shootings? [View all] AZ Progressive Dec 2012 OP

What did it cause in Europe, Japan, Australia.... jberryhill Dec 2012 #1

You win the thread. freshwest Dec 2012 #2

No. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #3

Combined with easy gun access. Twisted people in other countries can only dream of doing this stuff AZ Progressive Dec 2012 #7

Exactly! This doesn't happen elsewhere. hughee99 Dec 2012 #9

No we aren't. Germany has had a string of them over the last 12 years or so, even after stronger... JVS Dec 2012 #13

I was just watching an old episode of Alias and thinking Voice for Peace Dec 2012 #4

Just as certainly as this scene triggered a wave of liberating underaged prostitutes from pimps. JVS Dec 2012 #5

I think guns are a much bigger cause of violence Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #6

I think we glorify gun use to an extreme... cynatnite Dec 2012 #8

Anyone who was going to go on a shooting spree is already fucked in the head. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #10

I think most people know right from wrong. socialindependocrat Dec 2012 #11

i think wall-to-wall coverage of mass shootings & pornographic obsession with the shooter does. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #12

Massive gun shootout? Your doing it wrong. The Midway Rebel Dec 2012 #14

What no one seems to be understanding is Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #15