Displaying 571 To 600 Of 981 Comments Quote: I believe that this is like the argument that video games cause violence. Unfortunately, that argument has been thoroughly debunked over the last decade. “We clearly associate media violence to aggressive behavior. But the impact was very small compared to other things. Some may not be happy with that, but that’s where the science is.” ~ Surgeon General David Satcher For example, this Australian study found that only children already predisposed to violence were affected by violent games. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2007/04/study_kids_unaf/ I think that the same is probably true for those cases that you are talking about. The violent media did not cause them to commit crimes, though it may have given them ideas on how to do so. Their own predispositions are what caused them to commit these crimes. Thinking that these forms of media are what causes them to commit crimes seems to me to be a manifestation of the Post hoc… fallacy: 1.) A occurs before B. http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/post-hoc.html » Posted By Caru On March 28, 2011 @ 12:21 pm Okay, I love “Akira”, but in “Akira” the violence made sense in context and was designed to portray the sheer corruption and depravity of the society. From what I’ve heard of “Urotsukidoji” the, em, “stuff” that takes place in the film makes no sense even in context. It’s just there. Furthermore, I don’t believe that we should single out anime and manga for more criticism than Film or even books. The medium of manga and anime allows for more exaggerated depictions of violence than Film currently allows. But, by God is film catching up. For example, I disliked “Kill Bill”. It was simply violence for the hell of it, IMO. “Inglorious Bastards”, while equally or perhaps more violent actually made some interesting points. TBH, I would have preferred if the Brad Pitt and his “Bastards” were left out of the film, especially considering the bad ending – IMO. » Posted By Caru On March 28, 2011 @ 11:54 am There is a major difference between horror movies and gore movies. The latter masquerade as horror movies to justify their ridiculous, pathetic and moronic depravity; much in the same way that anything made by Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg masquerades as a comedy film. Horror films elicit fear and terror, while gore films elicit disgust and, in the case of its fans, the childish glee of picking your nose and showing it to someone. However, there is a caveat here. Do you remember the controversy and censorship over “Monthy Python’s Life of Brian”? Such action was patent pandering to certain groups and had next to nothing to do with the actual content of the Film. I think that every Film has to be considered as an individual case and entirely on it’s own merits and the maker’s intentions. 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“In all the cases that I can recall, the perpetrators were discovered to have a large collection of violent films and/or manga, even to have gotten their ideas from such.”
2.) Therefore A is the cause of B.
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