“All the violence in videos and movies, you can't tell me that that wouldn't influence a disturbed person.” PersonsViolenceInfluenceVideoDisturbed Author:Alana Stewart
“There was a hateful video that was disseminated on the Internet. It had nothing to do with the United States government, and it's one that we find disgusting and reprehensible. It's been offensive to many, many people around the world. That sparked violence in various parts of the world, including violence directed against Western facilities including our embassies and consulates.” PeopleWorldStatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesViolenceInternetWesternIncludingVariousVideoAround The WorldDisgustingOffensiveFacilityHatefulState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentEmbassy Author:Susan Rice
“But many researchers operate as if it is their responsibility to demonstrate that video violence has a direct effect on the behaviour of young children, because that will help to explain why society is becoming more violent.” IfsChildrenHelpingYoungResponsibilityViolenceEffectsBecomingDirectViolentVideoBehaviourBecoming MoreResearchersYoung ChildrenDirect Effect Author:Hugh Mackay
“There's been nothing proven that violence in video games has an impact. As a parent though, and I'm a parent for a 20-year-old, for a 16-year-old and for a 10-year-old, and so, you know, I make choices everyday for my kids as to what games I think is appropriate for them to play. And, you know, in the end it's up to the parents, it's up to the gamers themselves working with their parents, if they're under 21, to make the smartest choice for the games they play.” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsEndsPlayKidsChoicesGamesParentViolenceImpactEverydayVideoAppropriateProvenGamer Author:Reggie Fils-Aime
“Pop culture, it's crazy. There's all this violence in video games. In 'Call of Duty,' people are literally just blowing other people up. Hey, let's protect your country from your couch while eating your sandwich.” PeopleCountryCultureGamesViolenceCrazyDutyProtectEatingPopsVideoHeyPop CultureSandwichesCouchesCall Of Duty Author:Natasha Leggero
“In my film "Benny's Video," I depicted violence but I failed to say all that I had to say, so I wanted to continue the dialog and that's why I did "Funny Games." The irony is that after I shot "Funny Games," but it hadn't been released at all anywhere.” WantedFilmGamesViolenceShotsVideoIronyFunny Game Author:Michael Haneke
“Ambivalence reaches the level of schizophrenia in our treatment of violence among the young. Parents do not encourage violence, but neither do they take up arms against the industries which encourage it. Parents hide their eyes from the books and comics, slasher films, videos and lyrics which form the texture of an adolescent culture. While all successful societies have inhibited instinct, ours encourages it. Or at least we profess ourselves powerless to interfere with it.” BookEyeFilmFormYoungCultureParentLevelsSuccessfulViolenceArmsIndustryInstinctVideoTreatmentInterfereAdolescencePowerlessTextureSchizophreniaAmbivalenceYoung Parents Author:C. Sommerville
“I am convinced that if we lose kids to the culture of drugs and materialism, of violence and war, it's because we don't dare them, not because we don't entertain them. It's because we make the gospel too easy, not because we make it too difficult. Kids want to do something heroic with their lives, which is why they play video games and join the army. But what do they do with a church that teaches them to tiptoe through life so they can arrive safely at death?” IfsWantWarPlayKidsCultureGamesEasyDifficultLosesChurchTeachViolenceDrugArmyDareConvincedVideoMaterialismHeroicTiptoesViolence And WarJoining The Army Book:The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical Source: The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
“I wrote a call to the contemporary Muslim conscience, saying to the ordinary people that we might not like the video or the cartoons, but that violence certainly isn't the right answer. I don't think laws are going to solve the problem.” PeopleThinkingProblemMightLawAnswersViolenceOrdinaryConscienceSolveVideoContemporaryCartoonOrdinary PeopleRight Answers Author:Tariq Ramadan
“There has been a ton of excellent music in this period (along with a few misses), evoking scenes like a bar-room brawl at a border-town dive, a washed-up singer in a smoky lounge, and the scenes of violence in Bob Dylan latter-day music videos.I think the ethos of this period is best summed up in the 2001 song "Summer Days".” ThinkingHas BeensSongRoomsViolenceMissingPeriodsSceneSummerTownsSingersBarsVideoExcellentBordersLatterBobDylanEthosLatter DaysSummer Days Author:Jay Michaelson
“The only position when violence is threatened in response to a novel or a cartoon or a crappy YouTube video is a no-surrender position. This is how we live. We live in a country in which we have these rights, and we're not going to give them up. Full stop. The end.” GivingEndsCountryNovelRightsViolencePositionResponseSurrenderVideoThreatenedCartoonYoutube Author:Salman Rushdie
“Violence doesn't seem to bother people anymore - they're inured to it. And I think it has a lot to do with the violence in movies and video games - it doesn't bother people as much. I'm not so sure it evokes a reaction anymore.” PeopleThinkingSeemsGamesViolenceReactionsVideoBotherEvokeViolence In Movies Author:Jason Patric