Wow did you even read my post entirely?
First off, you're not the only one who has relatives enlisted in the military. Relatives who have died in wars (Vietnam and WW2 for example). Fighting for freedom is one thing. Fighting within society and gangs like in Detroit, for example, is poor moral status and upbringings, which is what is portrayed in the GTA series in one form or another. When you can shoot a police officer in the game and get away with it is when things get sad.
Secondly, if people lean off of the senseless violence being viewed by underaged audiences, and were taught about the right and wrong reasons to fight, maybe society wouldn't have to take such measures. If a war happens, what CAN a child do? You're a child for friggin sakes! How bad would it be to see a child with a gun? Very bad, and very heart wrenching in all seriousness. Is that the kind of life you are implying is ok? Have a fun childhood while you still can, because you're going to spend majority of the rest of your life working and trying to stay afloat with bills anyways. Don't involve children in a war that wasn't made by them. Children are still wet behind the ears when coming to such mature decisions.
A point to make (this is a generalization): The more people view violence, the more accustomed they are to seeing it, and the less sensitive they would be towards it as well. Point? If people value life more, they try to work to prevent such hazards. Prevention is descretion, in a sense, and a means towards a better lifestyle.
Nobody's trying to make the war your uncle died for in 1992 seem like nothing. All life has purpose, and all losses are deeply felt. Sometimes people try to forget about the worst of times, like wars, so they can move on with their lives.
Another thing is that since todays society is mostly filled with people who haven't experienced death or war in person like previous era's, there tends to be less value put upon life. In turn, society becomes lax and changes in what we see today. Morality has been lost to inexperiences. I'm not saying we need a war or anything, just that we should take things into more consideration, and try to relate to what happened many years ago. Not everything that's traditional is wrong or out-dated. What kind of world would be living in if we say we promote peace yet subject ourselves to multiple forms of violence on TV and video games, let alone underaged audiences?
|
