Re: Violence and history, has anything changed?

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Posted by Gayle on April 26, 1999 at 10:02:59:

In Reply to: Violence and history, has anything changed? posted by Petra on April 26, 1999 at 00:17:22:

: Those recent events mentioned in the thread below, Kosovo and the Colorado shooting, raise issues relating to topics that are part of this site's themes: History and film.

: History: Has anything changed over the centuries regarding the violence in people's lives? Was it worse in the "old days", with cold-minded monarchs, extreme punishments and torture, man-against-man wars? Or does today's easy availability of guns, etc. make killing that much easier?

: Film: Do TV and movies affect kids insofar, and does it make young people less sensitive towards the suffering of others if they can watch violence on TV all the time? Do you think there should be a minimum age for certain movies, and should the theaters attempt to enforce that minimum age?

: What do you think?

: Petra

Dear Petra,
History: This is what fascinates me so about the Cooper novels. All the issues he brings out in his books are issues we are still dealing with today, and people are still doing the same things to each other. Only the technology has changed.

Film: I think there should be a minimum age to participate in the human race at all.

Cheers!
Gayle

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: : Those recent events mentioned in the thread below, Kosovo and the Colorado shooting, raise issues relating to topics that are part of this site's themes: History and film.

: : History:  Has anything changed over the centuries regarding the violence in people's lives? Was it worse in the "old days", with cold-minded monarchs, extreme punishments and torture, man-against-man wars?  Or does today's easy availability of guns, etc. make killing that much easier?

: : Film:  Do TV and movies affect kids insofar, and does it make young people less sensitive towards the suffering of others if they can watch violence on TV all the time?  Do you think there should be a minimum age for certain movies, and should the theaters attempt to enforce that minimum age? 

: : What do you think?

: : Petra

: Dear Petra,
: History: This is what fascinates me so about the Cooper novels.  All the issues he brings out in his books are issues we are still dealing with today, and people are still doing the same things to each other.  Only the technology has changed.

: Film: I think there should be a minimum age to participate in the human race at all.

: Cheers!
: Gayle


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