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The ease of access to violence, and the amount that is shown on the media and in entertainment can dull its seriousness. However, seeing it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to act it out.So today I have been thinking has our society become desensitized to violence and pain due to the overwhelming amounts present seemingly everywhere we look? I did a speech on this once (a terrifying experience) and it's something that really struck me. I once watched a clip at the theatre with a bunch if friends and peers, it was called "Bear" it was a short film. A man and his girlfriend argued and she went for a bike ride, mad at him because he'd "forgotten" her birthday. The moment she leaves he jumps in the car an sets up a picnic for her (she follows a normal route). He dresses as a bear to scare her towards the picnic surprise. However it goes pear shaped and she turns the other way off the side of a cliff face. He races down to her and she is alive, still conscious an talking to him. He makes he laugh acting in the bear costume when you hear this bang. The shot moves to a man at the top with a shotgun, he yelled down was the girl okay, he got the bear. The man was dead, roll credits. It sent a mixed reaction through the crowd, being an empathetic person I was shocked and saddened by this. Others around me I found laughing or confused how to feel and that's when the discussion began, have we become desensitized to violence due to an overexposure to it from a young age? I find it an interesting question, but, I can't give a definitive answer as it would be generalizing.
The ease of access to violence, and the amount that is shown on the media and in entertainment can dull its seriousness. However, seeing it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to act it out.
You could say the same about sex, too.
I can see where you're coming from there, but then again 30 years ago was the 80's, so that wasn't that long ago, haha.I completely agree, I'm not saying that people would act it out just that seeing violence doesn't have the same impact on people that it did say 30 years ago when these things weren't as readily available. The same can be said for sex and drugs and many things unfortunately.
I can see where you're coming from there, but then again 30 years ago was the 80's, so that wasn't that long ago, haha.
The pornography explosion of recent years is causing lots of problems - a major one being erectile dysfunction in men. I foresee this getting worse. In that sense, I believe that the frequency of sex in our social lives is worse than violence, even though that's not good, either.
However, both those things are central to The Wolf of Wall Street, especially sex and drugs, and that movie ruled, haha.