Originally posted by Eldritch Knight
Well, its not so much a question of whether the kid can differentiate real from unreal as it is mere conditioning. Virtual or not, the kid's subconscious is being trained to aim and shoot at human-shaped objects. There are recorded instances of totally untrained people being able to make amazingly accurate shots without even thinking about it (based totally on FPS-built instinct - kill everything that moves). Remember back to when you were REALLY young? Isn't it a bit difficult to sometimes sort out what you saw on TV and what actually happened? That's simply because a young child's mind registers EVERYTHING that it sees as reality. You can tell a 5 year old all you want that its not real, but that doesn't help their learning subconscious very much.
Good Arguement point.
Question?
Since I played war as a child and had wood shaped like guns and used them in pointing at others to shoot them. I would have been influeneced by the iet NAm in TV and all the WWII movies on TV? THat I might have become a trained killer because of this?
May I take this a step further?
Since I was spanked by my parents and also in Elementary school (* Once, Never wanted that humiliation again *), I was abused, and therefore a prime target to abuse children in the future?
Since all of this occured in my childhood, it was all real?
I am not making fun here, I am following the thought, for furhter discussion.
I have another question, dos anyone remember doing someting as a child and knowing it was wrong? Yet they did it anyways? Because either you did not know the ramifications or punishment or believe in they would occur?
If A child gets into a fight and is told this is wrong, then they can learn this is wrong. If the continue to get into fights without punishment, which is why both parties would get detention or suspension in the old days, then there is no real deterent. No effect to the cause.
If the child is 'babied' and allowed to beld abstentia from any responsibility until the day of their 18th birthday by law, then you have not helped this child to become a positive member of society.
Now the horrible case of Columbine. Did these children, young adults ever show a violent revenge streak? Were they allowed to hold in there frustration until they broke and lots their temper or their control? I honestly do not know. If they were allowed to explode from time to time then they had a pattern set and that was approved by the adults in their life.
As A child myself, I was bullied. I was the quiet, silent type that did not like to hurt others at all. I would even cry when I would get into a fight before a real strike had happened. Why? Because I did not like hurting others, and I knew I would have to hurt someone now. To the point of one bully who constantly pushed me down and or tripped me or tackle me ad try to get my head to hit a bench or a poll or the ground. So, on one day, when I (Age 6) had lost it, I chased this guy down no matter how many of his friends got in my way or knocked me down. I kept going, i had lost it. It took four adults to pull my fingers from his throat as I was bashing is skull into the pavement. Now, you can imagine, that his parents and the school were upset. And they all wanted me expelled. Yet, all I had to say, was I kept telling the adults and nothing was done, so I has to stop him. He kept hitting my head so I hit his head. So he would know how it feels and would not do it again. Of course I was crying over the memory. The adults told those involved that I was crying the whole time I was chasing him and pounding his skull into the pavement. I did not get expelled, and neither did the bully. No one got into trouble at school. I did get into trouble at home. A few years later, I realized I could not go through life afraid my size would hurt others, so I learned a gentle touch and also learned that when others went passed the first round of physical assault without any response, I would reply hard to stop it. This stopped the situation from getting out of hand or to a point of someone getting seriously hurt. Then it became know not to go too far with me, because I could fight and hit, only choose not too.
Now I had to learn that loosing your control and temper was nto aceptable behavior in public. Even though I was the one picked on and many of the adults would take pity and not want to punish me, yet my parents continued with their hard fight of trying to make me a responsible person for society.
Now, I am not saying it is all the fault of any parent. As I said above I do nto know the complete history of those involved. Their are people and children that just do not understand right from wrong. There are children that will never learn. No matter, if the cause be chemical ( natural or induced ), or psychological, or what have you.
Sorry for the long rant.
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