watch it more, it’s just like, I don’t know it’s kinda like an advertisement for some cool *censored* [especially swearing and guns]” Bradley University Freshman Jim Hering said. It seems to be very clear that younger Americans are going to want to watch such shows, regardless of the warnings that the television station puts on before a particular show. Exposing young Americans to such violent shows as “NYPD Blue” graphically show shootings, harsh beatings etc on a regular basis. Exposing people to such things can do nothing but desensitize them to real live violence. The third media medium that has come under heavy fire lately is the video game industry. Nothing could instill a sense of violence into the mind of a person more strongly than actually controlling the person carrying the gun, and consciously shooting another player, just for fun. The Columbine shooters both enjoyed playing a game called Quake 2, an extremely violent (at the time) game released by a software company called id software. The game puts you in control of 8 weapons, from pistols and rocket launchers, to models of the shotguns the two shooters used in their terrible crime. One thing that troubles many Americans is how graphic these so called “First Person Shooters” have gotten since the Columbine days. Now, players are armed with far more realistic weapons, and are able to choose where their shots will land on the body of an enemy. In the Quake days, all shots looked the same when they hit an enemy, a body shot. Now, with games such as Counter-Strike and Soldier of Fortune you can actually tell a difference in the amount of damage that a person takes based on where you shoot them. In the later game, each and every shot that hits your enemy has it’s on entry, and exit wounds. Each time you slash the enemy with your knife, a slash appears on the enemy’s body wherever you hit them. In today&#...
