The Bullet Proof Mind: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman Part 2

This the audio from The Bullet Proof Mind by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

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[basejjj4321]

I'm a martial arts instructor, and I like Grossman's books "On Combat" and "On Killing" for some interesting information. But there is a big BUT here...there are no video games in Darfur, almost none to speak of in Rwanda. Nobody in Burma is playing Grand Theft Auto or Modern Warfare 2. Violence happens where the opportunity exists, where there are enough weak people who WILL NOT stand up & defend themselves against strong, determined individuals. That's why I started training in the 1st place

[elicitwildly]

The Gini coefficient is also highly correlated with and predictive of homicidal crime rates. I'd argue that video games don't make killers; killers, rather, are drawn to violent video games.

[Homesick4Hills]

Isn't this man, Grossman, conditioning his listener's minds that American people are the enemy? Propaganda brainwashing was happening on both sides of the spectrum it seems.

[SHARKREEF2011]

@elicitwildly bullshit.the cia and others designed video games for psychotronic brainwashing.also ritual and spells in the game.its s fact.they are left hand path tools/for control/harvesting/power(to them and their gods)

try operation pandora

jose delgado

[JihadForJesus12]

@basejjj4321

You do make a really good point. But I've read a book by a former Sierra Leon child soldier who explained that once he joined the Army at the age of 13, his captives brainwashed and crammed his head with violent hollywood movies such as Rambo to help him get into the mindset of killing people. The book was called "Child Soldier" by Ishmael Beah.

[jakedill1104]

@basejjj4321 Lt. Col. Grossman would argue back that the statistics he was dealing with were with American/Western kids. Growing up in Somalia or Rwanda is entirely different than growing up in the West. Killing Westerners is a taught and socially supported action in Somalia and Darfur.

[OhTaxGuy]

Wow, so if you start out quoting from a medical journal in an authoritative military voice, it just MUST be true...right? Well Dave, what year and what was the title of the article(s) that you quoted from in the Medical Journal? You just threw out a bunch of scary FOX headlines as IF they were undisputed fact. Bottom Line: I'm not impressed with Dave's far-fetched logic strung together with half-truths and delivered with a pomp-ass attitude. I'll find my firearm training elsewhere.

[ObeKanobe]

It's interesting, too, that Hollywood (which nowadays works in alliance with game developers) generally treats controlled violence for national defense like it was something inherently evil. Even basically healthy films like "Hurt Locker" depict soldiers wearing uniforms with all flag patches mysteriously missing. On the other hand, nihilistic violence stripped of any ideals is trivialized as normal. 

[Flaser01]

@basejjj4321

In Dafur and in Rwanda children are not brutalized by the media. There, children are just plain physically brutalized along with their parents. These children grow up to be violent themselves and the circle of victims turned perpertators is created.

Putting an end to it - sometimes by a bullet through the perps brain, other times by locking them up or making them change their ways - is only the start. The people themselves also need to seek peace and hold life sacred.

[RedDeadCorrosion]

love his books really enjoyed hearing this as well. Of course as a mid 20 something year old. I disagree with him on his take on his stance on video games. I don't doubt the man himself, but I just agree to disagree on that. Really enjoyed listening to this, thanks for uploading it.

[scdefion]

@basejjj4321 You are correct about the lack of tv ,video games and etc. in the third world. But you have have realize alot of children in those countries grow up in societies that have generational violence. There parents and elders have a lack of morals so they do too.