Teen Violence - Where do we point the finger? Part 1/2

Pastor Kerry Medway says television, the internet and computer games are responsible for an alarming increase in violence among young people and teenagers. Interview aired on Australia's 2WAYFM, October 1, 2009.

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[sk84life654]

People are retarded, im living in a broken home i watch violent movies and video games, im 16 been in 2 fights my whole life, im not violent because im not retarded, i know you cant go around killing people and stuff. gosh

[2WAYFM]

@sk84life654 Not everyone who plays with fire gets burnt,

[Hottidownunda1]

you just need to talk to your children!!! most important thing is to tell them why they cant watch what their friends watch or play those games!!! I make sure everything my child watches is ok. I do not allows toys like swords or guns or anything harmful that can be used as a weapon.. We cant always blame it on other things we must as parents take the blame aswell as we allowed them to have it in our house!!

[2WAYFM]

What do you do when your child starts using the hairbrush as a gun or a stick?

[carlcrot]

Well Pastor Kerry Medway can... GO FUCK HIMSELF THAT FUCKING CUNT !!!

[2WAYFM]

It's a shame you don't know how to show respect where it is deserved.

[Hottidownunda1]

eplain WHY this behaviour is unacceptable. You cant cover them in cotton wool but you can give them a greater undrstanding just by talking and explaining things to them!! They are going to be exposed to this one way or another. All you can do is talk to them and ban it from your house.

[BulletinXRights]

They always blaming some shit like what the fuck its in Human Nature we fight one point of our lives dont blame tv's or games or the computer some people are just naturally violent cant do anything about that im 16 i love violent video games and the last time i got into a fight was in elementary

[AsianatorSwaggstuh]

not just america is becomming more violent the whole world is.

[ScorchArtist]

I blame hitler

[via6delta]

you blame the parents

[Wutangspam]

We meet again 240p muthafuckaaaaaaaaa !

[DaffD1608]

Some people gonna fight,you can't help that. Some people need to be knocked done a couple of pegs anyways. You can't stop vilence it has been around since ancient times.

[seaniekay]

violence has always been around. mobile phones with video camera's haven't thats why it seems there is more violence.

as for TV i Watched He-man, Thundercats etc all included violence, i also watched many many many 18 certificate films including Scum, texas chainsaw massacre, the wanderers and the warriors the last two excellent Gang movies.

i am over 30 and have never intentionally hurt anybody physically and i've never been arrested. my mum said violence is wrong so i listened to her

[k1skaaa]

@2WAYFM

What do you do when your mentally incapable child grabs a handful of your aspirin and swallows all of it? There's SO many "what ifs" in this world, why not find one that ACTUALLY has use instead of attacking video games and media? Personally, the people that ATTACK the video game industry are usually more vile than those that PLAY THE GAMES.

[k1skaaa]

@2WAYFM

Respect isn't deserved by biased sources.

[k1skaaa]

If you think video games cause excessive violence, you're ignorant. There's a responsibility as a parent to divulge into what's reality and what's virtual. Don't blame "violent video games" for causing children to act out, it's more their parents fault. Now, not every case is like this. There's always an exception to the rules, mental incapacities to differentiate real and virtual actions can cause risk if not monitored. However, I don't think you want debate. You just assume you know all.