Satire On Violence

How does this program differ from the types of punishment that are typically used for violent criminals?

If human beings are a part of nature, it can be assumed that they too have violent tendencies; in that respect, violence is a natural and innate response. Though we pride ourselves on being able to control these urges, they are always lurking somewhere beneath the surface of our most serene and civilized moments.

Today violence has become an every day experience in life. Playing video games or turning on the television, and flipping through the channels at random, you will most likely stumble upon various forms of violence. Does it desensitize or help us tolerate violence? And the most controversial issue, does it cause violence?

Video games also play a big role on promoting violence. Even though most adults don’t play video games, our children do. And if we let our children play violent video games, wouldn’t you say that they are going to become violent? Kids learn by their surroundings. So playing a video game that teaches them about punching and kicking others they will do the same with their friends at school. And then we ask ourselves why the kid next door took a gun to school and shot his best friends?

From early childhood, parents, teachers, and other adults instill in us that violence is bad and unethical. We can all agree that we should avoid certain forms of violent behavior if possible; however, it is incorrect to assume that all forms of violence is bad. In his article "Violent Media is Good For Kids", Gerald Jones argues that "creative violence" such as gory video games, Comic books, and play fighting give children tools to master rage and actually help more kids than they hurt. What the author is saying here is correct because children use these types of influences in imaginary play at a young age,

Violence They say violence is not the answer Yet it manages to seep through us like cancer Why is it that violence can be found everywhere? Why does it haunt us like a constant nightmare?

Violence has been prevalent throughout our history as a species. But what is violence exactly? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines violence as “the use of physical force as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy.” Some well-known examples of violence include World War 2, the Holocaust, and slavery. This begs the question are humans inherently violent? Naturally, such a controversial topic would have distinctive perspectives. For instance, there are individuals who believe that human beings are a product of their environment as opposed to people with the notion that Homo sapiens are genetically more violence than other mammals. Personally, I support the latter theory about humans being characteristically more brutal than any other animal species since there has been research to defend these claims made by these researchers in recent years. Additionally, there is evidence to support the reality that our violent nature can be attributed to specific genes found within our genetic code. Another argument to be made about violence is the environmental atmosphere you have been raised in. For instance, a person raised in a war torn nation like Syria will have a different viewpoint on violence than someone who has been fortunate enough to be brought up in a more privileged country like Canada which is considered one of the best countries to live in. Moreover, our high percentage of violence as a species is directly correlated to our evolutionary path that allowed us to develop into

A recent study by the American Psychological Association showed that there is a direct relationship between the amount of violent media parents present to their children and the amount of aggressive behavior they will display later. Another study by the Psychiatric Times stated that the amount of violence shown regularly has become dangerous and unrealistic. As a society, we have become obsessed and infatuated with violence. Whether it be in action movies, or in studies about how harmful it is, we can 't stop thinking about it. Destruction is one of the significant issues impacting us today. Ray Bradbury starts his dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451, with the following quote, “It was a special pleasure to see things

Dr. Seuss, an amazing writer who showed the world of satire and literature to all ages. Books such as The Lorax, The Foot book and The Butter Battle Book are perfect examples of that. Seuss, a man known for his creative vision and use of words, made these books a satire gold mine! We already know about his rhymes but Seuss was also extremely good at using exaggeration. Don't forget his amazing use of onomatopoeias or his profound use of repetition. I could go on forever but the fact is Dr Seuss and his creative mind has an amazing talent for using satire to make his books come to life. To make his books stick around for so long and to open the minds of his reader to the world of satire and the amazing world of literature.

Over the last thirty years, significant scholars of American (particularly southern) lynching such as George C. Wright, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Stewart E. Tolnay and E. M. Beck, Christopher Waldrep, William D. Carrigan, Amy Louise Wood, and Manfred Berg have written at length about the social structure and cultural context of the collective violence, much of it racially motivated, that plagued the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century United States. With the exception of Wright's and Waldrep's work, lynching scholarship (including my own) has tended to focus more on the structure and context of lynching violence than on its impact on African American communities. Focusing on the violence itself as well as those who perpetrated it, scholars

You must also take a look at the reasons for violent acts and what constitutes as such. In the “Meanings of Violence” by Dov Cohen and Joe Vandello, they examine the difference in the meaning of insults between the Southerners and Northerners in the United States. They talk about the importance in social status and the concept that anthropologist have called “Culture of Honor”. With the concept individual is based on their social position and how tough they are or what courage they carry. There is also the idea that if a persons social standing in reduced for whatever reason that there is belief that violence could be used to restore their position. The idea of culture-of-honor is that an incident may occur over something as “trivial” as being glanced at wrongly, or showing a threatening insult. The individuals may not see it as being a trivial circumstance but a threat to stand their ground and prove their

This is all coming to my final point - Video games have plenty of negative aspects to their existence. People with violent and dissociative tendencies can get lost in these bloody worlds and come out the other end worse off because of it. Video games let people live violence on a whole new level never seen before. That said, just because a few horrible people are inspired by a piece of media, doesn't mean that media is inherently evil.

Although violence is one of the unfavourable social behaviours that is surely involved with a individual. Over 70 % of violence in the United States plays a very strong role in daily lives. Today the rate of violence is increasing faster than ever; the more people realize the truth the more they are becoming aware of what is happening around them. Our best example would be Syria: not having any knowledge on what is happening and then getting involved makes it hard for me to handle the truth in how much violence humans are facing over. Violence has only one way stop and that is for our social group to understand what matters the most.

We spew out hate daily, numb to the impact that our words may have on people. Our childish ways cause so much more than we originally intend them too, all because we are too self-absorbed to comprehend what we are doing. I know that I have been accustomed to violence many, many times in my life, but a few instances stick out that seem to shine light on this topic, such as the constant harassment of my so called friends, who wouldn’t stop spinning me around until I vomited in fifth grade. They used my discomfort for their entertainment, just like we’ve all done at some point in our lives. Violence always sprouts from our own problems, which we cannot or don't want to solve on our

“Depictions of violence often glamorize vicious behavior. They offend the Spirit and make you less able to respond to others in a sensitive, caring way. They contradict the Savior’s message of love for one another.” This quotation was taken from a pamphlet given out by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The quote states that violence destroys the feelings that characterize empathy. However even though people say that excessive amounts of violent TV is being viewed or video games are being played leads to the violent actions, TV violence isn't subject to actual violence because a vast majority of male youth around the world play violent video games and they don't commit violent endeavors and Christopher Ferguson, a holder of a