Alden Tague
This article shows its opinion in the very first line, and it is one that holds true throughout the remainder, this is that violence exists in nature and violence for the sake of violence existed even before humanity came around. It goes on to blame, at least partly, religion for the current pervasiveness of violence and its portrayal in media. The writer points out that one of the causes for violence is not in fact movies and music but the incessant focus on violence in real life and how the perpetrators of these acts are shown in the limelight and focused on heavily by most news networks, which could lead to some people committing such crimes so as to be remembered.
Afterwards the article point out military advancement and the praise of such as abhorrent behavior which points out to me at least, that the reader is incredibly sure that there is in fact some goodness in humanity. He then points out the insistence of media to blame the actions of a criminal on someone who did not in fact perpetrate the crime, and points out the attention that this generates but does not point out the obvious profit gained from doing so.
The article ends with the assertion that the media is trying to blame problems on a weak scapegoat rather than something that would generate real controversy like the NRA, so they blame it on the newest not yet mainstream media they can find which at that time was video games and music.
This writer automatically makes a half right assumption in the second paragraph saying that Weinstein is insisting this because it comes from his point of view not that it is a short term marketing ploy. I believe in fact that it is both his point of view and a long term marketing ploy seeking to profit from his currently contentious point of view as a calculated step to improve profits.
In the center of this article is the argument against media promoting and encouraging violence rather than it pointing out logically that most mass killers are not mentally stable people but those with predispositions to erratic violent behavior it says the common "it has not really been proven that violence in media increases aggression in human beings". This is a major problem from my point of view as while watching violent media may actually increase aggression in people it does not in any case cause a mentally stable, intelligent person to instantly become a psychopathic murderer.
This article also of course places blame while attempting to deflect it from itself on none other than a thinly veiled reference to the NRA.
Through reviewing this article I have come to the obvious conclusion that it comes written from an obviously biased view point. This article was written a decade ago and while it may have had some correctness in pointing out the constant violence in games at the time it was made, but now fails to hold a valid point, now video games have been hailed as an art form and even included in the Museum of Modern Art.
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