Re: Imperial War Museum
You are so right, Doug.
The people who make these awful war games and horror films claim that responsible people are not affected by them but I know that to be untrue. Or at least I know that it is not always responsible people who play them and that many people are affected by what they see in videos and games. Many years ago a very distant relative of mine pushed a girl down some stairs - his argument was that he'd seen it in a video.
Makers of these things push back barriers every day so that swearing is now common place, films are only considered good if they have a high body count and even the news has sanitised deaths and destruction so that eveyone is used to seeing this sort of image. Then they reduce the age limits to that kind of film/game or irresponsible parents allow their kids to play them.
I'm not sure what can be done to save future generations but something is needed - and fast! I would recommend any parent to take their child to see this exhibition because it is real, it is not about false images, it is the stark fact that people die on a large scale. It might just get through to one or two kids how ridiculous those games/films are and bring it home to them that death is not something to enjoy.
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