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Originally Posted by shakermaker
This is so sad. An eleven year old lad shot dead. God.
Terrible incident, my condolences to his family 
Later that night BBC news had some muppet blaming the incedent on "gangsta rap lyrics".
Please let's not become like the Americans, being so ignorant as to start blaming meaningless song lyrics for serious crimes like this! (Marilyn Manson caused the Columbine shootings you know). |
Of course one could argue that "gangsta rap lyrics", violent video games, violent movies, violent news clips from battle zones, WWE, etc may have an effect on the young that it doesn't have on more mature people. That is: we know it is fiction and entertainment; the young may tend to confuse fiction and reality.
But in America things may be different. Not too long ago they had a president who thought Star Wars ws real enough to base a defence system on, and that the Village People's "In the Navy" would make a great recruiting song.
However, I do agree that something has gone wrong with parenting, and maybe the education system.