In the latest attempt to place blame elsewhere for our problem of violent criminals and killers, the Washington Post has decided to turn its sight on guns once more; except they're going one step further and blaming toy guns.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/09/AR2007110900598_pf.html
In their article the Post decrys the release of a new Nintendo Wii accessory, the Wii Zapper. They also go further and complain about the original BB guns from the late 1880s, and super soakers that could be filled with amonia.
The claim is that letting children play with toy guns, like they've been doing for many decades, is encouraging them to be violent and getting them adjusted to the idea of using real guns and killing people for fun.
Nevermind the fact that in this article they specifically state that findings about a link between violent videogames and real world violence are unfounded, the Washington Post seems to think that this is irrelevant.
Instead of blaming inanimate pieces of plastic that are designed for good clean fun, why isn't the Post blaming our lax justice system that will let a sex offender be on probation because he's "too short for prison".
1 comment:
They're doing this because it sells. It's the same reason people can still sell those stupid tabloids that say "THE WORLD IS ENDING!!!!" at ever checkstand in the country. People like excitement, and they like blaming people.
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