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Does violence in media attract the mentally unstable?
J Bananas:
--- Quote ---his is a country where we tell people it's OK to go down to the gun store and buy an AK-47 with a 100-round magazine, or to carry concealed pistols in public areas.
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ummm, this isnt the eighties. plus i didnt mean that you reject violence when you''re around it, but you are also inclined to seek out more positive lighter stuff, hence real ghetto people listening to R Kelly wen most suburban kids mock it and call it gay.
Kassem:
i think eihtball is right.i don't think there are violent people and peacefull people,it depends on ur uprising and the enviroment around u,expeirences u had in school,house,neighboorhood.
Eihtball:
--- Quote from: J Bananas Williams is Way 2 Saucy on November 16, 2005, 07:46:46 PM ---ummm, this isnt the eighties. plus i didnt mean that you reject violence when you''re around it, but you are also inclined to seek out more positive lighter stuff, hence real ghetto people listening to R Kelly wen most suburban kids mock it and call it gay.
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What do you mean "this isn't the eighties"? Last time I checked, the local gun stores all had racks full of AK-47s', AR-15s', MAK-90s', etc., and the NRA has been working for years to liberalize conceal-carry laws in many states (Minnesota was one of their last "successes"). Gun control is really slacking in this country; it's always been insufficient, but we're doing quite bad right now.
Also, since when do only "real ghetto people" listen to R. Kelly? R. Kelly sells multi-Platinum with every album he releases; you don't get that kind of crossover success through the underground alone. Besides, you make it sound like nobody in the 'hood listens to violent rap just because of the violence they've seen. White kids may be the largest consumers of gangsta rappers in terms of album sales, yes, but by and large, this music is made by the 'hood, for the 'hood (although it's often diluted by major labels to be more accessible to the white kids).
BizzyR.I.P.:
--- Quote from: Eihtball on November 16, 2005, 08:17:54 PM ---
--- Quote from: J Bananas Williams is Way 2 Saucy on November 16, 2005, 07:46:46 PM ---ummm, this isnt the eighties. plus i didnt mean that you reject violence when you''re around it, but you are also inclined to seek out more positive lighter stuff, hence real ghetto people listening to R Kelly wen most suburban kids mock it and call it gay.
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What do you mean "this isn't the eighties"? Last time I checked, the local gun stores all had racks full of AK-47s', AR-15s', MAK-90s', etc., and the NRA has been working for years to liberalize conceal-carry laws in many states (Minnesota was one of their last "successes"). Gun control is really slacking in this country; it's always been insufficient, but we're doing quite bad right now.
Also, since when do only "real ghetto people" listen to R. Kelly? R. Kelly sells multi-Platinum with every album he releases; you don't get that kind of crossover success through the underground alone. Besides, you make it sound like nobody in the 'hood listens to violent rap just because of the violence they've seen. White kids may be the largest consumers of gangsta rappers in terms of album sales, yes, but by and large, this music is made by the 'hood, for the 'hood (although it's often diluted by major labels to be more accessible to the white kids).
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Yeah, I know WAY more people that listen to Ice Cube, NWA, 2Pac, and so on than R Kelly. If you were talking about oldies like AL Green and Brenton Wood than that'd be different.
Trauma-san:
--- Quote from: J Bananas Williams is Way 2 Saucy on November 16, 2005, 12:32:24 PM ---One thing I've come to notice over the years, living in different areas ranging from small towns to the ghetto is that, the more hardships and horrific things we are subjected to i real life, the less inclined we are to see it in our entertainment (music, tv, etc.). The same goes for age as well, the younger you are, you are more attracted to gangsta rap and violent movies simply because you have not been exposed to them in real life and fully taken them in. My question is, does this violence lust in sheltered youth come from their own insecurities about themselves? Do negative thoughts about yourself lead to negative outlets like violent movies and music, or do they come naturally? I used to seek out the hardest gangsta rap I could, I loved horror movies, etc... until i lived in Oakland for a few years and I realized that there's enoguh horrors in real life that I don't want to see that shit in my entertainment. Any of you have similar experiences growing up?
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Yeah, kind of. I don't know if it's a result of viewing horror in real life, I think it has more to do with gaining wisdom and just maturing. Not everything violent is negative though, in my opinion, I think well rounded people have well rounded thoughts and a good horror movie for instance, to a well rounded person, is very entertaining but I don't think it's indicative of any mind set or anything. It's just an aspect of life that's thrilling so some times it's good to focus on it for 2 hours in a movie while Jason kills everything in site or something. Anything in reality like that would be ludicrious, but it's fantasy and entertainment, and it prays on your adreniline and the part of you that thinks and deals with horror.
Music is different to me, I see where some of the violence in music is attractive, but to be blunt, I think music is a gift from God, and is best when it's beautiful.
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