tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post8545129123405027445..comments2023-08-27T10:10:30.032+02:00Comments on Laws of Silence: An unhappy listDauradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-15555596333833376512012-12-20T17:51:25.996+01:002012-12-20T17:51:25.996+01:00Well, these comments do in fact jibe with a lot of...Well, these comments do in fact jibe with a lot of Hoffman. He values books over TV, values reflection, certainly the value of a good day's work. He has some definite Luddite tendencies, despite using the internet extensively. But he doesn't go that route in the article I point to. His point there is that we as a nation are not right with God, so these things are the result. RememberDauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-48718178896643565382012-12-20T16:15:33.613+01:002012-12-20T16:15:33.613+01:00These comments don't seem so very far off from...These comments don't seem so very far off from what Hoffman was saying ... but more polite with the etiology.T.A.WILSONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947128396314205006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-44814563643900239692012-12-20T11:15:08.058+01:002012-12-20T11:15:08.058+01:00I agree with both points...about the rapid, jarrin...I agree with both points...about the rapid, jarring and aggressive nature of current media. Very fragmented. For a long time the written word was our primary form of social discourse, which by nature was thorough and more drawn out. Reading a book takes time, allows us to develop an idea and for the reader to put a book down and think. Now that we're so audio/visual, things are reduced, Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-89197340695558418522012-12-19T15:02:23.372+01:002012-12-19T15:02:23.372+01:00Yes, while our parents and grandparents had access...Yes, while our parents and grandparents had access to movies and television, the screen shots were not so rapid or fragmented, nor was the soundtrack so loud and explosive. Just watching an old movie, even pre-code Hollywood, proves that. I wouldn't doubt the connection to Autism, and I don't doubt there is a certain type of hardwiring regarding violence and the need to channel it; Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18288849522994640993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-40423054336464332012-12-19T14:23:03.222+01:002012-12-19T14:23:03.222+01:00Also, I had to re-activate "word verification...Also, I had to re-activate "word verification" because of spam. Hope it doesn't discourage you from further comments!Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-81043622502985219172012-12-19T10:13:55.537+01:002012-12-19T10:13:55.537+01:00Jason, I think there's something to what you s...Jason, I think there's something to what you say....the technology has developed so fast and biochemically, maybe our brains aren't ready.<br /><br />There are studies to suggest that the acquisition of language isn't a result of a more developed brain as a child ages; rather, the brain develops the ability to use language as stimuli provoke the brain into developing the capacity to Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-69600351702836070812012-12-19T05:40:54.050+01:002012-12-19T05:40:54.050+01:00Any studies regarding the influence of readily ava...Any studies regarding the influence of readily available guns/ammo (and types of guns/ammo) vs. readily available images of violence (video games, TV, movies, whatever) out there?<br /><br />My gut tells me we're hardwired for violence.<br /><br />The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-27230555672046660292012-12-17T22:56:45.398+01:002012-12-17T22:56:45.398+01:00While I do think that violent media, be it games, ...While I do think that violent media, be it games, television or music, contribute significantly to this multifaceted problem, the main driver is society itself, and our reluctance to look to the root of problems for resolutions. I've heard various social commentators suggest that America is a schizophrenic society. We abhor the reality of death but we relish it on screen, especially if it'Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18288849522994640993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-3664446371697175642012-12-17T22:01:45.352+01:002012-12-17T22:01:45.352+01:00I try to limit my kids and video games, because I&...I try to limit my kids and video games, because I've definitely noticed they're more agitated and excitable after playing them. TV seems to go straight to their "gimme that" "buy me that" part of the brain. Very powerful media indeed.<br /><br />Perhaps an unstable kid on or off pharmaceutials is more sentitive to these stimuli. They can certainly have wild Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-8389479649196743762012-12-17T17:19:24.739+01:002012-12-17T17:19:24.739+01:00Indeed, your point about Israeli anger channeled t...Indeed, your point about Israeli anger channeled towards their neighbors is a good one. <br /><br />Regarding the Swiss, which I know little about, how pervasive is their treatment of juvenile mental illness with psychotropic drugs? Are there numbers on the amount of hours Swiss juveniles play video games and watch television? How violent is their media? In other words, how much of their day is Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18288849522994640993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-6520022755181258532012-12-17T12:49:02.518+01:002012-12-17T12:49:02.518+01:00Yeah, the list is bound to have some holes in it, ...Yeah, the list is bound to have some holes in it, but I think drive-bys and robberies are excluded because despite the end result, they're totally different kinds of crimes. The robbery or revenge/gang war killings at least have some kind of sense to them. <br /><br />I'm really surprised that the Bath School Disaster isn't cited more often in relation to these current shootings. IfDauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-91736296912629333862012-12-17T04:41:50.222+01:002012-12-17T04:41:50.222+01:00(I meant, "...doesn't include *some* of t...(I meant, "...doesn't include *some* of the US gun massacres" ... i.e., "some" not "all".)The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-75067067935305529932012-12-17T04:38:07.440+01:002012-12-17T04:38:07.440+01:00It's not an exhaustive list (though exhausting...It's not an exhaustive list (though exhausting). I'm reasonably certain that it doesn't include any robberies that led to multiple shooting deaths, of which I would guess that there have been hundreds since 1966. Also, there have surely been drive-by shootings that killed more than one person since 1966.<br /><br />Also doesn't include <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-53822705381870561742012-12-16T18:58:22.728+01:002012-12-16T18:58:22.728+01:00Hoffman isn't alone:
Victoria Jackson: My fri...Hoffman isn't alone:<br /><br />Victoria Jackson: My friend Jim Riley posted: "Wasn't the Connecticut killer just doing what abortionists do every day? It's a wonder we don't have more 20 year old "dads" doing what women and doctors have been an accomplice to for years in America. When you forget the TEN COMMANDMENTS, people, THIS is what you get." <br /><br />Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-22967631385997079202012-12-16T17:47:02.366+01:002012-12-16T17:47:02.366+01:0050+ shots fired at California mall<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mall-shooting-20121216,0,3525149.story" rel="nofollow">50+ shots fired at California mall</a>Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.com