I am not trying to say anything bad about my fellow 'Mercans, but how many other countries spent $23 million dollars on chainsaw murder movies last weekend? How many impressionable kids sat through this junk? How many people who see this can't tell the difference between movies and reality? The fact is we are a violent country, a violent society and we love to watch violence.
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Really? Remember the old black & white movies like "Creature from the Black Lagoon"? There's been horror movies since movies were first invented. And Westerns- those had lots of shooting and fighting too. I watched them all, not to mention Rambo, Terminator, and the likes. No, blaming any act of insanity on movies, video games, whatever, is disengenuous and plain wrong. I think there's a glaring problem staring us in the face right now. If you look at the 2 boys who shot up Columbine, the guy in Aurora, this fella in Sandy Hook, you'll find they were (or had recently been) on some sort of anti-depressant drugs. Parents use them to control their kids, teachers advocate them to control the kids in their classrooms. I do believe there's a connection somewhere.