Consequences of desensitization?

[Xylitol]

What are some consequences that our society may face as people become desensitized to tragic/breaking news, violence, etc.?

 

[Kirby]

Hopefully a plateau in the pussification of America.

 

[Toonces]

anal?

 

[PliotronX]

It's going to eventually lead to a stadium pitting one guy with an iron sword against a bunch of hungry lions. Broadcast in HD PPV for the low low price of $159.95.

 

[Dangerer]

Would help a lot with my lasting power

 

[MAKENITO]

Flip, here in NZ, I remember when everytime there was a murder it was splashed all over the front paper, reported at length on TV and the Radio - now, its just a tiny snippet on page 3 of The Herald.. And only violent crimes which involve old people or kidnapping (we dont have many of those) are featured on the front page. Oh, but if the All Blacks win during the time that someone else is stabbed to death on the street, than Duh - of course ABs get the front page.

Consequence of desentization: escalation of violent crime - and I totally reckon that crims will allovasudden become more creative and use the country as the setting for a Chainsaw Massacre/Saw sequel - tryna get that attention.

 

[zerocool84]

Well seeing as European countries show more bewbies on tv and have less violence, I say that's what we move to.

 

[Newbian]

This way when the killings start again no one will mind the smell coming from olds basement.

 

[sandorski]

Well seeing as European countries show more bewbies on tv and have less violence, I say that's what we move to.

Boobies for Peace

 

[krunchykrome]

What are some consequences that our society may face as people become desensitized to tragic/breaking news, violence, etc.?

People have become desensitized a long time ago. Especially myself, since I live so close to Baltimore.

 

[nerp]

What are some consequences that our society may face as people become desensitized to tragic/breaking news, violence, etc.?

The middle ages were violent and pretty unpleasant for the average person, arguably much worse than what the average person encounters today and there was no mainstream media to speak of. Chew on that for a while.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Ask FBB

 

[Miramonti]

Adaptation is a part of human nature, physical and psychological.

 

[JDMnAR1]

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This! LOL

 

[Kev]

Write your own paper.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Media/government fear mongering gets more and more prevalent.
Marketing/Advertising becomes more and more oppressive.

 

[TecHNooB]

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[krylon]

Upgrade to ribbed or ultra tight

 

[SandEagle]

modern warfare 2 is desensitizing today's kids for tomorrow's wars

/conspiracytheory

 

[zebano]

In only slightly related news, I was listening to Iowa Public Radio at noon yesterday and they were interviewing a woman who had studied behavior & how to teach/discipline/praise children.

To paraphrase what she said, praising a kid for being intelligent makes them afraid of failure and give up easily. Praising them for working hard builds tenacity and allows them to work on hard problems that they've previously had no exposure to and make some progress. The pertinent example she gave was that children that watch power rangers are less relationally aggressive than those who watch Aurthur. The reason being that in power rangers it is clear that one should not go around punching people but in Aurthur the first 20 minutes are spent showing bad behavior which is then not connected with the message of proper behavior shown for the final 3 minutes.

 

[DannyLove]

Go watch Idiocracy

 

[InflatableBuddha]

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