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Muskets loaded aimed at devils in red. Shots fired from behind rocks and tree leaving many of those devils dead. The shooters believed in basic ideals about unalienable rights and a fair government. The devils in red were the British red coats, the shooters were American colonists called Minuete Man, and the battle was after the Redcoats had beat the colonists at Lexington and Concord. The battle of Lexington and Concord was part of the Revolutionary war. The Revolutionary war was the most historic wars of all time. There after the Revolutionary war the ideals of defense and unalienable rights were passed down from generation. These ideas are instilled in American's brains so much that many think that these ideas were bred into Americans. I know that the topic for this paper is the true origin of violence in America and the media's apperance in America. Many would think limiting guns and video games is the solution however, It is my belief that limiting or restricting is not the way to solve any problem. The answer for this prompt is in the fact that Americans were bred on defense, knowing their rights in the constition, and that the media is not to blame.
Many people think the bulk of the origin of violence is from technoligy media or guns. There is one purpatrator that Americans often neglect. This purpatrator is that American's were bred on defense. Ever since the Revolutionary war Americans have been very particular on their defense. After England lost, America was a very fragile country for a very long time and colonists were worried that another counrty would come and try to conquer them. In turn that fear was passed down and eventally bred into Americans. Defense is having the means at any time to defend yourself at any cost when you feel scared. Colonists kept guns, their children kept guns and their children's children had guns all the way down to the 21st centuray. Violence is the opposite of defense, or rather defense taken to far is violence. Rather
then blaming mental illness, health issues, family problems, or even the media has anyone ever thought that those involved in shootings were scared? According to the article Does Media Violence Lead to the Real Thing it states " Although exposure to violent media isn't the only or even the strongest risk factor for violence, it's more easily modified then othe risk factors like being male or having a low socioeconomic status or low I.Q." These people had reason to be scared. I am not shrinking responsibliltiy for those who did/do things like that but individuals who are resoponsible may simply be scared and those people have great reason to be. In my opinion I think violence in America originated from defense. It is how people use defense that can make it violent. Defense or violence has been in our herritage since the begining of our counrty and Americans were bred on defense. Since the Revolutionary war Americans were bred on defense and that may be viewed as violence depending on how a person defends themselves. Americans were bred on their consitutional rights and that may contribute to the war on violence. The Revolutionary war was the war wher Americans firmly established who they are and what exactly the gvermant and the population can and can not do. Based on interpritaion may people that in the ammendmants of the United States Constitution there is a clause that states that Americans have the right to bear arms and that the govermant can tnot take that right away. While poeple have good intentions for gun control it is in American herritage that Americans are very protective of their rights. I do not think that having some gun control is worth loosing a right that is clearly spelled out in the constitution. There are many problems in this nation and many poeple think that the answer is to take away or limit a right that is mention in the constitution. When you have a nation where the population is essentially bred on the knowledge of their rights and limitations and you limit a right it will cause a historic uproar for the whole nation. There is considerable evidance to show go against limiting Americans rights. The band on Alchohol and the prohibitaion ammendmant caused national uproar and the prohibitation only lasted 14 years. It had absolutley no benifit on siocioty. In 1971 President Nixon declared a war on drugs. Now almost 50 years later the trenches of the drug war have long since collapsed. This long effort at prohibitation also has not worked and infacts according to an article called Violence: The American Way of Life it states " the war on drugs resulted in deaths of thousands of Americans . This prohibitatino fostered a creation of international crimeinal cartels. The war on drugs made America and the whole world worse off then they were before the war was declared. Bottom line, Takign away a right is not the way to solve problems, they only make things worse.
The modern American has fictionalized that a large portion of the 'war on violence' is the media's fault or that modern American has a violent culture. The media's job is to report everything. The media understands that the American people have a right to know. The idea that the American people want to blame the news is garbage. If the American people want to blame the media then they need to thank or credit the media for reporting 'good' things.
Therefore since the American people dont credit the media the media can no loneger be held accountable. Modern American is bred on defense and constitutional rights, that is tour culture that is who we are. So the question is do I think modern America is violent? No, Modern America does not have a vioent culture because I think that modern America has more access to things that may make our culture violent. Take for example the media, if there is 'violent' things on the media and I as an American have easier acces to read the media does that make me or my life have a 'violent' culture? NO. Sure I may be very teritorial on defense but that and the media does not make me have a vioent culture.Americans were bred on defense and constituion. While defense may seem like violence it clearly is not. Taking a right away to limit violence will not nor has ever been a solution worth achieving. Since the Revolutionary war we were bred on two idas it is part of our heritage and our culture. Violence however is not. The media is not at all held accountable for the violence that it reports because we do not credit the media for the good thingd they do. Thank you!
Today's bellwork: the question was something to the extent of : what can we learn from older texts/stories?
My Answer: Things that we can learn from older texts/stories are: history, the culture of the time period, the things those in that era thought, what is within social norm and what is not within the social norm.
I an going to do a brief 3-5 sentence summary on each thing listed.
History- History repeats itself. Older literature gives us views on how view history. By looking at how others view historical events it can help us be prepared for a repeat and it can help us look on the bright side and be a mental helper if we ever come across that historical event.
Culture of the time: Old(der)literature will help us understand the culture of that time period. In the literature there is (not generalizing here) the music, fashion, population, government, language, writing styles, art fads, house plans, fad color swatches, healthcare advances, furniture fads, government protests, or even new countries. This is all a small part of the word culture. How peoples' culture is bases on how the write and interpret literature.
Social Norm.- Social Norm is what people view as socially acceptable. Inside Social Norm are things that are only normal in that particular era( bellbottom pants, the Beetles, powdered wigs). Social Norm plays a massive role on how we can learn things from texts in that time because by reading the literature we get an understanding for how they views things going on in THEIR world.
Outside of Social Norm- Outside of the Social Norm are things that are done that is not viewed at socially acceptable or 'normal'. Things that are outside of social Norm now would be like convicting women on witch craft like the Puritans did. While that was within Social Norm if you did that today it would be Outside Social Norm because you would be considered crazy and weird. Outside Social Norm plays a role in what we can learn from older literature because many literature outline things that the 'wierdos' do telling us that was acceptable and what was not acceptable in that era.
SEE YA NEXT WEEK!-Kalea
