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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Relique du Madde" data-source="post: 5575402" data-attributes="member: 42169">The problem is that argument in the blog is that it is in itself a strawman argument which is only propped up by people's insistence on not looking at the real source of what causes humans to be desensitize to violence as a result of their ignorance or their fear of accountability.What causes people to be desensitized to violence is and interplay of CULTURE, SOCIETY, NATURE AND NURTURE.  When cultures and societies teach that violence is accepted in ANY form, then yes, people will become desensitize to it.  Societies and cultures that practice violence will become desensitized to it. Societies and cultures that believe that only their beliefs matter and teach that those who follow a different ideology (be it political, philosophical, theological, etc) are inherently wrong and that they own believes must defend and spread those through words, action, and violence will become desensitized to violence.More importantly those cultures and societies which awards violence (in any form) will become desensitized to violence especially if those rewards are through merit, honor, and promises of spiritual/monetary/material gain. Lastly, those who are involved in violent actions and discover that they love the adrenalin rush or the sense of power (over another) involved with their violent actions will become desensitized to violence.To believe that desensitization to violence is caused by only games, media, stories, imagination, sports, and play is to be ignorant of the workings of society and culture and how they affect humans intellectually, physiologically and psychologically.  Sadly rather then studying how certain behaviors/traits come about as a result of a combination of multiple types of stimuli most people only one of the sources of stimuli then place a moralistic spin on it.</blockquote>

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