The government should control the amount of violence in films and on television in order to reduce the amount of violent crimes in the society. Do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays, films and computer games are often designed with violent content, which tends to attract a great number of followers. While I admit these are just forms of entertainment, I do not think it should be made available for everyone.

Some people argue that violent films and games are harmless because they think they are not real. Scenarios in films and games are way from reality, and most rational individuals are unlikely to copy these activities given their ability to distinguish them from their own lives. Moreover, since these forms of recreation can help people relax and gain vicarious pleasure from the heroic stories, it should be everyone’s right to consume them. In this sense, these kinds of virtual violence are not only innocuous, but also beneficial in terms of enriching people’s life, so the idea of banning them seems unreasonable.

However, I believe violence in films and games can cause damage to vulnerable undeveloped minds. Although this sort of violence only exists in imagination, the adverse impact on people’s emotion can be great because it encourages aggressive behavior and criminal conduct. For example, children who are not mature enough to judge between fantasy and reality may be desensitized to fights and murders after being fed a daily dose of violent content. Many children thus become interested in dangerous fighting and weapons, perhaps in emulation of films and games, thereby posing a threat to the safety of other individuals and the society as a whole.

To conclude, violent films and games are harmless to responsible adults, but they should not be accessible to everyone, especially children.

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