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Originally Posted by MMM
With fear of hijacking the thread, let me ask, why do you think you would be that "conditioned" by movies when previous generations would not be?
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What makes you think previous generations werent?
In the book "Superfreakonomics" (followup to the bestseller "Freakonomics") they make a comparison between violent crime rates and the introduction of television accross the US.
Since TV was introduced accross the US at different times, it was interesting to note that a rise in crime followed the introduction of Television all accross the states.
Coincidence? Maybe... though that would be an awfully big one.
I will say that images in the movies and on TV have become a lot more vivid and realistic in their portrayal in recent years though.