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Originally posted by gondath
The things these kids do in their free time is worse than anything they could see in a video, probably. Censorship is a feeble attempt to make minors believe what we want them too about the world. It's a violent and cruel place out there. It's better to find out from a video than firsthand.
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I don't think that's justification for the teacher to show it (though I do think that it is okay that the teacher showed it), but I still agree with all the points you made except for one thing: it's not fair to categorize "these kids" as being your average teens who do worse things than beheading the innocent.
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Originally posted by Aletheia
Showing the video also shapes how they view the world. It works both ways. It would be intresting to see the context in which the teacher showed the video. What I mean is, if the students had to write about it, if it was an experiment of their reaction, was shown as a discussion item, or if the teacher just did it to scare the hell out of them.
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If it was something they had to write about afterwards, then the teacher almost forced them to watch it. Grades can make some students do anything.