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Originally posted by yatzr
I've played video games all my life and I can't stand the sight of blood (except in video games of course). I have to look away at shows on basic cable that show people getting plastic surgery. I freak out and have nightmares for a week if I ever see a clip of a real person dieing (like the nick berg clip...even thinking about will surely give me a nightmare tonight).
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Maybe this is the problem. Personally I think that if society was desensitized enough to violence where we could really look it in the face and understand what it is, what happens when someone is cut or shot, we would be better off. I think it is most pitiful when you watch a medical show where some gang member is in because they were shot or knifed. Too often there is shock in their eyes, not the medical condition, but the newfound knowledge of what it is to be really hurt in the manner they probably planned or carried out against others. By turning your eyes away you are depriving yourself of a truth that while painful to admit, is still true.
That is one thing I respect about the situation in the middle east. Everyone there knows the consequences of the violence they do; it is their decision to ignore the feelings of others in favor of their own that I have a problem with.