The Matrix is by far one of my favourite movies, but what has driven me to write on such a topic is the negative feedback fellow breakthrough movies and other forms of entertainment are getting from society in general. Yes it is true that two seemingly normal students shot and killed tweleve of their fellow classmates and one teacher at Columbine Highshcool, but what has this got to do with the media? These boys were obviously sick individuals. Certainly we were all exposed to the same movies, comics, and TV shows, but you don't see me or any of my friends going around killing anyone. Yes, Neo said "Guns, lots of guns", but once again how does any of this relate to the situation at hand? What is more violent than traditional and modern Chinese and Japanese movies? Have you seen any anime lately? Look at their socities, wholesome as ever. Does this not say something?
Quite frankly if your child has grown up thinking that just because he/she sees something bad on TV it's ok......
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