Do you think people now disrespect people a lot more then years ago and why??? well years ago people cared for others open up doors more and kids would respect there parents not talk back as much and neighbors would not fight as much , people were more kind and loving ,and a lot more happy even when they did not have as much ,my self i see a huge change in life its so sad ,i loved the old comedy's like Red Skelton ,Marx brothers ,3 stoodges,Abbott and Costello,Jerry Lewis ,The Honeymooners,and a bunch more i wish they had more funny comedy's like that again ,now theres more killing fighting hatred movies and not as much fun Comedy's and kids buy all the fighting games when i was young i played Hockey ,football,hide and seek ,one man chase,soccer, stuff like that ,theres to much Violence and killing now and i think it lead to more and more disrespect and not Enough Laughter and fun ,When i was younger we would show respect to are Elders and care about are neighbors more and people in General whats your opinion all????? we need more laughter too and happiness

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Our world is a reflection of us....we are a violent and selfish society. We live in constant war and instant gratification mentality and wonder why the youth don't live up to our standards...maybe we have not lived up to theirs.

polite is not as profitable for the bottom line

disrespect has now been labeled as 'honesty' in most situations

money and greed rules us far too much

its an every man for themself mentality that has slowly replaced the mentality of community and family


authority and experience equate to nothing, so respecting 'elders' is seen as some afront to an individuals own ability and knowledge and no longer promoted in the mainstream

equality goes to extremes where age no longer makes ANY difference in our society and people feel other should first EARN their respect so everyone continues to sit around and wait on respect because SOMEONE has to be first

all these things seem truer now than ever before, BUT , are they really? I think the pendulum of time swings back and forth between extremes and SOMEWHERE in mankinds history(babylon perhaps?) things have been just the same,,,,until something drastic happened to change it and the trend will most likely repeat at this stage, something will eventually happen to start the pendulum swinging back

Right on dude them 2 were awesome to watch too cheers Laurel and Hardy they made me laugh miss them classics

The good old Charlie Chaplin Movies too was awesome made people more relaxed and happy

SEE you said are world is a Reflection of us... you meant i think to say a Reflection of people that are doing violent acts and people that are selfish and cruel .....kids see them and copy them :)))))))) cause i don't want to be in the group of us or we that do them things i try and live the opposite i hate wars think its so sad to see them and kids being killed in them but i do understand what your saying society as a whole

We just see it more today, can't really say if it is more prevalent today than it was back in the 50's. Just the same it is a poor comparison anyway given technological advances and population growth.

........yes we can say it is cause we didn't have all that crap stuff back then are minds were on a different conception of life stimulating the brain in a diff life wave .............So in other words your saying cause of population growth thats part of the reason for less respect? people can respect people no matter if you 1 million or 100 but i can say the technological advances in fighting games and violent games has a lot to do with it as you can read......Over the years, there have been literally hundreds of studies examining the connection between media violence and violence in real-life, the results of which were summarized in a joint statement signed by representatives from six of the nation's top public health organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association, and the American Medical Association: "Well over 1000 studies…point overwhelmingly to a causal connection between media violence and aggressive behavior in some children. The conclusion of the public health community, based on over 30 years of research, is that viewing entertainment violence can lead to increases in aggressive attitudes, values and behavior, particularly in children."

Today, the connection between media violence and aggressive and violent behavior in real life has been so well documented, that for many, the question is settled. In fact, a position paper by the American Psychiatric Association on media violence begins by declaring: "The debate is over." According to Jeffrey McIntyre, legislative and federal affairs officer for the American Psychological Association, "To argue against it is like arguing against gravity." thanks for your comment thou:)Cheers

Well you made a good point Respect should be Taught to kids at a younger age and learn from it but if the Adult is doing violent acts i can see why a kid can say why can't i do that if they doing it and same as swearing and so on but remember the parents are raising their kids i was raised to respect Elderly people and not to swear i still respect and open doors i may swear if i get really mad at something but not in a general conversation thanks for your response

Violent video games don't create violent people. Violent people are usually already in a disposition to be violent, whether how they were brought up or who the interacted with while young. Violent media is a scapegoat used by irresponsible parents so that they don't have to take the blame when their child goes and does something stupid.

Kind of funny actually, movies were far more violent in the 70's and for the general portion of it most serial killers were born in the 40's or 50's, so they grew up in the 50's or 60's. Which makes this argument as asinine as it was when it started in the 90's.

If our kids are being lead by the media...the last thing we need to worry about is the media.

Well its been a proven fact if you put a bad apple in a bunch of good apples they become bad and where is your proof that most violent killers were born later i just looked it up :) but theres proof that if you born into violents you can become that and proof on games and the studies i have showed you already proved it and sorry your wrong movies of 70s and now theres more now my friend look it up cheers cause a lot more produced now too sad but true

Ditto, I feel that maybe we have lost site ourselves therefore not teaching our youth the basics. We as a society must lay the road and values for those ahead in order for them to learn.

We can't expect more from them then what we in fact give of ourselves.

It hasn't been a proven fact, and just as many studies if not more have shown no tangible connection. Have you studied it? Because I've been studying it since 1999...the only sad but true part of this debate is that people still blame violent media in place of blaming parents.

Also, you haven't show me any studies, you blurted out a few random words you found on the internet. Most of the studies conducted are on children younger than 14, and if your kids are younger than 14 partaking in violent media the first responsibility lies in your ill-advised choices.

Before ratings were developed in the 80's this wasn't an argument, even though comparitively speaking 70's movies were far more violent. Sure, there are more movies now, but they are nowhere near as violent due to the MPAA.

Quit trying to validate irresponsible parenting and just deal with the fact that some parents are irresponsible in raising their children. How about we actually try to solve the issue instead of pointing fingers and playing the blame game, which, since the early 90's has gotten us absolutely nowhere.

Violence isn't going away, not in movies, TV, or video games. That is why there is a rating system in place, children should not play games that are outside their respective age. They say up until the age of 14 and child's mind is still developing, why, in all of ****, would a parent let a 14 year old watch violent movies and play violent video games...again, the problem is the parents, not the media.

It doesn't help much that mane, many kids are raised up in single parent homes and don't have two "healthy" parents there.

True dat. fear

I think a lot of it has to do with the divorce rate, teenage pregnancies, drugs. I think after divorce the kids aren't usually watched as closely as if there were two parents. Maybe for valid reasons like working to support their children, etc. The kids tend to be left on their own & many ends up either on drugs, pregnant or both. Thus, only being kids raising kids. Parents letting their kids away with murder. Years ago kids behaved in the stores, etc. Now, they run around knocking people over & their parents doesn't seem to care. I came from a broken home, teenage pregnancy & drugs. I tried to raise my sons well & made many mistakes. But, they have turned out pretty well for the most part. Had I been older I think they'd turned out better because I'd been more mature in raising them. I lacked a lot of maturity back then.