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Old 15-03-2010, 00:05   #10
Mancie
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Re: The Age of Criminal Responsibility

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Originally Posted by Stumped View Post
Another factor to bear in mind is the influence directed at today's youngsters by violence shown on TV, in films and portrayed in computer games. I can remember 'X' and 'A' Film censorship, and the banning of so called Horror Comics because they were deemed to be a malign influence on kids. Today, even news bulletins are bombarding us with graphic violence - and the so called TV Watershed is a nonsense. Kids of 10 and 12-years are more enlightened today than my generation were at twice that age. I don't profess to know what the answer is any more than the politicians do, but based on the evidence available I would suggest reducing it rather than the alternative.
Oh dear.. so now all of a sudden you join the "PC brigade" ... i'm not having a pop at you Stumped.. just pointing out that we are all right thinking people.. but some of the ones who call for "right thinking" are labled as the PC brigade.
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