[Bubba_Leroy]

A picture of a cartoon camel causes kids to smoke, but a 2 hour movie filled with explicit and repeated acts of violence has no effect on them whatsoever.

Right.

[Paul Atreides]

the influence of the Scream horror film trilogy has sharpened fears about the impact of screen and video game violence on the young

And here I thought the French had a anything-goes attitude when it came to entertainment.

[EggsAckley]

Personally, I'm glad to see people finally making this connection, between video violence and teenage violence.

There is a new video game out (can't think of the name,) in which the scene is a typical, large shopping mall. The "players" are armed with automatic weapons, and points are awarded by how many "shoppers" the shooter kills. This was released a few months ago, and now that school is out and kids have time on their hands, I'm waiting to see just how long it will be before some moronic teenagers decide to act it out, for real.

[Governor StrangeReno]

first amendment mental illness input-output sanction bump

[weikel]

Only a very disturbed person would commit murder because they saw it on scream and such a person will eventually commit murder anyway. I'm surprised anyone who calls themselves conservative would believe crap like violent movies and videogames cause violence. Thats soccer mom BS.

[GeneD]

"Scream" is brought to you by THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!

Let's all sing! M-I-C, K-E-Y....

[Faraday]

The effect of American movies on French society is indisputable. Look what happened to their foreign policy ever since the Jerry Lewis films were embraced by the French in the '50s.

[hgro]

Lets see, who was it that invented the guillotine??

[VOA]

France's third teenage murder in two years linked to the influence
of the Scream horror film trilogy has sharpened fears about the impact of screen and
video game violence on the young.

LOL! If this film was inciting impressionable young French-persons to commit "American-Style"
violence, there'd be at least a thousand or more of these murders, just on regular demographics!


(Flashback time!)
Reminds me of when some of the European countries (Sweden?, U.K.? etc?) were complaining
about the "American-Styled Violence" of Stallone's "Rambo" films.

I loved it when Jay Leno said "Hey, maybe if we dressed Rambo up in a soccer uniform,
these Europeans would be a bit more comfortable with the violence!"

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

If the movie did realy influnce these teens, then you would see tons of French teenagers doing bad acting to make tons of money.

[Pagey]

France' Culture Minister(???):"...It raises all sorts of questions about official responsibility for material that can unbalance young minds..."

Ahhh,to think that I thought it was the 'parents responsibility' to raise the child.
Not that any of their 'Daily Leftist Propaganda' could have anything to do w/ the childrens actions right?
You have to admire those French.<-------Sarcasm Dripping