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Let me rephrase for a minute. Emulate = pretend, as in not actually doing it. Pretending to shoot each other while playing cops and robbers is an example.

Do you mean that we all don't see idiots talking on cell phones while driving?

And they do this because they see it in animated movies when they're kids?

People do stupid things not because they see it in movies and try it for themselves, but because...guess what? They're stupid.

It is kind of an inherent left-wing idea that people's stupid mistakes, violent behavior, etc. is not caused by the individual, but by "society." In other words, blaming everything else for a person's mistake...except for the person themselves. In college they call it "sociology."

And they do this because they see it in animated movies when they're kids?

Nothing like taking a point out of context, eh?

You seem to believe that common sense is inate and it's not. Hence my point about drivers and cellphones. People believe accidents happen to idiots, not them, "I can drive and talk".This spans the behaviour spectrum. "Drugs won't hurt ME, cigarettes won't hurt ME, speeding won't hurt ME". Then they find that they aren't "bullet proof".

I believe in personal responsibility but would you allow pedophiles to receive Namblas newsletter while in jail. Or a rapist to receive "Playboy"? If not, why? Again, kids emulate what they see. Petra did a song years ago called "Computer Brains". Bet you can't guess what the premise is. A line in the song says, "Garbage in, garbage out".