Music and Violence

BillieTheBot · February 2003

Do you think hiphop/garage music encourages violence?

There was a story in the news recently about an MP that said that gun crime in inner city areas was down to people like So Solid.

Do you agree with that?

I dont listen to them and then suddenly decide i need to pick up a gun and blast someone in the head :rolleyes:

Former Member · February 2003

Re: Music and Violence

Originally posted by LacyMay

I dont listen to them and then suddenly decide i need to pick up a gun and blast someone in the head :rolleyes:

Of course you don't - it's a gradual process

Seriously though, whenever anything bad happens (increased crime rate, psychos shooting up school etc.) the government looks to the easiest thing to blame - music, fillms, computer games etc.

Former Member · February 2003

noone with half a brain is going to go and shoot someone just because they heard it in a song its stupid
only really fucked up people in the head will do whatever thier told to do and yeah kiezo's right music is just being used as a scapegoat for societys real problems

Former Member · February 2003

Definately not! Music can't make u do anything, sure it can make you feel a certain way and encourage you to do many different things, but it's the people with teeny tiny little brains that cause all the shit!

Former Member · February 2003

Music doesn't make people do violent things, in the same way that not all people who committ violent offences listen to music.

However, there is empirical evidence to suggest that such music perpetuates and adds to the overall culture in which gang violence breeds.

I would like to think people aren't stupid enough to do something because they're influenced by what they hear or read. However, history tells us that people really are that stupid. (Millions of people follow the teaching of the Bible and lets face it that apparently has some really awful lessons for living - it is supposedly full of anti-homosexual messages and so forth).

The vast majority of people aren't influenced by something like music, but you just have to look around you to see that it does influence people. Look how the kids who like rock all dress the same. That is a prime example of musical influence.

However, I think someone would already have to be heavily influenced on the side of madness to contemplate committing a violent act simply because the music "told them too".

Former Member · February 2003

I think it probably has an influence on very weak minded people, in much the same way as films.

Former Member · February 2003

Re: Music and Violence

Originally posted by LacyMay
I dont listen to them and then suddenly decide i need to pick up a gun and blast someone in the head :rolleyes:

Hell, I just don't listen to them.

But no, it's a crock of shit with a politician look for the nearest scapegoat as usual.

Former Member · February 2003

I dont think that the culture around Hip Hop and Garage music insites violence but I do think that it reflects a serious problem with young blacks in the UK and the US.
Its a culture where young men grow up with absoultely no role models what so ever and I think something quite drastic needs to happen.

Former Member · February 2003

Well as Eminem said: "They say music can alter moods and talk to you, Well can it load a gun up for you, and cock it too"

I don't think music can cause a person to behave violently, its just used as something to blame!

Former Member · February 2003

That is soooo stupid. It doesn't make someone pick up a gun. It's the pyschos themselves that do it.

Former Member · February 2003

What i think it can do though is change someones mood...say make someone angry.

If that person had a screw loose anyway, being angry isnt really a good idea. But thats just a generalisation.

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