22nd March 2006, 10:14 PM
Quote:And actually, research DOES need to say that. How do you think it gets established that people immitate idols anyway? Research!
Indeed.
Quote:GTA's nothing in comparison... GTA is only a problem for someone who has problems already (like Doom -- Doom doesn't make people kill people. People who kill people after playing Doom were already going to be more violent.)... given the whole culture around it, I wouldn't say the same thing for rap.
Well, for gangsta rap to appeal to a person, the audience must have a taste for such material to begin with. I don't see audiences as blobs of clay, ready to be molded at the will of producers. Rather, the producers just go with what sells. Taking a pro-censorship stance of such material would be like admitting that the public needs social-programming through art to be healthy (although maybe it'd be a jump to assume you'd be for censorship).
It's impossible for one to live this bullshit "thuggin' life" fantasy without breaking the law, so I'd say that anyone past the age of 16-18 (hell, we can even say 16-22 so the slower ones don't feel dumb) that takes this type of shit seriously and tries to insert it into their every day lives will get what they deserve.
By the way, I don't like most rap either.