Extreme Violence On The Internet
Yesterday, I read an article on Readers' Digest which chilled me to the spine. I am sure that sexual pornography on the Internet is something that everyone knows about its existence , but now, there is something new and equally, if not, more horrifying - violence . This is the latest degradation of the human culture, which shows horrifying and gruesome executions, murders, suicides, genocide, etc. in wincing detail.
Among the first movie posted on the Internet is the gruesome execution of two American Jewish who were kidnapped by Islamic terrorists. Both were beheaded. Don't be mistaken, though....this website is not sponsored by militant Islamists. It is a site based in the USA with the main purpose of displaying hundreds of images of dead corpses, mangled bodies, and dying persons. The internet is full of such violent web pages. Another website boasts that it "collects images and information....to present the viewer with a truly unpleasant experience." True enough, since among the site's recent photographs was one of a man being hit by a car, and another , one of the most grotesque is that of a person killed by a shotgun blast.(in Reader's Digest). What has happened to the human sense of respecting the dead or dying and also their family members? And what has happened to the good sense of protecting children from violence? Internet connections and PCs are so easily available, especially in modern countries, so it is really easy for minors to gain access to such horrifying sites. Children are so impressionable that they may think that such violence is a normal part of our lives, therefore, they will become less sensitive to it. This will ultimately create violent young adults in the future. It is no wonder that people are so brain-washed these days that they use violence to reach their aims. PATHETIC!! Can you imagine your relatives or siblings or friends or family ending up appearing on these websites? Wouldn't you feel furious at the thought that they were not given the due proper respect even after their deaths?
One family posted a message on a website claiming that a photograph of their nephew, who committed suicide by throwing himself in front of the train, was published on the website. The website posted this cruel response:” We ask that, in the future, this family conduct their suicide in a less public manner." I could almost feel the glee of the website's reviewer when writing such a thing. This could only make young children feel that violence is the most enjoyable thing and that violence is…well, cool.
I think that these websites should be boycotted. Parents MUST stop their children from viewing these sites; they should protect their children from such evil. Children's minds are very easily deformed by the environment. Do we want this aggressive behaviour to mark their little minds and turn them into violent adults in the future? Please give your suggestions on how this can be curbed. I would like to say that we must take action as soon as possible. Otherwise, the future will be black indeed for all of us (because violence will prevail). Do we really want this to happen?
Yuzi,16,Malaysia

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