Movies and computer games containing violence are popular. Some people say they have a negative effect on society and should be censored. Others say they are just harmless relaxation. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

The
entertainment
industry has pumped out many famous products and franchises, most of which are “violent content” rated. Some
people
argue that the
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blood
-and-gore
contents
on the market could have a bad effect on mental health and shouldn’t be displayed, while others think that it is normal and enjoyable. While
action
movies
and
games
do display violent
contents
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, I believe these creative products are for
entertainment
purposes and could help
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the consumer
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consumer
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consumers
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to have a good time. There is a belief
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by a number of
people
that popular
movies
and
video
games
with violent
contents
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content
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are giving out negative effects on the mental and social health of the consumers. There are many famous
action
/horror movie titles
such
as Wrong Turn, The Cabin Fever, Zombieland. These
contents
are publicly distributed and the gruesome scenes could reach out to many audiences.
This
kind of
entertainment
industry that profits from violent
contents
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could have a bad consequence on society because
people
who bought
this
would think to themselves that
violent
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is normal. A friend of mine is a gang member and he told me he got his motivation to join from watching
movies
about
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cocaine
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gangster
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like Tony Montana. On other hand, some
people
argue that
movies
and
games
containing violence are there for
entertainment
purposes mostly. The violence itself is the reminder of what could happen have we acted uncivilized. We are exposed to the gruesome parts and see it for what it is so we don’t ask to seek it in our real life. Take some well-known
video
games
for example
- Battlefield, Left 4 Dead,
Counter Strike
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- these
action
/shooting
games
are here for us to
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release
our anger and stress and it has been working well for many decades.
Me
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and my friends
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play
games
, we shoot
in
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video
games
but we never need to own guns in real life. We don’t have a need for guns because
video
games
is
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enough to satisfy us in
this
regard. Not forget to mention that every
movies
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and
games
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game
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in the market right now are
labeled
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, viewers are warned and they have the option to not proceed
further
with the content. In conclusion, a lot of the famous
movies
and
video
games
are
adult rated
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. Some
people
see these violent
contents
as
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bad for
the
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society and
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for censorship, while others see
action
and horror movie/game titles as a way to escape reality, to be entertained in a different world. I think that it is harmless as it is mainly used to ease
stress
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the stress
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from our mind and provide us with an
entertainment
service.
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