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films and computer games which contain violance are popular.Some people believe that they have a negative effect on soceity and so should be banned. Do you agree or disagree?

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In recent years, a debate regarding the effects of violent
entertainment
media
 has emerged.
In particular
, some
people
 argue that these
media
 can have detrimental consequences on communities and should be forbidden. In my opinion, it is not true and there is no proven correlation between crimes and these means of
entertainment
. In
this
 essay, a brief explanation of the matter will be given. As stated above, some
people
 believe that violent
media
 could have negative effects. First and foremost,
games
 and movies can influence
people
, especially the younger ones. Given
this
, youngsters could be inspired to replicate what they see on TV or the actions of characters with which they play, and if these actions are violent ones, they will start reproducing criminal actions.
For instance
, there have been some cases of violent felonies committed by someone who enjoyed playing these kinds of video
games
 and some aspects of the crimes committed, reflected what they did
while
 playing.
For
this
 reason, there is a growing amount of population that advocates for a ban on violence from
entertainment
.
On the other hand
, there is no evidence that crime in society is spiking
due to
games
 and movies. In fact, the reason for the stated correlation with crimes is probably because these
media
 are now so spread among the population that someone who enjoys them is already a criminal or would have committed a crime anyway.
In addition
, playing these
games
 could be beneficial, because many
people
 can release their frustration through them,
such
 as is done with combat sports.
For instance
, some research suggests that consuming violent
entertainment
 products decreases the probability of committing a crime. In conclusion, I strongly disagree with the possible prohibition of violence in
entertainment
. As noted previously, the possible negative effects, that are cited by the ones in favour of a ban, are either spurious correlations or exaggerations by the
people
 who argue in favour of prohibition. Meanwhile, the benefits are backed by scientific evidence and regarding possible influences of
media
 on children, if a child is more influenced by what he sees through a computer than what parents tell him, the issue is an educational one.
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