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A 5 page address of the factors that contribute to violence in our modern world. The author takes us back to the latter nineteenth century and the town of Bodie California to point out that even in Bodies most violent days the types of violence that were conducted were very different than that we see today. The author then explores such factors as declining societal mores in their contribution to violence and contends that violent games such as video games and paintball are not as much to blame as the lack of societal guidance. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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It seems that modern day society is preoccupied with violence. Violence has infiltrated
practically every aspect of our culture. It is reflected in school shootings, gang rapes, and even brutal torture perpetuated by our own government in modern day disgraces like that
that has been uncovered at facilities like Abu Ghraib Prison Camp. Indeed, there are even certain periods in our past history that are remembered as violent times. The
type of violence that we are experiencing today, however, is distinctly different from the type of violence that America experienced in her earlier years as a nation. To illustrate
this point it is effective to examine the era of the gun-slinger in old West. This paper will make that examination and then explore the question of whether violence
in our modern society is influenced to any degree by popular activities such as paint ball. The thesis will be presented that it is not the type of recreational
activities that our youth pursue that makes them any more prone to violence but rather factors such as poverty and the lack of appropriate parental guidance and role models that
makes certain youths choose lives of violence. In the Old West violence was in fact a common occurrence. McGrath (2006, 644) contends,
however, that that violence was largely restricted to brawls and gun fights between willing adult male participants and to robberies of stage coach lines. Using Bodie California (one of
the most notorious towns of the Old West) as an example, McGrath (2006, 644) points out that females, the elderly, and the infirm were seldom the victim of violence in
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