Tuesday, July 1, 2014

A Violent Perspective on the Influences of Violence

A man walks onto a college campus and randomly starts shooting students. After the horrific aftermath details of the investigation show that the person had large amounts of images of guns, anti-semetic literature, and photos of women being gagged tied and brutalized. A large archive of death metal music was also found.The person that did the shooting was young, white , and a member of a white supremacist group.
A man walks up to a Chicago street corner and starts randomly shooting random people. After the horrific aftermath details of the investigation show that the person had a large amounts of images of guns, anti-police literature, and photos of women being gagged tied and brutalized. A large archive of gangsta rap music was also found. The person that did the shooting was young, black, and a member of a large Chicago street gang.

Do you think the music we listen to has any influence on our actions?