Exodus: The bad news

What you said here: "Many people complain that movies, television, and video games are too violent, but will complaints change anything? Will politicians who castigate the moral depravity of such mediums while at the same time sending real people, not actors, overseas to kill and be killed, change what the public consumes?" Seems to be a bit of a non-sequitor. Are you arguing that we see violence because it exists, or because it sells? The solutions for those two issues are significantly different. I would argue your point about politicians not being willing to censor media if they are willing to sanction real-life violence is verifiably false. In the 1940s the world was just violent--in fact more so--but the level of violence and other morally questionable content allowed in the media of the day was almost nil compared to the orgiastic fervor with which todays media and entertainment industries inundate us with explicit words and images. I would argue that, when people used to turn off the TV when something graphic came on, organizng boycotts of 'immoral' purveyors of entertainment, those companies shied away from showing such content. Witness the response to the 'Janet Jackson' incident during the Super Bowl a year or two ago. People cried out, and as a result were assured that they wouldn't be seeing any more such things, at least on supposedly 'family friendly' programming. In essence, supply=demand. If people stop watching, they'll stop showing.

There are a number of online magazines that focus on realistic positive solutions. These magazines also point us towards everyday heroes and organizations that we can get involved with. www.yesmagazine.org www.resurgence.org www.odemagazine.com www.idealist.org

Death is a mystery? Is Hashem the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ? G-d is not the G-d of the dead but of the living. He made us to enjoy eternity with Him. Did He not take Enoch and Elijah? If we only have hope in this life we are most miserable. It is appointed unto man once to die, and then the judgement.Renewe your mind with Proverbs3;5,6

Human nature being what it is, we like to read about human tragedy while politicians on both sides of the table make more tragedy for the human race.I personally believe Israel has the right to survive in peace or if they are attacked,to respond---stick to your guns ,Israel

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to the Great country of Israel and the citizens;rock on, i am a supporter of Israels right to survive as a nation and its citizens right to be able to go to sleep at night with out having to worry about those fools that are causing problems.those factions that attack Israel oughta attack the coward Iranians,Syrians,and who ever else that that they fancy.But they wont,because they are scared or were given hollow promises,they are jerks.