Recently I heard a story about a few 18 year old's who jumped a homeless man because he wouldn't buy them alcohol after they gave him $40. The judge told them they better thank every star in the sky that he is only in critical condition and not dead.
This reminded me of the idea of "Thrill Killing" a topic I had talked about in my psychology class in high school. The idea of actually killing someone becomes an adrenaline rush for some young teens and even pre-teens. Sometimes those pleasurable thoughts became a reality and the feeling of invincibility takes over.
Do you think these are results of children not being educated well enough about violence and the severe consequences? Or some people just live for thrills no matter what the consequence?
I think that this is an interesting question, because the biggest problem on the table in this argument is the statement that children should know better because of what they are taught. I think that since you mentioned it I have been wondering why there isn't a basic morals kind of class for kids who are young. Then the thought that came into my mind is that it is probably because up until recently in our history, it was just expected that you learned morals from your family... but I think that this is an ideal that is dying away quickly.
ReplyDeleteSo my thought for the answer of this would be that those kids who are involved in "kill thrill" are probably not getting their expected dose of morality while at the family dinner table, because half the time they probably don't have a full family at the dinner table to begin with. Perhaps the best solution would be to teach basic levels of morality through public school... but I feel like this would end in controversy; what are your thoughts?