Quote Originally Posted by Necroplant View Post
American has proven themselves to be a nation of totally unfit parents. I pity the children.

I may have been raised in the 90's when graphics limitations could not fully express violence and gore, but my parents just bought whatever games were cool at the time. I downloaded Grand Theft Auto 1 when it first came out (the demo version), and even bought the game with my own pocketmoney. I was a little boy and they sold it to me, a game where you gun people down and can run people over.

My parents never even implemented parental controls on my computer, they left it totally unrestricted.

Also keep in mind: children could develop sadistic and violent tendencies before the advent of the television: IT'S ALL IN HOW YOU'RE RAISED, nothing else.
It also depends on your environment.