{"id":1334,"date":"2024-03-17T05:57:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T05:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2024-03-17T05:57:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T05:57:11","slug":"do-cartoons-cause-bullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/03\/do-cartoons-cause-bullying\/","title":{"rendered":"Do cartoons cause bullying?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looks Good On Paper is a slightly spicy cartoon strip on GoComics.\u00a0 This one<\/a> is typical:<\/p>\n

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It prompted some discussion about cartoon violence ‘back in the day’ and whether it really caused any harm.\u00a0 And whether the newer sanitised cartoons have made things better.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new cartoons haven\u2019t taught kids not to be bullies\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It\u2019s not the cartoons. Superheroes use violence to do what they want, the TV cops use violence to deliver justice, many movies based on righteous anger-driven violence, the news is full of governments using violence to achieve their aims.<\/p>\n

We now know the police going in to schools to show kids knives and other weapons does not deter them, it makes them frightened that everyone else is tooled up and results in them being more likely to carry knives.<\/p>\n

We know gun sales go up after every mass-shooting is publicised and guns are glamourised in the media.<\/p>\n

Despite almost all of us living peaceful lives from day to day \u2013 that is most people\u2019s reality \u2013 the media is packed with images and stories about violence, often suggesting it is how people are getting what they want, need or deserve.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think Jerry making Tom trip on a rake or Wile E. Coyote falling off a cliff have much influence on a young mind compared to that lot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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