Yes and no.

I don't think it is ever the intention of a band/film director etc to make people go out and do bad things but sometimes people twist what they see/hear in a way to compliment their warped feelings.

I hate when the media come out and say "this guy listened to this band and that is why they turned out that way" especially when they point to bands like Rammstein, I mean I listen to their music and am perfectly OK. I own all their DVDs and watch their interviews all the time! I have way too many photos of Christoph Schneider on my laptop, I'm totally obsessed but I won't go out and kill someone because "their music told me too" their music for a start HASN'T told me to and secondly you have to have that inside of you to begin with.

It peeves me off when people go on about it though, you think how many people watched the last episode of Game of Thrones (I haven't) and saw (allegedly) someone stab a pregnant women in the stomach. Now that will be MILLIONS of people watching that episode but how many will go out and stab a pregnant women? Me, you and most sane people would never DREAM of doing such a thing so wouldn't do such a thing, a sicko who got inspiration to do that from GoT was sick to begin with.

It is like violent video games.

I grew up a Mortal Kombat fan, I saw the movies when I was a kid not a teenager, I loved the games (and Soul Caliber and Capcom v Marvel) because when I got angry they gave me a little man made out of data that didn't really get hurt to beat the shit out of. Just like I had a Stone Cold Steve Austin punch bag to let off steam.

Yes some things are too violent, and yes some people who are on the cusp of doing something awful might misinterpret something and say "in the name of blah de blah I killed this person" it doesn't mean there should be a block on that type of thing.

Sorry tired and this is a subject that really gets to me, I'll be back after work tomorrow with some more ramblings!

But to play devils advocate here, some people say that the words of a song can give them the strength to ask someone to marry them, or touches them so much they decide to do something with their lives.

Are you saying someone who was on the brink of killing themselves can be motivated into seeing a light at the end of tunnel by music but someone who heard a song and decided they would go out and kill someone, rob someone or just be a public nuseance can't be motivated by music?

What is the difference between the two?

You might be right but if someone isn't really alright "up there" as they say then hearing anything they could twist to fit what they want it to will surely have an impact on their actions.

I don't agree that they are really that influenced by these things but some people truly believe they are!

I don't know some of the music I've listened to does tell me to go out and do things. I listened to a song about beer the other day and went out and got some beer even though I don't really like the taste of it anymore. Also whenever I listen to Justin Bieber unluckily I always feel the urge to murder the radio/jukebox/whatever that the music is emanating from.

If a censor on these medias that cause these emotions was made up I'd be happy to end my violence on jukeboxes, not so happy about losing out on the will for beer.

When it comes to games I've always thought "man isn't it better killing these loads of pixels then going out and probably getting beaten the shit out of after doing my ninja thing to a jock" plus I don't think I'd fit into any of the costumes!

So yes the media does tell me to do things but I usually have the good sense to only listen to the positive beer filled urges. And that is the way the world should be.

The first time I watched Empire Records I found myself leaving the house trying to find a job in a record store... Just to remember that we don't have any like that in Plymouth anyway just HMV and at the time Virgin (which turned into Zavvi and then another HMV before becoming the only HMV... Yeah Plymouth history for you'se all!)

I also watch Hannibal once a week and it makes me want to eat something so I usually eat a biscuit or something. Crisps mainly if I can find where they are hidden.

When I watch some Freddie movies it makes me want to make bad jokes all day, the same with the 10th Kingdom though that is usually jokes aimed at Snow White eating dwarfs.

So yes we are now proving that movies/TV shows are making me want to do things too. Terrible.

So what would you do? Silence the media? Only have programs on that teach love and happiness? Because the world will be full of sick freaks either way.

Thing is as has been pointed out normal sane people will use these outlets for their own good. Beat 'em up games to let out frustration, programs to make them forget their problems, films to immerse in a universe they can only dream about. As far as I'm aware there is no way to tell if someone will have that murderous intent therefore shouldn't be seeing these things, then again there is no proof that listening to rock music and killing people go hand in hand. I bet all of us listen to rock music on here and none of us are hiding murderous thoughts.

The same with everything, I play video games and shockingly agree with a lot of what Jeremy Clarkson says even if he might not mean it himself and just wants to shock the nation there is something in what he says some of the time. So what so does a mass murderer, that doesn't mean I'm suddenly of the same elk, it just means we've both listened to the same person spouting off about different things and he's fooled himself to believe he can drag his name in from of him like a shield whereas I know that it is life. Nothing Clarkson has ever said is really that horrible so how you get from him goading celebs and moaning about screaming children on airplanes to murdering innocent people is beyond me and Clarkson isn't the one needing censoring so normal people like me lose out on some insightful, sometimes witty, satire.

OK I might have made a slight joke but what do you expect?

The song told me to go out and murder everyone.

Well turn the song off and listen to something more cheerful!

The game showed me how to do it!

What you killed them by pressing the X button on a PS3? Unlikely. Now shoving the Wii controller up someones arse might hurt but I doubt the game actually taught you that.

It looked so cool in the movie!

So if that character jumped off a bridge so would you? Yeah I didn't think so.

Yeah people SAY they are influenced by these things, but they aren't. They use them as a way to have someone to blame "Hey it isn't me that's messed up its these people who influence me but not the millions of millions of other people in the world".

The question is what are you asking Manda? Are you asking if it DOES influence people or if people BELIEVE it influences them?