Real and fake violence

I interviewed Cody
I asked" What shooting game do you play"
He said"Far Cry 2"
I asked"Why is this your favorite game"
He said"Because the realism behind it...Just fun to play...You feel a accomplishment"
I said"What did you mean by "accomplishment"
He said" It feel good to get something done...just having fun"
I said "How do you feel about the violence in these games compared to the real life violence"
He began to try to say things he thought I would want him to say; you can tell he did not want to say the "wrong thing" and be criticized
 I said " what is the excitement you get from playing these games"
He said"...people have to be mature to play these type of games...the things your allowed to do in games  that would be considered immoral to do in real life..do something without being reprimanded for it.....taking someone life in real life is disturbing".
PLEASE WATCH THESE LINKS OF DOCUMENTARY!!!! PLEASE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeESIB-KjfI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epd9KVO4pVM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F3_Iho_i9Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJBRQ0awit4 

 When I ask Cody about real and fake violence he said that it is okay to play the games as long as you are mature.His answered the questions in a way he thought would please me . I did not think that his answer was true. I think that if I did not tell him that I was doing a interview, he would have answer the questions differently.

California's Oakland Occupy

Photographers who take these photos up close do have a way of persuading one to view situations that can cause controversy . All of these pictures are from google images. All of them were posted within a week of the actual event.

For example in this photo with out knowing anything about the protest I would automatically think that these two men holding the old man are abusing him. I would think this because the look on the old mans face look like he is in distress. So if I was with the protest I would think that this man does not deserve this kind of treatment even though I have no knowledge of what happened.


But on the other hand when you look at the two pictures below show the
people being disruptive to the community. If I were against the protest I would think
these people are destroying property and being dangerous to society
because they are not sitting down discussing things
they are standing on cars and burning things down.

Overall you can't tell what is the truth and what is not. All you can do is research what is going on and use logic when your are analyzing these photos. Different sources of media will try to say without saying who is right and who is wrong.  

This is the picture of the U.S solider who was shot the other day. I didn't know why or what he got shot for until I decided to research his story, other wise I would have thought he may have did something to provoke the police to use weapons. The point that I'm trying to make is that you will never know unless you go find out on your own.