Dave Grossman

it is rather her perception of the world and everybody in that makes her fit into the sheep category. There are three types of people according to Dave Grossman’s On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs, and while I do not agree with Grossman that the world can be divided into three separate groups, the general basis of his idea is just. According to Grossman, you are a wolf that preys on the weak, a sheep that is weak, or a sheepdog that protects the sheep from the wolves. It is not to say that 100% of…

Violence in the Media The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut once again opened up the debate of a potential correlation between violence in the media and real life shootings. Following the event, President Obama asked for a ten million dollar study on the effects that violent media has on our youth. Some politicians, such as Representative Jim Matheson of Utah, believe that laws should be passed to ban the sale of violent media such as video games to minors…

Mental illness is a growing topic within the law enforcement community; specifically, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. We see it in our communities in many ways. Law enforcement officers are facing PTSD in front and behind the badge. Within this paper I will discuss the topic of PTSD and how it relates to policing. To begin, I will define Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD is a traumatic event that involves actual or threatened death, serious injury or other threat to the integrity of the…

When are we as human beings allowed to die? Should we leave the decision of whether we suffer for years with debilitating illnesses and diseases with no chances of a cure or die an earlier death with a little of our dignity and financial security intact, up to legislation? These are some of the questions brought to light in one of the most highly debated medical ethics questions. There are many factors that play into both sides that support the argument of the legalization of euthanasia. With…

Violent Video Games in a Violence Saturated World Video games have come a long way since Pong first showed up in the 1970’s and even farther since the first known video game, Tennis for Two, was created by Physicist William Higinbotham to be used as a science display in the 1950’s. When that simple game was unveiled to visitors, long lines formed full of people wanting to try this new technology. They would press a button to whack a tennis ball over a net represented by a couple of white…

Another issue with those living with PTSD when in a disaster is they are bred to get the job done by dehumanization. This process of dehumanization starts long before they go off into combat. This dehumanization process is explain in On Killing, by Dave Grossman. He explains that soldiers should see their opponents as subhuman and the soldiers are just minimizing a threat (SITE). Lastly, the harm done to the human psyche that could cause change in social morale is the oppression. Veterans many…

In “Ableism” by Carmelita (Rosie) Castaneda, Larissa E. Hopkins, and Madeline L. Peters, they define “ableism or disability oppression [as] a term used to describe the all encompassing system of discrimination and exclusion of people living with disabilities” (Castaneda, Hopkins, Peters 462). Historically, people with disabilities have not been accepted by society, to participate or be seen by the masses of people of able-bodied. Castaneda, Hopkins, Peters write that people with disabilities…

to loss of sleep, anxiety or even hostility. The National Academy in Quantico, Virginia implements SMILE Stress Management in Law Enforcement training to its cadets to lower the effects of stress on the human body. Military historian Lt. Col. Dave Grossman recognized five stages that an individual goes through after killing another human being in combat. The five stages are concern about the killing, the actual kill, exhilaration, remorse, and rationalization/acceptance. 1. Concern about a…

Many fans of the game play often downplay the breadth of the violence, saying it is minimal factor in the game play. Yet some games build a case against themselves, and reward things such as “headhsots.” Where having the adept skill to shoot your opponent in the head (a smaller, more difficult target) merit special recognition and bonus points, it makes the argument more difficult to prove. In spite of actions such as this, they hold to their opinion that partaking in these games don’t actually…

Headshots: Violent video game and the targeting of our children The proliferation of violent subject matter in marketing and entertainment is nothing new. Mass media and its deluge of blood soaked mechanisms have long served as a form of entertainment for consumers in search of a release from their mundane lives. Multi-national corporations plot ways to hype their newest video game to consumers hungry for a more realistic experience. Game studios produce hyper-violent fairytales where humans…