I'm a 17 year old student at a school a few hours out of sydney, its a safe place and there aren't nearly as many fights as inner sydney schools. I have seen, and enjoyed, films like fight club play video games like grand theft auto and I have never been in a fight in my life. I think media such as these are definitely not to blame, perhaps they don't help but they are certainly not the cause. What we need to do is educate these kids and get them into a stable environment in which they can see the correct way to behave, not just blame films and slap on labels like ADD, that sort of behaviour is essentially unproductive

With all the violence going on in the media, I don't see the point in taking it out of movies and tv shows. People see it on the news everyday now and as long as it's in the news, you might as well keep it in movies because they're going to see it anyway.

...furthermore, one of the kids who was part of the 'responsible' group in regards to the friend getting kidney punched (which couldve killed him if he got kidney failure) ended up punching a glass window with his bare fist during a dance the day after. needlesss to say, his was in stiches for a while

At my old school (which i wont name) there was a fight that broke out between some seniors 4 years ago (one of many instances) police were called and teachers ran down to a small cul de sac near the front of the school and down a downhill alleyway.By the end, like 50 people had been 'in trouble', but surprisingly nothing happened Another instance where one boy with one kidney was sucker-punched in the gut and was driven to hospital on our yr11 camp a couple years back caused a giant split in our 500 student year for 3 days until the boy came back and the situation simmered. A boy in the 'responsible' group the day after. I reckon that the movies do incite violence, as (no laughs) the movies inform (not so much teach) how to fight, protect themselves, and how to really do some harm with simple hits in certain areas. My old school was full of kids that were ready to go at the slightest hint of an oppurtunity or mockingg of them. And alot of them had whatched these movies

Films like Fight Club, if anything, steer teens away from pointless violence and harm. Fight Club is an amazing film. It provokes deeper thought, and makes us question our capitalist, consumption-obsessed society. To blame violence on books and films is ignorant. If teens are angry and violent then we need to find out why & help them, rather than going, "Oh it's probably just because they watched The Combination last week.". A stable teen isn't going to become violent due to films and video games.

I think movies sometimes do incourage violence. I learned just a few days ago that there aparaently is a fightclub at my school,, held down this dark corridor near the boys toilets its very out of the way. Im not sure if i should beleive that it is being run or not but if it is the movie fightclub certainly inspirered it.

Films and books do not provoke violence. Idiots who misinterperet films and books provoke violence. People need to stop laying the blame on things that aren't the real issue. Especially a book as amazing as Fight Club. Instead of focusing on trivial things like this- we should take a look at the lack of self-control, and high levels of anger amongst people today. If Fight Club is resonsible for violence, then ET is responsible for high phone bills.

some movies can show that violence is okay.hichin turn tells young children that it is. But teenagers are smarter and they can usually tell right from wrong but as teenager we r still influenced heavily by the media.

The only thing that novels (lets not forget that it was a brilliant and thought provoking novel) like Fight Club encourage are films like Fight Club. If anything, articles like the recent school shootings are more likely to inspire violence.

OMG should they pull Oscar the Grouch out of Sesami Street, because I saw a child once imatating him... Maybe they should ban Sesami Street. Get a grip these people that are voilent will find an excuse to be voilent when is suits them. Its sad that freedom of speech is being impared by short sighted knee jerk reactions from from polititions that are doing nothing but grand standing for political gains.