bang bang you're dead

ok so maybe I'm one of those tree hugging, granola eating peace marching earth mamas
but
I've been a bit perplexed about kids and gunplay lately
my son has had a recent spell of aggressive behavior that has me ultra aware of violence as a general past time for some folks - it seems to be an acceptable thing for people to engage in the viewing of violent movies, partake in the enjoyment of tremendously violent video and or computer gaming.... we've all seen testosterone spewing from a male or two in an either innocent or heartfelt display of barbaric behaviors - and lately even some females have been seen partaking in a Jerry Springer brawl or two.... is this all part of human nature?
are we all predestined to lash out in aggressive behaviors and enjoy the viewing of violent acts?
I understand that at a certain stage in our development we all explore the world through play
we pretend - make believe - act out the world around us in order to make sense of it
but is it okay to condone violence in our play?
and say boys will be boys - sure you can have another cap gun
sure let's wrestle around for a while and then stop when someone gets hurt
or just say "it'll be alright tuff guy" and keep on going
the world is full of many dangerous and intriguing things
but why do we only permit our children to engage in violence
why not hand them a bag of sugar and say let's pretend to be coke heads for a while
or maybe make little play-doh pipes and fill them up with play-doh hash - just for fun
"ok Suzzie - you be the prostitute and I'll be the pimp - I know mommy has some fishnets around here and daddy has that cool hat with a feather in it"
why are we so quick to play bang bang you're dead and hand our children toy guns
when I'm sure that not a single one of us anxiously awaits the day they start out on their first murder spree (when they of course will only be shooting the "bad guys")
I mean how often do you see young boys running off to play "let's go hunting" with their friends
it's always cowboys, cops and pirates they're playing and there's always a bad guy involved
sure we all know the world is full of good vs evil
but why always the vs
can't we just accept that you can't have one without the other and just get on with it
and McDonalds - come one now.... the whole fast food world
how many times must there be a cheapy plastic toy in my son's meal pack that is of a character from a PG-13 movie.... since when do 13+ year olds regularly consume Happy Meals?
(I know you're all thinking what's this tree hugging hippy mama taking her kid to Micky D's for anyways - but damn even us co-op shoppers need a meal on the go sometimes)
I may be rambling a bit here - but I'm trying to make sense of the world around me
(I may be an adult now, but I still need help making sense of it all)
I continually notice things we as a culture partake in and condone without really understanding
and I wonder why
why do we continue to teach and practice things that are in direct parallel to what we seem to hold dear as morals and values.... or are we really lacking both as a whole
what is it we're really doing with this world we live in
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