I used to

Tuesday February 13, 2007 - 11:24AM EDT

discount the influence of television, movies, music, video games and mass media in general as an overblown reason for certain human behavior. But I am not of that way anymore.  I never really thought about it much before but now that I have I can see a connection. I am not just talking about violence, sex and whatnot which is always discussed in that manner but just about everything. What I refer to as media is a medium for a shared human psyche. A shared human psyche that influences people to various degrees. I try to look at people from the outside of that. Try to strip away those influences from myself to view people with a more objective eye. I can't say whether I'm always successful or not.