Dexter, please teach our sociopaths how to kill. New Dexter video game to be released.

Dexter follows Dexter Morgan, a forensic blood-spatter expert for the Miami Dade Police Department whose perfectly respectable persona hides a dark compulsion: HE IS A SERIAL KILLER MADE RESPECTABLE . He hunts down people who have escaped justice. (Questions: Who is he to decide who should be killed? Who will use his example to justify who they chose to kill in real life?)

Dexter, rated in the top four shows on television, is one of the most popular shows on SHOWTIME with a particular strong fan base among gamers. Marc Ecko of Entertainment Today announced it has entered into a production agreement with Showtime Networks to design a video game based on the Emmy and Golden Globe winning hit television series "Dexter".

When I learned of their intent to make a video game out of Dexter, I emailed Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, author of Stop Teaching Our Children To Kill, to see what he would have to say:

"The Dexter video game is truly sick.  Not only have we turned a serial killer into a hero, but now the kids get to play Dexter in the video game.  They are not just the passive viewer of Dexter's murders, they now actively inflict the crimes and are rewarded for it."   

To learn more from Lt. Col. Grossman check out the Yello Dyno Memo:

The Recipe for Making Kids Into Killers Part IV: Violent Behavior Is The Solution To Problems: The Video Game Tells Me So.

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Socially Approved Child Abuse? Ultimate Fighting "human cockfighting" is now for 6 year olds.

Children as young as six are taking up the controversial sport of "cage fighting", alarming medical experts and sports officials...The violent sport, also known as "ultimate fighting", combines martial arts, wrestling and boxing but with few rules and often looks like little more than a brawl.

Experts say the child version of the sport is growing along with the popularity of the adult equivalent,
now showing on cable television and even in a new film, Never Back Down described as The Karate Kid for the YouTube generation. The movie has taken in almost 17 million in two weeks at the box office.

Police are investigating a video posted on YouTube showing young children being goaded into a fight. All the time the adult cameraman, who is thought to be the father of one of them, laughs and urges them to "smack the s*** out of each other". It was uploaded to the internet last week but has since been removed after YouTube was inundated with complaints. West Sussex County Council's social services department are trying to find the cameraman so he can be prosecuted.

States laws vary. Oklahoma said youth fights are banned. Unauthorized fights are generally a misdemeanor offense. In most states, mixed martial arts is overseen by boxing commissions. In Missouri, the Office of Athletics regulates the amateurs. The regulation is done by sanctioning bodies that have to register with the athletics office.

Violent television, violent movies, violent video games and now let's take it right into the living room. For family time let's fight! Violence has become our "prime time" lesson.

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