What Happened to Being Responsible for Your Own Actions?

A common trend that seems to happen is the fact that very few ever take responsibility for their own actions. It does seem that nobody ever thinks they are to blame for what they do but always act like they're the victims. When it comes to a death with performing wrestling holds, it seems that wrestling gets blamed, not the kids performing or the parents allowing it to happen. There is a reason that those say that "Don't Try this at Home." It can be very dangerous and besides the point should not be done unless you are training to be a wrestler from a professional who knows what they are doing in the ring and not do it an extreme to where it can seriously injure or kill someone. To say that pro wrestling is responsible for something like this is absurd. The real people to blame for the real young kids performing these stunts are the parents for not supervising their own children.

An item that really gets on my nerves is how video games are constantly blamed for the violent acts in society. There is a difference between what is real and what is not. The parents are generally buying the games and there is a rating system for a reason. It is to indicate what audience is to play the games. One of the most controversial games in the 1990s was a 1^st person shooter game Doom. It was dubbed that because of the violent nature of the game. To blame it for the crimes in society is ridiculous and ignorant. The parents bought the game and maybe it should be looked at them if they have young kids playing this game. Nowhere in the game does it state to go out and go on a massive killing spree. The game was never intended for young kids as it was more mainly I believe people 17 and older though unless you got a good grasp of the difference between reality and fiction, you should not be playing it. That should not be blamed on the games; it should be the parents that deserve the blame. Another game that was dubbed controversial while I was growing up was Mortal Kombat. There was violence and blood in it. Did it have a social impact and get blamed for problems? Most likely it did. I wanted to touch up on these because those games got some of the blame but the parents never get looked at. They must be bad parents or something for this to go on like that. It could also be the kids fault since they are smarter than people realize and know what they're doing before they get involved in the action.

How about using drugs to get ahead or anything like that? Who said especially in the pro wrestling world that you have to take drugs to compete or get ahead in the business? To my knowledge, no one has ever said that. There's no gun being pointed to somebody's head to say that. If a problem like that is going on, the 1^st step is to take responsibility for your own actions and you are accountable for what you do. Instead, to say that is a cop out excuse just to try to pretend to be some poor victim. It's called making a choice. Get involved with drugs, alcohol, or anything of that effect; you got no one to blame but yourself. Instead of being a bunch of wimps, why not actually admit it's your own fault for it and you want to change that. Is that too hard to do? Obviously it sure seems like it. In sports, it's the same ordeal, it's not the sports fault, and it's the athlete's fault for even getting involved with it or committing crimes in the 1^st place.To put it blunt, there needs to be more people quit being a bunch of wimps and always playing the victim whenever something goes wrong. If you buy a game knowing its going to be violent, have mature themes, and then it gets emulated, it's the person's fault and a combination of blaming parents for not being responsible enough. I've been raised a lot better than that and know the difference between what is real and what is not. Too bad it seems like everyone forgot how to do that. It's just sad and hopefully sometime it will change.