Killer Culture

As I was first reading this piece, I felt like Kupelian was putting too much of a blame on the media. I do agree that the media feeds children a lot of negative images, but I don't think they are the sole reason why so many troubled youths today. I do think that the author had a lot of good points, but I think he fell into some of the logical fallacies that made his writing seem too out there.

In his essay he talked a lot about how the hip hop culture has impacted this teenage subculture. While I do agree that the hip hop industry has had a negative effect on many kids, I felt like the author generalized too much. He made it seem like you were either some rap enthusiast or some heavy metal punk kid. He seemed to focus too much on both extremes of the issue.

Although by the time I finished his essay I was able to see his point a little better. I really agreed with him when he said that parents need to step it up. Its not the responsibility of the media or of anybody else to raise your child, its your own. And I feel that more than ever parents today need to really be involved in their children's lives, like that radio comercial says "If you don't talk to your kids someone else will."