Scapegoats of all Countries! Unite!

It seems that Germany is not the only country struggling with laws on censorship. Even in the US where gory, realistic violence seems to be staple diet for kindergarten kids lawmakers are worried, as this article shows. If you read further down in the comments a lot of them are quite interesting (aside from being sarcastic, cynical or otherwise hillarious).
What I thought interesting was that some points are actually the very ones that I made in my previous posting. As vivin very aptly put it:

Causative Link? Bullshit!

People want to find a damn scapegoat for everything. First it was "Violence on TV", then there's "Heavy Metal Music"! Oh my god! Will someone please think of the children! Seriously... you can get more violence in some religious texts than on TV, or Music. Computer Games, TV, or Music don't make people want to commit violence. This was used as an excuse for Columbine.

The fact is that we can owe it to either bad parenting, or maybe a more obvious fact. Homo sapiens is a territorial, aggressive, war-like species. For all our intelligence, we still like to beat the crap out of each other. This is obvious perhaps in more individuals than others.

So stop trying to find things to blame. Making laws are not going to make us less violent.

I couldn't agree more - nothing to add to that.
Admiral Frosty, however, brings up a point that I completely overlooked (shame on me). So here it is in all its brevity:

Its the parents responsibility, first and foremost. The idea of using the government as a crutch will only encourage people not to think on their own.

Again, I couldn't agree more. I may seem easier to have a government decree that simply outlaws something but that can't be used to excuse laziness. Parents must get involved - otherwise you end up with a nanny state where everything has be regulated to the greatest possible extent so as to cover all eventualities. Parents have to know their children (as much work as that may be) and bring them up accordingly. The government can provide a framework for that but there is no replacement for parents' common sense. Otherwise, you end up treating everybody like ten-year-olds.