Look, I live in Germany and I read, see and hear the real deal here. Instead of looking at land mass lets, consider people count. I live in the capital city of Berlin, which compared to some of the cities in the states is still a very safe city. However in this safe city there are mafias from, Russia, Vietnam, Turkey, Poland, what am I saying I am saying that the European boarders have been torn down and evil is running free, unchecked. The desire for wealth and respect is leading our children down the darkest streets where all wrongs are rights. I use to be a true rocker, one who listened to it in any language, the words never really mattered, just a loud beat you can feel throughout your body. Stoned or drunk you can just plain PARTA. And then I started listening to the words, before I knew Christ love, I thought those lyrics were cool.
Frank Zappa, I just imagined a lot of you going WHO? Deep Purple, Zepplin, Pink Floyd, etc. etc. Man you have to understand, if you was to watch someone die every day it would not take long before people dieing would have no emotional effect at all on you. If you worked in a place where cussing/swearing was every day language it would not take long before what used to offend you becomes every day and acceptable, has not this been true for history to date? The problems reported by teachers not so many years ago was chewing gum in class, talking out of turn, no homework, and today?
Teen pregnancy, drug use, foul language, weapons in school. In addition, we say that games and music that glorify sex drugs Rock-N-Roll do or die, gangster dude, songs where using the Lords name in vain and dogging chicks is cool. Man the Heroes of our kids today are not batman and supper man its gangsters, cop killers, thieves, and they are applauded as cool by the public.
If you don't believe that music and video games have effect on the outcome of the youth today look around, ask the next kid you see who is around 8 or 9 what he wants to be when he gets big. Do a test, ask one who does not listen to "Gangster Rap" Techno Rock" "Heavy Metal" or any other style of music that glorifies lawlessness and greed. But then again where can you find such a child. It is accepted in this world today to say and do anything that makes money, the god of this modern world, no matter who is hurt in the process.
Lord give us the wisdom we need to raise our children in the ways that please you. Amen